CN112835631A

CN112835631A - Method for starting homepage application and display device

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Publication number: CN112835631A
Application number: CN202110335893.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王光强
Original assignee: Qingdao Hisense Media Network Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Hisense Media Network Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-29
Filing date: 2021-03-29
Publication date: 2021-05-25
Anticipated expiration: 2041-03-29
Also published as: CN112835631B

Abstract

The application discloses in the above embodiment, a method for starting a homepage application and a display device start the homepage application by using the acquired mode information when the display device is started, so that a homepage interface is displayed depending on user preference, operation of switching modes by a user is saved, and user experience is improved. The method comprises the following steps: receiving user input for starting the display equipment, starting the display equipment and acquiring mode information; and if the mode information is acquired, starting the homepage application of which the mode is the mode corresponding to the mode information.

Description

Method for starting homepage application and display device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of homepage application starting technologies, and in particular, to a method for starting a homepage application and a display device.

Background

The intelligence of the display device brings a lot of convenience to users, and the users can carry out remote conversation, watch videos, play games and other entertainment activities through the display device. In the related art, since the unified home page interface provided by the display device cannot meet the requirements of different user groups, for example, when the user is a young child, since the exposure of the young child to the entertainment content should be appropriately reduced, the home page interface with the entertainment content cannot meet the requirements of the user when the user is a young child, and therefore how the display device can meet the requirements of different user groups becomes a problem to be solved urgently by those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a method for starting a homepage application and a display device, and user experience is improved.

In a first aspect, there is provided a display device comprising:

a display for displaying a user interface;

a user interface for receiving an input signal;

a controller respectively coupled to the display and the user interface for performing:

receiving user input for starting the display equipment, starting the display equipment and acquiring mode information;

and if the mode information is acquired, starting the homepage application of which the mode is the mode corresponding to the mode information.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to perform: and if the mode information is not acquired, starting the homepage application with the default mode.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to perform: receiving user input of a switching mode, determining the switched mode, setting the mode of the homepage application to be the switched mode, and storing mode information of the switched mode.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to perform: and receiving user input for closing the display equipment, storing the mode information of the current mode, and closing the display equipment.

In some embodiments, the controller is configured to specifically perform:

the method comprises the steps that after a starting-up service powers on display equipment, the display equipment is started;

the system service sends the information message of obtaining the mode to the buffer memory;

if the system service receives the mode information fed back by the cache, the homepage application starting message is sent to the desktop starter according to the mode information, and the desktop starter starts the homepage application according to the mode information.

In some embodiments, the controller is configured to perform the steps of:

loading a bootstrap program into a random access memory, wherein the bootstrap program pulls up and runs an operating system of the display device, and the operating system depends on a Linux kernel;

starting a Linux kernel for setting an operating system;

after an operating system is set, searching an initialization file in files of the operating system, and starting an initialization process; the starting initialization process is used for initializing and starting attribute services and starting an incubation process, the starting incubation process is used for creating a socket, a system service process is started through the socket, and the system service process is used for acquiring mode information.

In some embodiments, the controller is configured to specifically perform:

receiving user input of a display mode, and controlling an available mode of a display device displayed on a display;

receiving a user input selecting a mode, and if the selected mode is the same as the current mode, not performing any operation; and if the selected mode is different from the current mode, determining the selected mode as a switched mode, setting the mode of the homepage application as the switched mode, and sending and storing the mode information of the switched mode into a cache.

In some embodiments, the available modes include a standard mode, a juvenile mode, and a compact mode.

In some embodiments, the controller is configured to execute the home application whose start mode is the mode corresponding to the mode information according to the following steps: different modes correspond to different activities; and starting the homepage application by utilizing the activity corresponding to the mode.

In a second aspect, a method of launching a home application is provided, comprising:

In the embodiment, the homepage application is started by using the acquired mode information when the display device is started, so that the homepage interface is displayed depending on the preference of the user, the operation of switching the modes by the user is saved, and the use experience of the user is improved. The method comprises the following steps: receiving user input for starting the display equipment, starting the display equipment and acquiring mode information; and if the mode information is acquired, starting the homepage application of which the mode is the mode corresponding to the mode information.

Drawings

FIG. 1 illustrates an operational scenario between a display device and a control apparatus according to some embodiments;

fig. 2 illustrates a hardware configuration block diagram of the control apparatus 100 according to some embodiments;

fig. 3 illustrates a hardware configuration block diagram of the display apparatus 200 according to some embodiments;

FIG. 4 illustrates a software configuration diagram in the display device 200 according to some embodiments;

FIG. 5 illustrates an icon control interface display of an application in display device 200, in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of launching a home application in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 7 illustrates a home interface diagram with a standard mode according to some embodiments;

FIG. 8 illustrates a home interface diagram with the kids mode according to some embodiments;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a home interface in a compact mode according to some embodiments;

a signalling diagram for starting up a display device according to some embodiments is illustrated in figure 10;

a user interface diagram showing available modes according to some embodiments is illustrated in fig. 11.

Detailed Description

To make the objects, embodiments and advantages of the present application clearer, the following description of exemplary embodiments of the present application will clearly and completely describe the exemplary embodiments of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings in the exemplary embodiments of the present application, and it is to be understood that the described exemplary embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments.

All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the exemplary embodiments described herein without inventive step, are intended to be within the scope of the claims appended hereto. In addition, while the disclosure herein has been presented in terms of one or more exemplary examples, it should be appreciated that aspects of the disclosure may be implemented solely as a complete embodiment.

It should be noted that the brief descriptions of the terms in the present application are only for the convenience of understanding the embodiments described below, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application. These terms should be understood in their ordinary and customary meaning unless otherwise indicated.

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

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

The term "module" as used herein 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 functionality associated with that element.

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

The term "gesture" as used in this application refers to a user's behavior through a change in hand shape or an action such as hand motion to convey a desired idea, action, purpose, or result.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an operation scenario between a display device and a control apparatus according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, a user may operate the display device 200 through the mobile terminal 300 and the control apparatus 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 an infrared protocol communication or a bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-distance communication methods, etc., and the display device 200 is controlled by wireless or other wired methods. The user may input a user command through a key on a remote controller, voice input, control panel input, etc. to control the display apparatus 200. Such as: the user can input a corresponding control command through a volume up/down key, a channel control key, up/down/left/right moving keys, a voice input key, a menu key, a power on/off key, etc. on the remote controller, to implement the function of controlling the display device 200.

In some embodiments, mobile terminals, tablets, computers, laptops, 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 program running on the smart device. The application, through configuration, may provide the user with various controls 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 to implement connection communication through a network communication protocol for the purpose of one-to-one control operation and data communication. Such as: the mobile terminal 300 and the display device 200 can establish a control instruction protocol, synchronize a remote control keyboard to the mobile terminal 300, and control the display device 200 by controlling a user interface on the mobile terminal 300. The audio and 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 apparatus 200 also performs data communication with the server 400 through various communication means. The display device 200 may be allowed to be communicatively connected through 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 apparatus 200. Illustratively, the 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 a plurality of clusters, and may include one or more types of servers. Other web service contents such as video on demand and advertisement 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 limiting, 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 an intelligent network tv function of a computer support function including, but not limited to, a network tv, an intelligent tv, an Internet Protocol Tv (IPTV), and the like, in addition to the broadcast receiving tv function.

A hardware configuration block diagram of a display device 200 according to an exemplary embodiment is exemplarily shown in fig. 2.

In some embodiments, at least one of the controller 250, the tuner demodulator 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, a display 275 receives image signals originating from the first processor output and displays video content and images and components of the menu manipulation interface.

In some embodiments, the display 275, includes a display screen assembly for presenting a picture, and a driving assembly that drives the display of an image.

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

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

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

In some embodiments, display 275 is a projection display and may also 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, and other network communication protocol chips or near field communication protocol chips, and an infrared receiver.

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

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

In some embodiments, the detector 230 is a signal used by the display device 200 to collect an external environment or interact with the outside.

In some embodiments, the detector 230 includes a light receiver, a sensor for collecting the intensity of ambient light, and parameters changes can be adaptively displayed by collecting the ambient light, and the like.

In some embodiments, the detector 230 may further include an image collector, such as a camera, etc., which may be configured to collect external environment scenes, collect attributes of the user or gestures interacted with the user, adaptively change display parameters, and recognize user gestures, so as to implement a function of interaction 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 apparatus 200 may adaptively adjust a display color temperature of an image. For example, the display apparatus 200 may be adjusted to display a cool tone when the temperature is in a high environment, or the display apparatus 200 may be adjusted to display a warm tone when the temperature is in a low environment.

In some embodiments, the detector 230 may also be a sound collector or the like, such as a microphone, which may be used to receive the user's voice. Illustratively, a voice signal including a control instruction of the user to control the display device 200, or to collect an ambient sound for recognizing an ambient scene type, so that the display device 200 can adaptively adapt to an ambient noise.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the input/output interface 255 is configured to allow 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, or command instruction data, etc.

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

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

In some embodiments, the frequency points demodulated by the tuner demodulator 210 are controlled by the controller 250, and the controller 250 can send out control signals according to 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 the broadcasting system of the television signal. Or may be classified into a digital modulation signal, an analog modulation signal, and the like according to a modulation type. Or the signals are classified into digital signals, analog signals and the like according to the types of the signals.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 and the modem 210 may be located in different separate devices, that is, the modem 210 may also be located in an external device of the main device where the controller 250 is located, such as an external set-top box. Therefore, 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 in memory. The controller 250 may control the overall operation of the display apparatus 200. For example: in response to receiving a user command for selecting a UI object to be displayed 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: displaying an operation connected to a hyperlink page, document, image, or the like, or performing an operation of a program corresponding to the icon. The user command for selecting the UI object may be a command input through various input means (e.g., a mouse, a keyboard, a touch pad, etc.) connected to the display apparatus 200 or a voice command corresponding to a voice spoken by the user.

As shown in fig. 2, the controller 250 includes at least one of a Random Access Memory 251 (RAM), a Read-Only Memory 252 (ROM), a video processor 270, an audio processor 280, other processors 253 (e.g., a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a Central Processing Unit 254 (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 programs that are running

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

In some embodiments, the ROM 252 is used to store a Basic Input Output System (BIOS). The system is used for completing power-on self-test of the system, initialization of each functional module in the system, a driver of basic input/output of the system and booting an operating system.

In some embodiments, when the power of the display apparatus 200 is started upon receiving the power-on signal, the CPU executes the system start-up command in the ROM 252, and copies the temporary data of the operating system stored in the memory into the RAM 251 so as to start or run the operating system. After the start of the operating system is completed, the CPU copies the temporary data of the various application programs in the memory to the RAM 251, and then, the various application programs are started or run.

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 example embodiments, the CPU processor 254 may comprise a plurality of processors. The plurality of processors may include a main processor and one or more sub-processors. A main processor for performing some operations of the display apparatus 200 in a pre-power-up mode and/or operations of displaying a screen in a 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 used to generate various graphics objects, such as: icons, operation menus, user input instruction display graphics, and the like. The display device comprises an arithmetic unit which carries out operation by receiving various interactive instructions input by a user and displays various objects according to display attributes. And the system comprises a renderer for rendering various objects obtained based on the arithmetic unit, wherein the rendered objects are used for being displayed on a display.

In some embodiments, the video processor 270 is configured to receive an external video signal, and perform video processing such as decompression, decoding, scaling, noise reduction, frame rate conversion, resolution conversion, image synthesis, and the like according to a standard codec protocol of the input signal, so as to obtain a signal that can be displayed or played on the direct display device 200.

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

The demultiplexing module is used for demultiplexing the input audio and video data stream, and if the input MPEG-2 is input, the demultiplexing module demultiplexes the input audio and video data stream into a video signal and an audio signal.

And the video decoding module is used for processing the video signal after demultiplexing, including decoding, scaling and the like.

And the image synthesis module is used for carrying out superposition mixing processing on the GUI signal input by the user or generated by the user and the video image after the zooming processing by the graphic generator so as to generate an image signal for display.

The frame rate conversion module is configured to convert an input video frame rate, such as a 60Hz frame rate into a 120Hz frame rate or a 240Hz frame rate, and the normal format is implemented in, for example, an interpolation frame mode.

The display format module is used for converting the received video output signal after the frame rate conversion, and changing the signal to conform to the signal of the display format, such as outputting an RGB data signal.

In some embodiments, the graphics processor 253 and the video processor may be integrated or separately configured, and when the graphics processor and the video processor are integrated, the graphics processor and the video processor may perform processing of graphics signals output to the display, and when the graphics processor and the video processor are separately configured, the graphics processor and the video processor may perform different functions, respectively, for example, a GPU + frc (frame Rate conversion) architecture.

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

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

In some embodiments, the video processor 270 and the 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 controller 250, receives sound signals output by audio processor 280, such as: the speaker 286, and an external sound output terminal of a generating device that can output to an external device, in addition to the speaker carried by the display device 200 itself, such as: external sound interface or earphone interface, etc., and may also include a near field 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 to the display device 200 from the power input from the external power source under the control of the controller 250. The power supply 290 may include a built-in power supply circuit installed inside the display apparatus 200, or may be a power supply interface installed outside the display apparatus 200 to provide an external power supply in the display apparatus 200.

A user interface 265 for receiving an input signal of a user and then transmitting the received user input signal to the controller 250. The user input signal may be a remote controller signal received through an infrared receiver, and various user control signals may be received through the network communication module.

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

In some embodiments, a user may enter user commands on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on the display 275, and the user input interface receives the user input commands 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 receives the user input command by recognizing the sound or gesture through the sensor.

In some embodiments, a "user interface" is a media interface for interaction and information exchange between an application or operating system and a user that enables conversion between an internal form of information and a form that is acceptable to the user. A commonly used presentation form of the User Interface is a Graphical User Interface (GUI), which refers to a User Interface related to computer operations and displayed in a graphical manner. It may be an interface element such as an icon, a window, a control, etc. displayed in the 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 a 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 basic module, a detection module, a communication module, a display control module, a browser module, and various service modules.

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

For example, the voice recognition module comprises 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, 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 a module for data communication between browsing servers. And the service module is used for providing various services and modules including various application programs. Meanwhile, the memory 260 may store a visual effect map for receiving external data and user data, images of various items in various user interfaces, and a focus object, etc.

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

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 by the display device 200, serving as an interaction intermediary between the user and the display device 200. Such as: the user responds to the channel up and down operation by operating the channel up and down keys on the control device 100.

In some embodiments, the control device 100 may be a smart device. Such as: the control apparatus 100 may install various applications that control the display apparatus 200 according to user demands.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, a mobile terminal 300 or other intelligent electronic device may function similar 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 applications, 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 of the control device 100, as well as the communication cooperation between 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 apparatus 200 under the control of the controller 110. Such as: the received user input signal is transmitted to the display apparatus 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 touch pad 142, a sensor 143, keys 144, and other input interfaces. Such as: the user can realize a user instruction input function through actions such as voice, touch, gesture, pressing, and the like, and the input interface converts the received analog signal into a digital signal and converts the digital signal into a corresponding instruction signal, and sends the instruction signal to the display device 200.

The output interface includes an interface that transmits the received user instruction to the display apparatus 200. In some embodiments, the interface may be an infrared interface or 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. The following steps are repeated: when the rf signal interface is used, a user input command needs to be converted into a digital signal, and then the digital signal is modulated according to the rf control signal modulation protocol and then transmitted to the display device 200 through the rf transmitting 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 transmit the user input command to the display device 200 through the WiFi protocol, or the bluetooth protocol, or the NFC protocol code.

A memory 190 for storing various operation programs, data and applications for driving and controlling the control apparatus 200 under the control of the controller. The memory 190 may store various control signal commands input by a user.

And a power supply 180 for providing operational power support to the various elements of the control device 100 under the control of the controller. 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 program. The kernel, shell, and file system together make up the basic operating system structure that allows users to manage files, run programs, and use the system. After power-on, the kernel is started, kernel space is activated, hardware is abstracted, hardware parameters are initialized, and virtual memory, a scheduler, signals and interprocess communication (IPC) are operated and maintained. And after the kernel is started, loading the Shell and the user application program. The application program is compiled into machine code after being started, and a process is formed.

Referring to fig. 4, in some embodiments, the system is divided into four layers, which are, from top to bottom, an Application (Applications) layer (referred to as an "Application layer"), an Application Framework (Application Framework) layer (referred to as a "Framework layer"), an Android runtime (Android runtime) layer and a system library layer (referred to as a "system runtime library layer"), and a kernel layer.

In some embodiments, at least one application program runs in the application program layer, and the application programs can be Window (Window) programs carried by an operating system, system setting programs, clock programs, camera applications and the like; or may be an application developed by a third party developer such as a hi program, a karaoke program, a magic mirror program, or the like. In specific implementation, the application packages in the application layer are not limited to the above examples, and may actually include other application packages, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

The framework layer provides an APPlication Programming Interface (API) and a programming framework for the aPPlication program of the aPPlication layer. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions. The application framework layer acts as a processing center that decides to let the applications in the application layer act. The application program can access the resource in the system and obtain the service of the system in execution through the API interface

As shown in fig. 4, in the embodiment of the present application, the application framework layer includes a manager (Managers), 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 for interacting with all activities running in the system; the Location Manager (Location Manager) is used for providing the system service or application with the access of the system Location service; a Package Manager (Package Manager) for retrieving various information related to an application Package currently installed on the device; a Notification Manager (Notification Manager) for controlling display and clearing of Notification messages; a Window Manager (Window Manager) is used to manage the icons, windows, toolbars, wallpapers, and desktop components on a user interface.

In some embodiments, the activity manager is to: managing the life cycle of each application program and the general navigation backspacing function, such as controlling the exit of the application program (including switching the user interface currently displayed in the display window to the system desktop), opening, backing (including switching the user interface currently displayed in the display window to the previous user interface of the user interface currently displayed), and the like.

In some embodiments, the window manager is configured to manage all window processes, such as obtaining a display size, determining whether a status bar is available, locking a screen, intercepting a screen, controlling a display change (e.g., zooming out, dithering, distorting, etc.) and the like.

In some embodiments, the system runtime layer provides support for the upper layer, i.e., the framework layer, and when the framework layer is used, the android operating system runs the C/C + + library included 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 core layer includes at least one of the following drivers: audio drive, display drive, bluetooth drive, camera drive, WIFI drive, USB drive, HDMI drive, sensor drive (such as fingerprint sensor, temperature sensor, touch sensor, pressure sensor, etc.), and so on.

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

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

In some embodiments, taking the magic mirror application (photographing application) as an example, when the remote control receiving device receives a remote control input operation, a corresponding hardware interrupt is sent to the kernel layer. The kernel layer processes the input operation into an original input event (including information such as a value of the input operation, a timestamp of the input operation, etc.). The raw input events are stored at the kernel layer. The application program framework layer obtains 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 uses the input operation as a confirmation operation, 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 to start the magic mirror application, and then the kernel layer is called to start a camera driver, so that a static image or a video is captured through the 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) that a user acts on a display screen, 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 (such as multi-window mode) corresponding to the input operation, the position and size of the window and the like are set by an activity manager of the application framework layer. And the window management of the application program framework layer draws a window according to the setting of the activity manager, then sends the drawn window data to the display driver of the kernel layer, and the display driver displays the corresponding application interface in different display areas of the display screen.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the application layer containing at least one application may display a corresponding icon control in the display, such as: the system comprises 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 input from cable television, radio broadcasts, 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, a video-on-demand application may provide video from different storage sources. Unlike live television applications, video on demand provides a video display from some storage source. For example, the video on demand may come from a server side of the cloud storage, from a local hard disk storage containing stored video programs.

In some embodiments, the media center application may provide various applications for multimedia content playback. For example, a media center, which may be other than live television or video on demand, may provide services that a user may access to various images or audio through a media center application.

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

In order to solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for launching a homepage application, as shown in fig. 6, including:

s100, receiving user input for starting the display equipment, and acquiring mode information. In this embodiment of the application, the user input for starting the display device may be generated by a user pressing a power-on key on the control apparatus. After the display device is started, the homepage application needs to be started so that the homepage is displayed on the user interface of the display device. The homepage provides the user with the media asset information for the user to select and use. In the related art, the displayed homepage is a uniform homepage interface, and the requirements of different user groups cannot be met.

In the embodiment of the application, in order to meet the requirements of different user groups on the content on the home page interface, a plurality of modes are provided, and the modes include a standard mode, a kid mode and a concise mode. Different home page interface contents are displayed in different modes, wherein the contents displayed in the standard mode are more, the home page interface comprises a plurality of tags, exemplarily, as shown in fig. 7, the home page interface in fig. 7 comprises tags such as AI family, friend circle, recommendation, VIP, spring greeting, tv drama, movie, karaoke, body building and the like, and after a user selects a tag control through a control device, the home page interface displays media resource contents corresponding to the tags. The content of the kid mode display is the content of education and cartoon according with the age of the kids, and the content watched by the kid group is limited, as shown in fig. 8. The contents displayed in the concise mode are concise, and the elderly can conveniently select the operation, as shown in fig. 9.

Since the display device belongs to a home appliance, a user using the display device is often constant, so that the user's preference is relatively stable. If the juvenile mode is enabled when the display device is used last time, the user needs to use the juvenile mode again most probably, so in order to improve the use experience of the user, the embodiment of the application acquires the mode information when the display device is started. S200, judging whether mode information is acquired; and S300, if the mode information is acquired, starting the homepage application with the mode corresponding to the mode information. In the embodiment of the application, the homepage application is started by using the mode information of the historical use mode, so that the user is prevented from manually adjusting the mode of the homepage application.

In some embodiments, the foregoing process specifically includes, as shown in fig. 10: starting up a display device by a Boot service (Boot) after the display device is powered on; the system service (Systemserver) sends the information message of obtaining the mode to the buffer memory; the cache sends the feedback mode information to a system service; if the system service receives the mode information, a homepage application starting message according to the mode information is sent to a desktop Launcher (Launcher), and the homepage application is started by the desktop Launcher according to the mode information.

In the embodiment of the application, when the homepage application is started when the display device is started, the homepage application is started by using the last use mode, so that the use feeling of a user can be improved. Illustratively, the concise mode is used for the last home application, and is still used when the home application is started.

In some embodiments, the step of activating the display device comprises:

when a power key of the display device is pressed, the boot chip code is executed from a predefined place (fixed in the read only memory ROM). Loading a boot program (BootLoader) into a Random Access Memory (RAM), wherein the boot program pulls up and runs an Operating System (OS) of the display device, the operating system being dependent on a Linux kernel;

and starting a Linux kernel for setting an operating system. In some embodiments, when the Linux kernel boots up, the cache, protected memory, the schedule list, and the load driver are set.

After an operating system is set, an initialization file (init.rc file) is searched in a file of the operating system, and an initialization process (init process) is started; the starting initialization process is used for initializing and starting attribute services, and starting an incubation process (Zygote process), wherein the starting incubation process is used for creating a Socket (Socket), and starting a system service process through the Socket, and the system service process is used for acquiring mode information.

In some embodiments, S400, if the mode information is not acquired, the home page application with the default mode is started. In the embodiment of the application, the mode information corresponding to the used mode is stored in the cache, so that the homepage application is started by directly utilizing the mode information stored in the cache last time when the homepage application is used next time, and the use feeling of a user is improved. However, if the user does not set the mode, the embodiment of the present application directly starts the homepage application in the default mode, which may be, for example, a standard mode. In some embodiments, a default mode may be set, and the default mode may be set to a kid mode or a compact mode, which may be specifically set according to actual use conditions.

In some embodiments, a user input to switch modes is received, a post-switch mode is determined, a mode of the homepage application is set to the post-switch mode, and mode information of the post-switch mode is stored. In the embodiment of the application, the user can select and use the homepage application with a suitable mode by switching the mode. In the process of using the homepage application, if the current mode of the homepage application is found to be unsuitable, the mode can be switched to a new mode by resetting, and the mode information of the switched mode is stored, so that the homepage application can be conveniently started next time and used when being started. Illustratively, the current home interface is shown in fig. 7, and a user input for switching the mode is received, and the mode of the home application is set to the switched mode, and the exemplary home interface after switching the mode is shown in fig. 8.

In the embodiment of the application, the user can generate the user input for switching the modes in various ways.

In some embodiments, user input is received for a display mode, controlling available modes of the display device displayed on the display, and in some embodiments, the available modes include a standard mode, a juvenile mode, and a compact mode, as shown in fig. 11.

In some embodiments, a mode control for other modes is provided on the home page, and the user input for switching modes can be generated by moving the selector to the mode control via the control device and pressing a confirmation key on the control device.

In some embodiments, a current exit mode control is provided on the homepage, the selector may be moved to the current exit mode control by the control device, and a confirmation key on the control device is pressed to generate a user input for switching the mode. Illustratively, the default mode is a standard mode, as shown in fig. 8, fig. 8 is a home interface in the kids mode, and the user moves the selector to the exit kids mode control via the control device and presses the enter key on the control device, at which time the home interface is displayed as shown in fig. 7.

In some embodiments, the user input to switch modes is generated when the selector is moved to an edge control on the home interface and continued pressing of a directional key on the control moves the selector to the outside of the home interface. Illustratively, as shown in FIG. 9, when the selector is moved to an edge control on the home interface, a prompt is displayed on the home interface to switch modes, illustratively, a top-up switching mode. When the user presses the up key on the control device, the user input of the switching mode is generated, and the current home interface is displayed as shown in fig. 9, and when the user presses the up key on the control device, the home interface is displayed as the home interface shown in fig. 8.

In some embodiments, a user input to turn off the display device is received, mode information for the current mode is stored, and the display device is turned off. Before the display equipment is powered off, the mode information of the current mode of the display equipment is stored in a cache so as to be used when the display equipment is powered on next time.

In some embodiments, the step of starting the home page application whose mode is the mode corresponding to the mode information includes: different modes correspond to different activities; and starting the homepage application by utilizing the activity corresponding to the mode.

In some embodiments, launching the home application employs a standard android launch procedure, including:

1. a desktop Launcher (Launcher) process initiates a start activity request to a system service process (system _ server) by adopting inter-process communication (Binder IPC);

2. after receiving the request, the system service process sends a request for creating the process to an incubation process (zygate process); 3. spawning (fork) the hatching process to obtain a new sub-process, namely a main page Application (APP) process;

4. a homepage application process initiating an additional application (attach) request to a system service process through inter-process communication;

5. after receiving the request, the system service process performs a series of preparation works, and then sends a scheduled launch activity (scheduleunchActivity) request to the homepage application process through inter-process communication;

6. after receiving the request, an application program thread (binder thread) of the homepage application process sends a LAUNCH ACTIVITY (LAUNCH _ ACTIVITY) message to a main thread through a handler (handler);

7. after receiving the information (message), the main thread creates a target Activity (Activity) through an emission mechanism, and calls back methods such as Activity.

8. The home application is formally launched, starts to enter the Activity lifecycle, executes the onCreate/onStart/onResume method, and sees the App's home interface after the UI rendering is finished. In this step, different activities are specified according to the mode information, and the homepage application is started using the activities. Illustratively, the top page of the different schemas is a different Activity. The first Activity of each mode inherits the base class, and the mode of package name + class name is started directly when the mode is started.

The style is as follows: package name/class name.

Exemplary, standard mode: com.jamdeo.tv.vod.vod/com.ju.main.launcher.launcher Activity;

a children mode: com. jamdeo.tv.vod.vod/com.ju.main.launcher.kisdactive;

concise mode: com. jamdeo. tv. vod/com. ju. main. launcher. oldmodel activity.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions 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 solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart 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, comprising:

a display for displaying a user interface;

a user interface for receiving an input signal;

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to perform: and if the mode information is not acquired, starting the homepage application with the default mode.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to perform: receiving user input of a switching mode, determining the switched mode, setting the mode of the homepage application to be the switched mode, and storing mode information of the switched mode.

4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to perform: and receiving user input for closing the display equipment, storing the mode information of the current mode, and closing the display equipment.

5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to perform in particular:

6. The display device of claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to perform the steps of activating the display device:

starting a Linux kernel for setting an operating system;

7. The display device according to claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to perform in particular:

8. The display device of claim 7, wherein the available modes include a standard mode, a kids mode, and a compact mode.

9. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to execute the home application whose start mode is the mode information corresponding mode, in accordance with the following steps: different modes correspond to different activities; and starting the homepage application by utilizing the activity corresponding to the mode.

10. A method of launching a home application, comprising: