CN111970549B

CN111970549B - Menu display method and display device

Info

Publication number: CN111970549B
Application number: CN202010831874.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙琦玮; 高峰凯
Original assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-08-18
Filing date: 2020-08-18
Publication date: 2023-04-28
Anticipated expiration: 2040-08-18
Also published as: CN111970549A

Abstract

The application provides a menu display method and a display device, which are used for custom selection of menu options displayed in a menu. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a menu option instruction; the menu option instruction is sent out by triggering a key after selecting a menu option in a menu; when the time length of the key which is triggered is determined to be longer than the set time length according to the menu option instruction, checking whether the selected menu option is collected or not; and if not, collecting the selected menu options, so that the selected menu options are displayed when the menu is displayed in a reduced mode.

Description

Menu display method and display device

Technical Field

The present application relates to television technology, and in particular, to a menu display method and display device.

Background

Currently, with the increase of functions of display devices, menu options provided by menus in the display devices are increasing.

However, too many menu options may make it difficult for the user to find the desired menu option in the menu, and at the same time, the menu options that are not commonly used may be misleading or unnecessarily troublesome for the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a menu display method and a display device, which are used for custom selection of menu options displayed in a menu.

The technical scheme that this application provided includes:

according to a first aspect of the present application, there is provided a display device comprising:

a display;

a controller coupled with the display, the controller to perform:

receiving a menu option instruction; the menu option instruction is sent out by triggering a key after selecting a menu option in a menu;

when the time length of the key which is triggered is determined to be longer than the set time length according to the menu option instruction, checking whether the selected menu option is collected or not;

and if not, collecting the selected menu options, so that the selected menu options are displayed when the menu is displayed in a reduced mode.

According to a second aspect of the present application, there is provided a menu display method applied to a display device, the method comprising:

According to the technical scheme, a user can collect menu options in the menu, so that when the menu is displayed in a reduced mode, only the collected menu options are displayed in the menu instead of all the menu options, the number of the menu options displayed in the menu can be reduced, the menu is simpler, the user can conveniently select the required menu options, and meanwhile misguidance of the menu options which are not commonly used to the user is reduced.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the application and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the application.

A schematic diagram of an operational scenario between a display device and a control apparatus according to some embodiments is schematically shown in fig. 1;

a hardware configuration block diagram of a display device 200 according to some embodiments is exemplarily shown in fig. 2;

a hardware configuration block diagram of the control device 100 according to some embodiments is exemplarily shown in fig. 3;

A schematic diagram of the software configuration in a display device 200 according to some embodiments is exemplarily shown in fig. 4;

an icon control interface display schematic of an application in a display device 200 according to some embodiments is illustrated in fig. 5;

schematic diagrams of a GUI400 according to some embodiments are schematically illustrated in FIGS. 6A-6F;

a flowchart of a menu display method according to some embodiments is exemplarily shown in fig. 7;

a menu display flow diagram according to some embodiments is illustrated in fig. 8.

Detailed Description

For purposes of clarity, embodiments and advantages of the present application, the following description will make clear and complete the exemplary embodiments of the present application, with reference to the accompanying drawings in the exemplary embodiments of the present application, it being apparent that the exemplary embodiments described are only some, but not all, of the examples of the present application.

Based on the exemplary embodiments described herein, all other embodiments that may be obtained by one of ordinary skill in the art without making any inventive effort are within the scope of the claims appended hereto. Furthermore, while the disclosure is presented in the context of an exemplary embodiment or embodiments, it should be appreciated that the various aspects of the disclosure may, separately, comprise a complete embodiment.

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

The terms first, second, third and the like in the description and in the claims and in the above-described figures are used for distinguishing between similar or similar objects or entities and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order, unless otherwise indicated (Unless otherwise indicated). It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are, for example, capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein.

Furthermore, the terms "comprise" and "have," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a product or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to those elements expressly listed, but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such product or apparatus.

The term "module" as used in this application refers to any known or later developed hardware, software, firmware, artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, or combination of hardware and/or software code that is capable of performing the function associated with that element.

The term "remote control" as used in this application refers to a component of an electronic device (such as a display device as disclosed in this application) that can typically be controlled wirelessly over a relatively short distance. Typically, the electronic device is connected to the electronic device using infrared and/or Radio Frequency (RF) signals and/or bluetooth, and may also include functional modules such as WiFi, wireless USB, bluetooth, motion sensors, etc. For example: the hand-held touch remote controller replaces most of the physical built-in hard keys in a general remote control device with a touch screen user interface.

The term "gesture" as used herein refers to a user behavior by which a user expresses an intended idea, action, purpose, and/or result through a change in hand shape or movement of a hand, etc.

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

In some embodiments, the control apparatus 100 may be a remote controller, and the communication between the remote controller and the display device includes infrared protocol communication or bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-range communication modes, etc., and the display device 200 is controlled by a wireless or other wired mode. The user may control the display device 200 by inputting user instructions through keys on a remote control, voice input, control panel input, etc. Such as: the user can input corresponding control instructions through volume up-down keys, channel control keys, up/down/left/right movement keys, voice input keys, menu keys, on-off keys, etc. on the remote controller to realize the functions of the control display device 200.

In some embodiments, mobile terminals, tablet computers, notebook computers, and other smart devices may also be used to control the display device 200. For example, the display device 200 is controlled using an application running on a smart device. The application program, by configuration, can provide various controls to the user in an intuitive User Interface (UI) on a screen associated with the smart device.

In some embodiments, the mobile terminal 300 may install a software application with the display device 200, implement connection communication through a network communication protocol, and achieve the purpose of one-to-one control operation and data communication. Such as: it is possible to implement a control command protocol established between the mobile terminal 300 and the display device 200, synchronize a remote control keyboard to the mobile terminal 300, and implement a function of controlling the display device 200 by controlling a user interface on the mobile terminal 300. The audio/video content displayed on the mobile terminal 300 can also be transmitted to the display device 200, so as to realize the synchronous display function.

As also shown in fig. 1, the display device 200 is also in data communication with the server 400 via a variety of communication means. The display device 200 may be permitted to make communication connections via a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and other networks. The server 400 may provide various contents and interactions to the display device 200. By way of example, display device 200 receives software program updates, or accesses a remotely stored digital media library by sending and receiving information, as well as Electronic Program Guide (EPG) interactions. The server 400 may be a cluster, or may be multiple clusters, and may include one or more types of servers. Other web service content such as video on demand and advertising services are provided through the server 400.

The display device 200 may be a liquid crystal display, an OLED display, a projection display device. The particular display device type, size, resolution, etc. are not limited, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that the display device 200 may be modified in performance and configuration as desired.

The display apparatus 200 may additionally provide a smart network television function of a computer support function, including, but not limited to, a network television, a smart television, an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), etc., in addition to the broadcast receiving television function.

A hardware configuration block diagram of the display device 200 according to an exemplary embodiment is illustrated in fig. 2.

In some embodiments, at least one of the controller 250, the modem 210, the communicator 220, the detector 230, the input/output interface 255, the display 275, the audio output interface 285, the memory 260, the power supply 290, the user interface 265, and the external device interface 240 is included in the display apparatus 200.

In some embodiments, the display 275 is configured to receive image signals from the first processor output, and to display video content and images and components of the menu manipulation interface.

In some embodiments, display 275 includes a display screen assembly for presenting pictures, and a drive assembly for driving the display of images.

In some embodiments, the video content is displayed from broadcast television content, or alternatively, from various broadcast signals that may be received via a wired or wireless communication protocol. Alternatively, various image contents received from the network server side transmitted from the network communication protocol may be displayed.

In some embodiments, the display 275 is used to present a user-manipulated UI interface generated in the display device 200 and used to control the display device 200.

In some embodiments, depending on the type of display 275, a drive assembly for driving the display is also included.

In some embodiments, display 275 is a projection display and may further include a projection device and a projection screen.

In some embodiments, communicator 220 is a component for communicating with external devices or external servers according to various communication protocol types. For example: the communicator may include at least one of a Wifi chip, a bluetooth communication protocol chip, a wired ethernet communication protocol chip, or other network communication protocol chip or a near field communication protocol chip, and an infrared receiver.

In some embodiments, the display device 200 may establish control signal and data signal transmission and reception between the communicator 220 and the external control device 100 or the content providing device.

In some embodiments, the user interface 265 may be used to receive infrared control signals from the control device 100 (e.g., an infrared remote control, etc.).

In some embodiments, the detector 230 is a signal that the display device 200 uses to capture or interact with the external environment.

In some embodiments, the detector 230 includes an optical receiver, a sensor for capturing the intensity of ambient light, a parameter change may be adaptively displayed by capturing ambient light, etc.

In some embodiments, the detector 230 may further include an image collector, such as a camera, a video camera, etc., which may be used to collect external environmental scenes, collect attributes of a user or interact with a user, adaptively change display parameters, and recognize a user gesture to realize an interaction function with the user.

In some embodiments, the detector 230 may also include a temperature sensor or the like, such as by sensing ambient temperature.

In some embodiments, the display device 200 may adaptively adjust the display color temperature of the image. The display device 200 may be adjusted to display a colder color temperature shade of the image, such as when the temperature is higher, or the display device 200 may be adjusted to display a warmer color shade of the image when the temperature is lower.

In some embodiments, the detector 230 may also be a sound collector or the like, such as a microphone, that may be used to receive the user's sound. Illustratively, a voice signal including a control instruction for a user to control the display apparatus 200, or an acquisition environmental sound is used to recognize an environmental scene type so that the display apparatus 200 can adapt to environmental noise.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the input/output interface 255 is configured to enable data transfer between the controller 250 and external other devices or other controllers 250. Such as receiving video signal data and audio signal data of an external device, command instruction data, or the like.

In some embodiments, external device interface 240 may include, but is not limited to, the following: any one or more interfaces of a high definition multimedia interface HDMI interface, an analog or data high definition component input interface, a composite video input interface, a USB input interface, an RGB port, and the like can be used. The plurality of interfaces may form a composite input/output interface.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the modem 210 is configured to receive the broadcast television signal by a wired or wireless receiving manner, and may perform modulation and demodulation processes such as amplification, mixing, and resonance, and demodulate the audio/video signal from a plurality of wireless or wired broadcast television signals, where the audio/video signal may include a television audio/video signal carried in a television channel frequency selected by a user, and an EPG data signal.

In some embodiments, the frequency point demodulated by the modem 210 is controlled by the controller 250, and the controller 250 may send a control signal according to the user selection, so that the modem responds to the television signal frequency selected by the user and modulates and demodulates the television signal carried by the frequency.

In some embodiments, the broadcast television signal may be classified into a terrestrial broadcast signal, a cable broadcast signal, a satellite broadcast signal, an internet broadcast signal, or the like according to a broadcasting system of the television signal. Or may be differentiated into digital modulation signals, analog modulation signals, etc., depending on the type of modulation. Or it may be classified into digital signals, analog signals, etc. according to the kind of signals.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 and the modem 210 may be located in separate devices, i.e., the modem 210 may also be located in an external device to the main device in which the controller 250 is located, such as an external set-top box or the like. In this way, the set-top box outputs the television audio and video signals modulated and demodulated by the received broadcast television signals to the main body equipment, and the main body equipment receives the audio and video signals through the first input/output interface.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 controls the operation of the display device and responds to user operations through various software control programs stored on the memory. The controller 250 may control the overall operation of the display apparatus 200. For example: in response to receiving a user command to select to display a UI object on the display 275, the controller 250 may perform an operation related to the object selected by the user command.

In some embodiments, the object may be any one of selectable objects, such as a hyperlink or an icon. Operations related to the selected object, such as: operations to connect to a hyperlink page, document, image, etc., or operations to execute a program corresponding to an icon are displayed. The user command for selecting the UI object may be an input command through various input means (e.g., mouse, keyboard, touch pad, etc.) connected to the display device 200 or a voice command corresponding to a voice uttered by the user.

As shown in fig. 2, the controller 250 includes at least one of a random access Memory 251 (Random Access Memory, RAM), a Read-Only Memory 252 (ROM), a video processor 270, an audio processor 280, other processors 253 (e.g., a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU), a central processing unit 254 (Central Processing Unit, CPU), a communication interface (Communication Interface), and a communication Bus 256 (Bus), which connects the respective components.

In some embodiments, RAM 251 is used to store temporary data for the operating system or other on-the-fly programs

In some embodiments, ROM 252 is used to store instructions for various system boots.

In some embodiments, ROM 252 is used to store a basic input output system, referred to as a basic input output system (Basic Input Output System, BIOS). The system comprises a drive program and a boot operating system, wherein the drive program is used for completing power-on self-checking of the system, initialization of each functional module in the system and basic input/output of the system.

In some embodiments, upon receipt of the power-on signal, the display device 200 power starts up, the CPU runs system boot instructions in the ROM 252, copies temporary data of the operating system stored in memory into the RAM 251, in order to start up or run the operating system. When the operating system is started, the CPU copies temporary data of various applications in the memory to the RAM 251, and then, facilitates starting or running of the various applications.

In some embodiments, CPU processor 254 is used to execute operating system and application program instructions stored in memory. And executing various application programs, data and contents according to various interactive instructions received from the outside, so as to finally display and play various audio and video contents.

In some exemplary embodiments, the CPU processor 254 may comprise a plurality of processors. The plurality of processors may include one main processor and one or more sub-processors. A main processor for performing some operations of the display apparatus 200 in the pre-power-up mode and/or displaying a picture in the normal mode. One or more sub-processors for one operation in a standby mode or the like.

In some embodiments, the graphics processor 253 is configured to generate various graphical objects, such as: icons, operation menus, user input instruction display graphics, and the like. The device comprises an arithmetic unit, wherein the arithmetic unit is used for receiving various interaction instructions input by a user to carry out operation and displaying various objects according to display attributes. And a renderer for rendering the various objects obtained by the arithmetic unit, wherein the rendered objects are used for being displayed on a display.

In some embodiments, video processor 270 is configured to receive external video signals, perform video processing such as decompression, decoding, scaling, noise reduction, frame rate conversion, resolution conversion, image composition, etc., according to standard codec protocols for input signals, and may result in signals that are displayed or played on directly displayable device 200.

In some embodiments, video processor 270 includes a demultiplexing module, a video decoding module, an image compositing module, a frame rate conversion module, a display formatting module, and the like.

The demultiplexing module is used for demultiplexing the input audio/video data stream, such as the input MPEG-2, and demultiplexes the input audio/video data stream into video signals, audio signals and the like.

And the video decoding module is used for processing the demultiplexed video signals, including decoding, scaling and the like.

And an image synthesis module, such as an image synthesizer, for performing superposition mixing processing on the graphic generator and the video image after the scaling processing according to the GUI signal input by the user or generated by the graphic generator, so as to generate an image signal for display.

The frame rate conversion module is configured to convert the input video frame rate, for example, converting the 60Hz frame rate into the 120Hz frame rate or the 240Hz frame rate, and the common format is implemented in an inserting frame manner.

The display format module is used for converting the received frame rate into a video output signal, and changing the video output signal to a signal conforming to the display format, such as outputting an RGB data signal.

In some embodiments, the graphics processor 253 may be integrated with the video processor, or may be separately configured, where the integrated configuration may perform processing of graphics signals output to the display, and the separate configuration may perform different functions, such as gpu+ FRC (Frame Rate Conversion)) architecture, respectively.

In some embodiments, the audio processor 280 is configured to receive an external audio signal, decompress and decode the audio signal according to a standard codec protocol of an input signal, and perform noise reduction, digital-to-analog conversion, and amplification processing, so as to obtain a sound signal that can be played in a speaker.

In some embodiments, video processor 270 may include one or more chips. The audio processor may also comprise one or more chips.

In some embodiments, video processor 270 and audio processor 280 may be separate chips or may be integrated together with the controller in one or more chips.

In some embodiments, the audio output, under the control of the controller 250, receives sound signals output by the audio processor 280, such as: the speaker 286, and an external sound output terminal that can be output to a generating device of an external device, other than the speaker carried by the display device 200 itself, such as: external sound interface or earphone interface, etc. can also include the close range communication module in the communication interface, for example: and the Bluetooth module is used for outputting sound of the Bluetooth loudspeaker.

The power supply 290 supplies power input from an external power source to the display device 200 under the control of the controller 250. The power supply 290 may include a built-in power circuit installed inside the display device 200, or may be an external power source installed in the display device 200, and a power interface for providing an external power source in the display device 200.

The user interface 265 is used to receive an input signal from a user and then transmit the received user input signal to the controller 250. The user input signal may be a remote control signal received through an infrared receiver, and various user control signals may be received through a network communication module.

In some embodiments, a user inputs a user command through the control apparatus 100 or the mobile terminal 300, the user input interface is then responsive to the user input through the controller 250, and the display device 200 is then responsive to the user input.

In some embodiments, a user may input a user command through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on the display 275, and the user input interface receives the user input command through the Graphical User Interface (GUI). Alternatively, the user may input the user command by inputting a specific sound or gesture, and the user input interface recognizes the sound or gesture through the sensor to receive the user input command.

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

The memory 260 includes memory storing various software modules for driving the display device 200. Such as: various software modules stored in the first memory, including: at least one of a base module, a detection module, a communication module, a display control module, a browser module, various service modules, and the like.

The base module is a bottom software module for signal communication between the various hardware in the display device 200 and for sending processing and control signals to the upper modules. The detection module is used for collecting various information from various sensors or user input interfaces and carrying out digital-to-analog conversion and analysis management.

For example, the voice recognition module includes a voice analysis module and a voice instruction database module. The display control module is used for controlling the display to display the image content, and can be used for playing the multimedia image content, the UI interface and other information. And the communication module is used for carrying out control and data communication with external equipment. And the browser module is used for executing data communication between the browsing servers. And the service module is used for providing various services and various application programs. Meanwhile, the memory 260 also stores received external data and user data, images of various items in various user interfaces, visual effect maps of focus objects, and the like.

Fig. 3 exemplarily shows a block diagram of a configuration of the control apparatus 100 in accordance with an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 3, the control device 100 includes a controller 110, a communication interface 130, a user input/output interface, a memory, and a power supply.

The control device 100 is configured to control the display device 200, and may receive an input operation instruction of a user, and convert the operation instruction into an instruction recognizable and responsive to the display device 200, to function as an interaction between the user and the display device 200. Such as: the user responds to the channel addition and subtraction operation by operating the channel addition and subtraction key on the control apparatus 100, and the display apparatus 200.

In some embodiments, the control device 100 may be a smart device. Such as: the control apparatus 100 may install various applications for controlling the display apparatus 200 according to user's needs.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, a mobile terminal 300 or other intelligent electronic device may function similarly to the control device 100 after installing an application that manipulates the display device 200. Such as: the user may implement the functions of controlling the physical keys of the device 100 by installing various function keys or virtual buttons of a graphical user interface available on the mobile terminal 300 or other intelligent electronic device.

The controller 110 includes a processor 112 and RAM 113 and ROM 114, a communication interface 130, and a communication bus. The controller is used to control the operation and operation of the control device 100, as well as the communication collaboration among the internal components and the external and internal data processing functions.

The communication interface 130 enables communication of control signals and data signals with the display device 200 under the control of the controller 110. Such as: the received user input signal is transmitted to the display device 200. The communication interface 130 may include at least one of a WiFi chip 131, a bluetooth module 132, an NFC module 133, and other near field communication modules.

A user input/output interface 140, wherein the input interface includes at least one of a microphone 141, a touchpad 142, a sensor 143, keys 144, and other input interfaces. Such as: the user can implement a user instruction input function through actions such as voice, touch, gesture, press, and the like, and the input interface converts a received analog signal into a digital signal and converts the digital signal into a corresponding instruction signal, and sends the corresponding instruction signal to the display device 200.

The output interface includes an interface that transmits the received user instruction to the display device 200. In some embodiments, an infrared interface may be used, as well as a radio frequency interface. Such as: when the infrared signal interface is used, the user input instruction needs to be converted into an infrared control signal according to an infrared control protocol, and the infrared control signal is sent to the display device 200 through the infrared sending module. And the following steps: when the radio frequency signal interface is used, the user input instruction is converted into a digital signal, and then the digital signal is modulated according to a radio frequency control signal modulation protocol and then transmitted to the display device 200 through the radio frequency transmission terminal.

In some embodiments, the control device 100 includes at least one of a communication interface 130 and an input-output interface 140. The control device 100 is provided with a communication interface 130 such as: the WiFi, bluetooth, NFC, etc. modules may send the user input instruction to the display device 200 through a WiFi protocol, or a bluetooth protocol, or an NFC protocol code.

A memory 190 for storing various operation programs, data and applications for driving and controlling the control device 100 under the control of the controller. The memory 190 may store various control signal instructions input by a user.

A power supply 180 for providing operating power support for the various elements of the control device 100 under the control of the controller. May be a battery and associated control circuitry.

In some embodiments, the system may include a Kernel (Kernel), a command parser (shell), a file system, and an application. The kernel, shell, and file system together form the basic operating system architecture that allows users to manage files, run programs, and use the system. After power-up, the kernel is started, the kernel space is activated, hardware is abstracted, hardware parameters are initialized, virtual memory, a scheduler, signal and inter-process communication (IPC) are operated and maintained. After the kernel is started, shell and user application programs are loaded again. The application program is compiled into machine code after being started to form a process.

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

In some embodiments, at least one application program is running in the application program layer, and these application programs may be a Window (Window) program of an operating system, a system setting program, a clock program, a camera application, and the like; and may be an application program developed by a third party developer, such as a hi-see program, a K-song program, a magic mirror program, etc. In particular implementations, the application packages in the application layer are not limited to the above examples, and may actually include other application packages, which are not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

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

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

In some embodiments, the activity manager is to: the lifecycle of each application program is managed, as well as the usual navigation rollback functions, such as controlling the exit of the application program (including switching the currently displayed user interface in the display window to the system desktop), opening, backing (including switching the currently displayed user interface in the display window to the previous user interface of the currently displayed user interface), etc.

In some embodiments, the window manager is configured to manage all window procedures, such as obtaining a display screen size, determining whether there is a status bar, locking the screen, intercepting the screen, controlling display window changes (e.g., scaling the display window down, dithering, distorting, etc.), and so on.

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

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

In some embodiments, the kernel layer further includes a power driver module for power management.

In some embodiments, the software programs and/or modules corresponding to the software architecture in fig. 4 are stored in the first memory or the second memory shown in fig. 2 or fig. 3.

In some embodiments, taking a magic mirror application (photographing application) as an example, when the remote control receiving device receives an input operation of the remote control, a corresponding hardware interrupt is sent to the kernel layer. The kernel layer processes the input operation into the original input event (including the value of the input operation, the timestamp of the input operation, etc.). The original input event is stored at the kernel layer. The application program framework layer acquires an original input event from the kernel layer, identifies a control corresponding to the input event according to the current position of the focus and takes the input operation as a confirmation operation, wherein the control corresponding to the confirmation operation is a control of a magic mirror application icon, the magic mirror application calls an interface of the application framework layer, the magic mirror application is started, and further, a camera driver is started by calling the kernel layer, so that a still image or video is captured through a camera.

In some embodiments, for a display device with a touch function, taking a split screen operation as an example, the display device receives an input operation (such as a split screen operation) acted on a display screen by a user, and the kernel layer may generate a corresponding input event according to the input operation and report the event to the application framework layer. The window mode (e.g., multi-window mode) and window position and size corresponding to the input operation are set by the activity manager of the application framework layer. And window management of the application framework layer draws a window according to the setting of the activity manager, then the drawn window data is sent to a display driver of the kernel layer, and the display driver displays application interfaces corresponding to the window data in different display areas of the display screen.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the application layer contains at least one icon control that the application can display in the display, such as: a live television application icon control, a video on demand application icon control, a media center application icon control, an application center icon control, a game application icon control, and the like.

In some embodiments, the live television application may provide live television via different signal sources. For example, a live television application may provide television signals using inputs from cable television, radio broadcast, satellite services, or other types of live television services. And, the live television application may display video of the live television signal on the display device 200.

In some embodiments, the video on demand application may provide video from different storage sources. Unlike live television applications, video-on-demand provides video displays from some storage sources. For example, video-on-demand may come from the server side of cloud storage, from a local hard disk storage containing stored video programs.

In some embodiments, the media center application may provide various multimedia content playing applications. For example, a media center may be a different service than live television or video on demand, and a user may access various images or audio through a media center application.

In some embodiments, an application center may be provided to store various applications. The application may be a game, an application, or some other application associated with a computer system or other device but which may be run in a smart television. The application center may obtain these applications from different sources, store them in local storage, and then be run on the display device 200.

In the following, how the display device changes the screen displayed by the display device during the execution of the menu display method provided in the embodiment of the present application will be described:

a schematic diagram of one GUI400 provided by the display apparatus 200 by operating the control device 100 is exemplarily shown in fig. 6A to 6F.

For example, as shown in fig. 6A, by pressing a "menu" key on the control device, the display device may provide a GUI to the display in response to a display menu instruction entered by the key, the GUI including a menu 401 and a plurality of menu options located in the menu 401. As shown in fig. 6A, the plurality of menu options includes: volume option 4011, brightness option 4012, color option 4013, refresh rate option 4014, and display mode option 4015. As can be seen from fig. 6A, the display mode option 4015 is specifically displayed in the form of "complete mode", which indicates that the menu is displayed in the complete mode, that is, all menu options included in the menu 401 are displayed.

Note that the options refer to visual objects displayed in a GUI provided by the display device to represent corresponding content such as icons, thumbnails, links, and the like. The presentation form of the options is typically diversified. For example, the options may include text content and/or images for displaying thumbnails related to the text content. As another example, the options may be text and/or icons of the application.

It should be noted that the display form of the selector may be a focus object. The selection or control of the option may be based on the user input through the control apparatus 100, controlling the movement of the display focus object in the display device 200. Such as: the user can select and control options by controlling the movement of the focus object between options by means of the directional keys on the control device 100. The form of identification of the focus object is not limited. By way of example, the location of the focus object may be achieved or identified by setting an option background color as in fig. 6A, or may be identified by changing the border line, size, transparency, and outline and/or font of the text or image of the focus option.

In fig. 6A, when the user operates the control device to instruct the selector 44 to send a menu option instruction for the volume option 4011, as shown in fig. 6B, if the user presses the "ok" key on the control device for a long time, the display apparatus increases a favorite mark such as a triangle mark in the volume option 4011 in response to the menu option instruction for the volume option 4011 entered by the key, and displays the prompt information "volume option favorite".

In fig. 6B, when the user operates the control device to instruct the selector 44 to move down to the display mode option 4015 and select the display mode option 4015, as the user presses the "down" key and the "ok" key on the control device, the display apparatus switches the "complete mode" displayed by the display mode option 4015 to the "reduced mode" in response to the switching instruction for the display mode option 4015 entered by the key, as shown in fig. 6C.

In fig. 6C, when the user operates the control device to close the menu 401 and reenters the menu 401, for example, the user presses a "back" key and a "menu" key on the control device, as shown in fig. 6D, the display apparatus displays the menu 402 on the display in response to a close menu instruction and a display menu instruction input by the key. At this time, the displayed menu 402 is different from the menu 401 shown in fig. 6A, and since the display mode of the menu has been switched from the full mode to the reduced mode in fig. 6B, the displayed menu 402 is substantially the menu in the reduced mode at this time, and only the menu options that have been collected before (such as the collected volume option 4011 in fig. 6A) are displayed, and no other menu options than the collected menu options are displayed.

In fig. 6D, when the user operates the control device to instruct the selector 44 to send a menu option instruction for the volume option 4011, as shown in fig. 6E, if the user presses the "ok" key on the control device for a long time, the display device deletes the favorite mark such as the triangle mark in the volume option 4011 in response to the menu option instruction for the volume option 4011 entered by the key, and displays the prompt information "volume option is favorite canceled".

In fig. 6E, when the user operates the control device to close the menu 401 and reenters the menu 401, for example, the user presses a "back" key and a "menu" key on the control device, as shown in fig. 6F, the display apparatus displays a menu 403 on the display in response to a close menu instruction and a display menu instruction input by the key. The menu 403 displayed at this time is different from the menu 401 shown in fig. 6A and the menu 402 shown in fig. 6C. Since the collection has been cancelled for volume option 4011 in fig. 6C, no menu option is collected. Thus, the menu 403 displayed at this time is essentially a menu in reduced mode containing default menu options (such as brightness option 4012 and color option 4013), where the default menu options are preconfigured menu options for displaying in reduced mode menu when there are no favorite menu options.

The above describes how the display device changes the screen displayed by the display during the execution of the menu display method provided by the embodiment of the present application.

As described above, the display device includes: a display; a controller coupled to the display. In an embodiment of the present application, the controller is configured to perform: receiving a menu option instruction; the menu option instruction is sent out by triggering a key after selecting a menu option in a menu; when the time length of the key triggered according to the menu option instruction is determined to be longer than the set time length, checking whether the selected menu option is collected or not; if not, the selected menu option is collected so that the selected menu option is displayed when the menu is displayed in the reduced mode.

Correspondingly, the embodiment also provides a method for realizing the corresponding operation of the controller. Fig. 7 is a schematic flow chart of a menu display method according to some embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 7, the process may include the steps of:

step 101, receiving a menu option instruction; the menu option instruction is issued by triggering a key after selecting a menu option in the menu.

In the embodiment of the application, the menu may be any page including options in the display device, such as a brightness setting page, a channel setting page, and the like. Correspondingly, the options displayed in the menu are menu options. As to which page and which option the menu and menu option are in particular, the present application is not particularly limited.

In the embodiment of the present application, the key described in step 101 refers to a key on a control device for controlling the present display apparatus. For example, the key may be an existing key on the current control device, such as a determination key, an OK key, or a key that is newly set separately for the control device. The control device may be a remote controller, a mobile terminal equipped with a control function of a display device, or the like, and the present application does not specifically limit the keys and the control device.

Step 102, checking whether the selected menu option is collected or not when the time length of the key triggered is determined to be longer than the set time length according to the menu option instruction; if yes, go to step 103; if not, go to step 104.

In this embodiment of the present application, when the key is triggered by a user, for example, by touching, pressing, or the like, the control device sends an initial instruction to the display device to inform the display device that the key is triggered. When the key is stopped, for example, by stopping touching or pressing, the control device sends an end command to the display device to inform the display device that the key is stopped. Based on this, in this step 102, determining the duration for which the key is triggered according to the menu option instruction may include: and determining a time interval between receiving the initial instruction and the end instruction, and determining the time interval as the time length for which the key is triggered.

When it is determined that the duration of time that the key is triggered is greater than the set duration, the instruction indicating the menu option received in the foregoing step 101 is an instruction for editing the selected menu option in the menu, where editing refers to: the selected menu option is collected when not collected, or the selected menu option is canceled when collected. Since a menu option instruction indicates different meanings depending on whether a selected menu option is collected, it is necessary to check whether the selected menu option has been collected.

In one example, a list of option collections associated with the menu described above may be created in the display device in advance for recording the option identifications of the menu options in the menu that have been collected. Based on this, when checking whether the selected menu option has been collected, a search can be performed in the option collection list associated with the menu based on the option identification of the selected menu option, and if the option identification is found in the option collection list, it is determined that the selected menu option has been collected. Otherwise, it is determined that the selected menu option is not stowed.

It should be noted that one option collection list may be created for each menu, that is, one option collection list is associated with each menu. Thus, the option identification of the collected menu option in each menu is only recorded in the option collection list associated with the menu, and when a certain menu is displayed in the reduced mode, only the collected menu option in the menu is displayed. Of course, only one option collection may be created for all menus, i.e. each menu is associated with the same one option collection. Thus, the option identifiers of the collected menu options in each menu are recorded into the unique option collection list, and when any menu is displayed in the reduced mode, the displayed menu options are the same, namely, the menu options corresponding to the unique option collection list. In this way, several menus can be organized into a menu to enable a user to more conveniently select and find menu options in the menu.

Step 103, collecting the selected menu option so that the selected menu option is displayed when the menu is displayed in the reduced mode.

This step is performed on the premise that the selected menu option is checked as not being stowed.

If it is detected that the selected menu option is not collected, the menu option instruction received in the foregoing step 101 is indicated to collect the selected menu option. Thus, in response to the menu option instruction, the display device will collect the selected menu option.

Optionally, if an option collection list associated with the menu is created in the display device, the option identifier of the selected menu option may be added to the option collection list, so that the collection of the selected menu option is completed.

In the embodiment of the application, the menu is preconfigured with two different display modes, a complete mode and a reduced mode. The complete mode means that all menu options in the menu are displayed in the menu when the menu is displayed. Unlike the complete mode, the reduced mode refers to that when the menu is displayed, if the collected menu options exist, only the collected menu options are displayed, and all menu options in the menu are not displayed. Therefore, by collecting the selected menu option, the selected menu option can be displayed when the menu is displayed in the reduced mode. How to display the menu in the reduced mode and the full mode will be described in detail with reference to the flow shown in fig. 8, which will not be described in detail.

Step 104, cancel the collection of the selected menu option so that the selected menu option is not displayed when the menu is displayed in the reduced mode.

This step is performed on the premise that it is checked that the selected menu option has been collected.

If it is checked that the selected menu option has been collected, the menu option instruction received in the foregoing step 101 is indicated to cancel the collection of the selected menu option. Thus, in response to the menu option instruction, the present display device cancels the collection of the selected menu option.

Optionally, if an option collection list associated with the menu is created in the display device, the option identifier of the selected menu option may be removed from the option collection list, and the collection of the selected menu option may be canceled.

When the collection of the selected menu option is canceled, if the menu is displayed in the reduced mode subsequently, the selected menu option is not displayed in the menu.

Thus, the flow shown in fig. 7 is completed.

According to the technical scheme, the user can collect the menu options in the menu, so that when the menu is displayed in the reduced mode, only the collected menu options are displayed in the menu, and not all the menu options are displayed. Therefore, the number of menu options displayed in the menu can be reduced, the menu is simpler, the user can conveniently select the required menu option, and meanwhile, misguidance of the menu option which is not used frequently to the user is reduced.

How the menu is displayed is described below:

referring to fig. 8, a flow chart of menu display according to some embodiments of the present application is shown.

As shown in fig. 8, the process may include the steps of:

step 201, in response to a menu display instruction, checking whether a display mode of a menu to be displayed is a reduced mode; if not, go to step 202; if yes, go to step 203.

As one example, the user may send a display menu instruction to the present display apparatus by operating the control means of the present display apparatus. For example, the user may press a menu key on the remote control to cause the remote control to send a display menu instruction to the present display device.

Before this step 201 is performed, an identification bit may be set in the present display device in advance, and the identification bit may be associated with a menu. The flag bit may take a first value, such as 0, for indicating that the current display mode of its associated menu is a reduced mode. Of course, the flag bit may also take a second value, such as 1, where the second value is used to indicate that the current display mode of the associated menu is a complete mode.

When the display mode of the menu is checked, the flag bit is checked to realize the display mode of the menu. That is, if the value of the identification bit is checked to be the first value, the current display mode of the menu is determined to be the reduced mode. Otherwise, determining the current display mode of the menu as a complete mode.

Step 202, displaying all menu options of the menu in the menu.

This step is performed on the premise that it is checked that the display mode of the menu is the complete mode.

If the display mode of the menu is checked to be the complete mode, the display mode indicates that all menu options of the menu need to be displayed, rather than one or some of the collected menu options. Therefore, all menu options in the menu can be directly displayed.

Step 203, checking whether the collected menu options exist in the menu; if yes, go to step 204; if not, go to step 205.

When the display mode of the menu is checked to be the reduced mode, only menu options which are collected in advance and used for being displayed in the reduced mode are displayed, and not all the options in the menu are displayed because the reduced mode is compared with the complete mode. Therefore, it is necessary to determine whether or not there are already collected menu options in the menu, and to avoid displaying an empty menu to the user when there are no already collected menu options.

Alternatively, if the option collection is created in the present display device, it may be checked whether the option collection associated with the menu is empty, as previously described. If the menu is empty, determining that the collected menu options do not exist in the menu. Otherwise, it is determined that there are menu options in the menu that have been collected.

Step 204, displaying the collected menu options in the menu.

This step is performed on the premise that there are menu options in the menu that have been collected.

As described above, if there are menu options in the menu that have been collected, it means that the user has collected some options in advance. When the menu is displayed in the reduced mode, the collected menu options in the menu can be displayed without the condition that the menu options in the menu are empty.

Optionally, if the option collection list is created in the display device, the option identifier of the collected menu option may be determined from the option collection list, and then the collected menu option may be determined and displayed in the menu.

In one example, when a menu is displayed in reduced mode, the menu options displayed in the menu that have been collected may be displayed in their order of arrangement in the menu in full mode. Therefore, when the menu is displayed in the reduced mode, the relative positions among the collected menu options are ensured to be the same as those of the menu displayed in the complete mode, so that a user can conveniently find out the required options.

In another example, when the menu is displayed in the reduced mode, the menu may be displayed in the order of from long to short, from at least more times or from first to last according to the collection time length, collection times or collection order of each collected menu option. Therefore, the menu options which are more commonly used by the user can be displayed at a position which is more forward in the menu, so that the user can conveniently find the menu options which are commonly used by the user.

In step 205, default menu options are displayed in the menu, the number of default menu options being less than the number of all menu options in the menu.

This step is performed on the premise that there are no menu options in the menu that have been collected.

As described above, if the option collection list is empty, it indicates that the user has not collected any menu option in advance. When the menu is displayed in the reduced mode, if the menu is displayed only according to the option collection list, the displayed menu is caused to have no menu option. To avoid this, when the option collection is empty, a menu option is selected from all options associated with the menu according to a default option selection policy.

In one example, the default option selection policy may be to fixedly select a number of options as menu options, such as fixedly selecting 5 options as menu options. As to how many options are specifically selected as menu options, it may be set according to practical situations, and the present application is not specifically limited.

In another example, the default option selection policy may be to fix certain options as menu options, such as fixed selection volume options, brightness options, and channel options as menu options. As to which options are specifically selected as menu options, they may be set according to actual situations, and the present application is not specifically limited.

How the menu is displayed is described in detail above. It should be noted that the foregoing is merely illustrative of how the menu is displayed, and is not intended to be limiting.

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

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

Claims

1. A display device, characterized by comprising:

a display;

a controller coupled with the display, the controller configured to perform:

for any menu, when the time length of the key triggered according to the menu option instruction is determined to be longer than the set time length, checking whether the selected menu option is collected;

if not, creating an option collection list, and collecting the selected menu options, wherein the menu is associated with the option collection list, so that the selected menu options are displayed when the menu is displayed in a reduced mode; the simple mode means that when the menu is displayed, if the collected menu options exist, only the collected menu options are displayed;

In the case that the selected menu option is checked to be collected, cancelling the collection of the selected menu option so that the selected menu option is not displayed when the menu is displayed in a reduced mode;

responding to a menu display instruction, wherein the display equipment is provided with an identification bit in advance, the identification bit is used for associating a menu, when the value of the identification bit is a first value, the current display mode of the associated menu is a reduced mode, and when the value of the identification bit is a second value, the current display mode of the associated menu is a complete mode;

if the display mode of the menu is the simplified mode, checking whether the menu options which are collected exist in the menu;

if yes, displaying the collected menu options in the menu according to the arrangement sequence in the menu in the complete mode;

and if the fact that the collected menu options do not exist in the menu is checked, displaying default menu options in the menu, wherein the number of the default menu options is smaller than that of all menu options in the menu.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the menu option instructions comprise: an initial instruction sent when the key is triggered and an ending instruction sent when the key is stopped;

The controller is configured to perform:

and determining a time interval between the initial instruction and the ending instruction, and determining the time interval as the time length for which the key is triggered.

3. A menu display method, characterized by being applied to a display device, comprising:

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the menu option instructions comprise: an initial instruction sent when the key is triggered and an ending instruction sent when the key is stopped;

the determining the time length for triggering the key according to the menu option instruction comprises the following steps: