CN113473241A

CN113473241A - Display equipment and display control method of image-text style menu

Info

Publication number: CN113473241A
Application number: CN202110820749.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 董杰; 张海波
Original assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-20
Filing date: 2021-07-20
Publication date: 2021-10-01

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of display equipment, in particular to display equipment and a display control method of a picture-text style menu, which can solve the problem that a user can not accurately understand the configuration effect of options with complex functions and abstract names in the process of operating a television menu to a certain extent. The display device includes: a display for displaying a user interface comprising a menu, the menu comprising options for setting display device parameters; a controller configured to: when the focus of the user interface is moved from the first option to the second option, controlling the user interface to display second prompt content corresponding to the second option, wherein the second prompt content comprises a second image for introducing the function of the second option and/or second words for introducing the function of the second option; when the focus is on the first option, a user interface displays first prompt content corresponding to the first option.

Description

Display equipment and display control method of image-text style menu

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of display device technologies, and in particular, to a display device and a display control method for a graphic style menu.

Background

The television menu is displayed in the user interface, the function configuration and daily operation of the television by the user can be realized through man-machine interaction, the television menu can comprise submenus such as system setting, image quality setting, sound setting and the like, and the submenus can comprise a plurality of different function options.

In some implementations of menu display, a typical user interface may display a main menu, a sub-menu, and their names, the sub-menu including function options displayed as specific names, the function options typically being presented in a longitudinal list form in the menu; and on the main menu interface, a user operates and switches different submenus through a remote controller to enable the user interface to display the function options of the submenus. For example, during the operation of switching and selecting a plurality of function options contained in the sub-menu by the user using the remote controller, the function option displayed as a specific name in the user interface is highlighted as it is selected, so as to expect the user to further confirm the setting operation.

However, with the continuous upgrading of smart television products, the configuration of multiple image quality and tone quality improvement technologies, the display efficiency of a traditional menu display interface cannot meet the current situation of complex and professional function configuration of a television, when function options contained in a television menu relate to professional parameters and configuration effects which are difficult for ordinary people to discriminate and understand, a user cannot understand the configuration effects specifically only by the names of the menu function options, and the user needs to set and compare the multiple function options repeatedly to determine the specific function setting effects expressed by the options; or the user needs to compare and understand with the specification in the setting process of the functional options so as to realize the proper operation of the options contained in the menu.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problem that a user can not accurately understand the configuration effect of options with complex functions and abstract names in the process of operating a television menu, the application provides display equipment and a display control method of a picture-text style menu.

The embodiment of the application is realized as follows:

a first aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a display device, including: a display for displaying a user interface comprising a menu, the menu comprising options for setting display device parameters; a controller configured to: when the focus of the user interface is moved from the first option to the second option, controlling the user interface to display second prompt content corresponding to the second option, wherein the second prompt content comprises a second image for introducing the function of the second option and/or second words for introducing the function of the second option; when the focus is on the first option, a user interface displays first prompt content corresponding to the first option.

A second aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a method for controlling display of a menu in an image-text style, where the method includes: when the focus is moved from the first option to the second option, displaying second prompt content corresponding to the second option, wherein the second prompt content comprises a second image for introducing the function of the second option and/or second characters for introducing the function of the second option; and when the focus is on the first option, displaying first prompt content corresponding to the first option.

The beneficial effect of this application: by constructing the second prompt content, the visual introduction of the menu option function can be realized; further, a second image is constructed, so that the function of describing menu options in a video and picture mode can be realized; further, by constructing a second character, the function of describing menu options in a character description mode can be realized; further, by displaying the corresponding prompt content in real time when the focus is switched, the functions of the menu options can be obtained in real time by a user, the user is helped to quickly understand the specific adjusting effect and the functional characteristics of the menu options, so that the required parameter values can be selected and set, the operation difficulty of the user is reduced, and the menu setting operation is simplified.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive exercise.

FIG. 1 illustrates a usage scenario of a display device 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. 5A illustrates a user interface diagram of a chart style menu display in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram of a user interface for a menu display of the text style in accordance with another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5C is a schematic diagram of a user interface for a menu display of the text style in accordance with another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5D is a schematic diagram of a user interface for a menu display of the text style in accordance with another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5E is a schematic diagram of a user interface for a menu display of the text style in accordance with another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5F is a schematic diagram of a user interface for a menu display of the text style in another embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

To make the purpose and embodiments of the present application clearer, the following will clearly and completely describe the exemplary embodiments of the present application with reference to the attached drawings in the exemplary embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described exemplary embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments.

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 not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order, unless otherwise indicated. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances.

The terms "comprises" and "comprising," 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 all elements expressly listed, but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such product or apparatus.

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of 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 apparatus 200 through the smart device 300 or 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 an infrared protocol communication or a bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-distance communication methods, and controls the display device 200 in a wireless or wired manner. The user may input a user instruction through a key on a remote controller, voice input, control panel input, etc., to control the display apparatus 200.

In some embodiments, the smart device 300 (e.g., mobile terminal, tablet, computer, laptop, etc.) 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.

In some embodiments, the display device 200 may also be controlled in a manner other than the control apparatus 100 and the smart device 300, for example, the voice command control of the user may be directly received by a module configured inside the display device 200 to obtain a voice command, or may be received by a voice control device provided outside the display device 200.

In some embodiments, the display device 200 is also in data communication with a server 400. 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. The server 400 may be a cluster or a plurality of clusters, and may include one or more types of servers.

Fig. 2 exemplarily shows a block diagram of a configuration of the control apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 2, the control device 100 includes a controller 110, a communication interface 130, a user input/output interface 140, a memory, and a power supply. The control apparatus 100 may receive an input operation instruction from 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.

Fig. 3 shows a hardware configuration block diagram of the display apparatus 200 according to an exemplary embodiment.

In some embodiments, the display apparatus 200 includes at least one of a tuner demodulator 210, a communicator 220, a detector 230, an external device interface 240, a controller 250, a display 260, an audio output interface 270, a memory, a power supply, a user interface.

In some embodiments the controller comprises a processor, a video processor, an audio processor, a graphics processor, a RAM, a ROM, a first interface to an nth interface for input/output.

In some embodiments, the display 260 includes a display screen component for presenting a picture, and a driving component for driving an image display, a component for receiving an image signal from the controller output, performing display of video content, image content, and a menu manipulation interface, and a user manipulation UI interface.

In some embodiments, the display 260 may be a liquid crystal display, an OLED display, and a projection display, and may also be a projection device and a projection screen.

In some embodiments, communicator 220 is a component for communicating with external devices or servers according to various communication protocol types. For example: the communicator may include at least one of a Wifi module, a bluetooth module, a wired ethernet module, and other network communication protocol chips or near field communication protocol chips, and an infrared receiver. The display apparatus 200 may establish transmission and reception of control signals and data signals with the external control apparatus 100 or the server 400 through the communicator 220.

In some embodiments, the user interface may be configured to receive control signals for controlling the apparatus 100 (e.g., an infrared remote control, etc.).

In some embodiments, the detector 230 is used to collect signals of the external environment or interaction with the outside. For example, detector 230 includes a light receiver, a sensor for collecting ambient light intensity; alternatively, the detector 230 includes an image collector, such as a camera, which may be used to collect external environment scenes, attributes of the user, or user interaction gestures, or the detector 230 includes a sound collector, such as a microphone, which is used to receive external sounds.

In some embodiments, the external device interface 240 may include, but is not limited to, the following: high Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), analog or data high definition component input interface (component), composite video input interface (CVBS), USB input interface (USB), RGB port, and the like. The interface may be a composite input/output interface formed by the plurality of interfaces.

In some embodiments, the tuner demodulator 210 receives broadcast television signals via wired or wireless reception, and demodulates audio/video signals, such as EPG data signals, from a plurality of wireless or wired broadcast television 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.

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 controls 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 260, 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, an icon, or other actionable control. The operations related to the selected object are: displaying an operation connected to a hyperlink page, document, image, or the like, or performing an operation of a program corresponding to the icon.

In some embodiments the controller comprises at least one of a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a video processor, an audio processor, a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a RAM Random Access Memory (RAM), a ROM (Read-Only Memory), a first to nth interface for input/output, a communication Bus (Bus), and the like.

A CPU processor. For executing operating system and application program instructions stored in the memory, and executing various application programs, data and contents according to various interactive instructions receiving external input, so as to finally display and play various audio-video contents. The CPU processor may include a plurality of processors. E.g. comprising a main processor and one or more sub-processors.

In some embodiments, a graphics processor for generating various graphics objects, such as: icons, operation menus, user input instruction display graphics, and the like. The graphic processor comprises an arithmetic unit, which performs operation by receiving various interactive instructions input by a user and displays various objects according to display attributes; the system also 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 is configured to receive an external video signal, and perform video processing such as decompression, decoding, scaling, noise reduction, frame rate conversion, resolution conversion, and image synthesis 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, the video processor 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 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. And the frame rate conversion module is used for converting the frame rate of the input video. And the display formatting module is used for converting the received video output signal after the frame rate conversion, and changing the signal to be in accordance with the signal of the display format, such as an output RGB data signal.

In some embodiments, the audio processor 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 processing to obtain an audio signal that can be played in the speaker.

In some embodiments, a user may enter user commands on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on display 260, 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.

In some embodiments, a system of a display device 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 may be windows (windows) programs carried by an operating system, system setting programs, clock programs or the like; or an application developed by a third party developer. In particular implementations, the application packages in the application layer are not limited to the above examples.

The framework layer provides an Application Programming Interface (API) and a programming framework for the application. 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 resources in the system and obtain the services 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 used to manage the lifecycle of the various applications as well as general navigational fallback functions, such as controlling exit, opening, fallback, etc. of the applications. The window manager is used for managing all window programs, such as obtaining the size of a display screen, judging whether a status bar exists, locking the screen, intercepting the screen, controlling the change of the display window (for example, reducing the display window, displaying a shake, displaying a distortion deformation, and the like), 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 driver, bluetooth drive, camera drive, WIFI drive, USB drive, HDMI drive, sensor drive (like fingerprint sensor, temperature sensor, pressure sensor etc.) and power drive etc..

The embodiment of the application can be applied to various types of display devices (including but not limited to smart televisions, liquid crystal televisions, set top boxes and the like). The following explains a display device and a display control method of a graphic style menu by taking a display scheme and a user interface of the graphic style menu realized by the smart television as an example.

FIG. 5A illustrates a user interface diagram of a chart style menu display in accordance with an embodiment of the present application.

In some embodiments, a display device provided herein includes a display operable to display a user interface operable to display menus for controlling television functions and controlling a television. The user can select and confirm the option of the television menu through a remote controller and other control equipment, and the configuration of the television function can be realized.

For example, the image menu common to the smart tv may include an image effect menu, an image scale menu, an image mode menu, and the like, and the sound setting menu common to the smart tv may include an audio menu, a surround sound effect menu, and the like, which are set through the menu.

According to the display equipment, the image-text style menu display control scheme can be realized in a specific menu setting interface, the menu display scheme of drawing, text or image-text combination is provided for a user according to the function corresponding to the menu setting option, and visual and auditory effect description about the option can be provided for the user.

In the display process of the image-text style menu, the image-text prompt instruction information can realize instant change in the focus moving process, and the menu option corresponding to the current focus is automatically adapted, so that a user can obtain the brief description and introduction of the specific image-text style of the current option in real time, the display of the intelligent image-text style of the menu is realized, and comfortable functional experience is brought to the user.

In some embodiments, the television menu comprises a plurality of options during display, when the focus is on the first option, the controller controls the first option to be highlighted to prompt the user that the current option is selected, and controls the user interface to display first prompt content corresponding to the first option, wherein the first prompt content is used for describing and introducing the function configuration effect of the first option to help the user decide whether to perform confirmation operation on the first option.

For example, the user interface in FIG. 5A shows an audio menu that includes 4 options, dynamic, standard, classical, and movie, respectively. The current focus of the television user interface is at the position of the dynamic option, the user interface displays corresponding first prompt content, the first prompt content is positioned in the menu interface below all the options, and the first prompt content is specifically displayed as a picture and a text paragraph which is displayed on the upper layer of the picture in an overlaying mode.

It can be seen that it is difficult for a general user to understand the specific meaning and set effect of the dynamic options in the audio menu.

Through the concert live picture of the first prompt content, the user can obtain a visual image introduction for the dynamic options in the menu, and the setting effect of the visual image introduction can be similar to the effect of the concert live; by setting the enjoying moments of listening to music, listening to a concert, watching TV plays and the like appropriately on the text paragraphs displayed on the pictures, the user can be clearly shown, namely, when the user listens to and watches the live broadcast and the recorded broadcast of the concert, or listens to popular music and watches TV plays and selects dynamic options, better auditory experience can be obtained.

The image-text menu display method definitely reduces the difficulty of understanding the function options by the user, so that the user does not need to set experience for different options one by one, and the difference of corresponding audio effects under different option setting scenes is repeatedly compared.

FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram of a user interface for a menu display of the text style in another embodiment of the present application.

In some embodiments, when the user interface finds that the focus of that menu is moved from the first option to the second option, the controller will control the user interface to display second prompt content corresponding to the second option.

The second prompting content can comprise a second image for visually introducing the second option function and/or second words for briefly introducing the second option function. It is understood that the second prompt content corresponding to the second option may include both images and text, or only images and text.

For example, when the user operates based on the user interface in fig. 5A, the user moves the focus from the dynamic option to the movie option, and the prompt content below the audio menu of the user interface is changed from the previous dynamic description image and text paragraph to the movie description image and text paragraph. It can be found that, in the movie option of the audio menu, the second prompt content corresponding to the movie option and the first prompt content are obviously changed, wherein the second image is specifically implemented as a picture in this embodiment, and a relatively clear functional effect can be provided for the user through the movie scene represented in the picture; the second text is displayed as "suitable setting when watching the movie", the user is explicitly indicated in a text mode, and the audio effect represented by the movie option is suitable for the movie or the video with large scenes.

Compared with the conventional menu display interface only containing option names, the user can hardly understand the actual audio setting effect in the setting process only by reading short name information such as dynamic, standard, classical and movie information.

In some embodiments, when the focus of the user interface is moved from a first option to a second option in the menu, the controller will draw a specific prompt area in the user interface, and during the switching process of the options, the controller controls the prompt area to be switched from displaying the first prompt content to displaying as the second prompt content, it should be noted that the prompt area and the menu option are generally set to keep a fixed position relative to each other.

For example, in the process of changing the user interface from fig. 5A to fig. 5B, the first prompt content and the second prompt content are displayed at the same position on the user interface, that is, the controller immediately displays the corresponding prompt content in a fixed prompt area according to different menu options.

Through the setting of the prompt area, the display of the prompt content can be kept at a fixed position, and the regularity and the tidiness of the display of the television user interface are improved.

In some embodiments, when the second prompt content displayed on the user interface includes the second image and the second text, the controller controls the second text to be displayed in an overlapping manner on a lower edge of the second image, i.e., in this embodiment, the text segment is displayed in the overlapping manner on the second image, and the text segment is displayed in a display range of the image, wherein the text segment can be configured with different transparencies to display different combination effects, as shown in fig. 5A and 5B.

In some embodiments, when the second prompt content displayed by the user interface includes a second image and a second text, the controller may further control the second text to be displayed at a peripheral position of the second image, for example, at a lower side, a right side, a left side, or an upper side of the image, so as to display different combination effects.

In some embodiments, the user interface displaying the second prompt content may include a second image and a second text, and the controller controls the second text and the second image to be displayed in a list in a menu of the user interface.

For example, fig. 5B shows an audio menu in which 4 options and the second prompt content are displayed in a list in the vertical direction, so as to conform to the common viewing habit of the user.

In some embodiments, the second image included in the second prompt content may be implemented as a picture, an animation, or a short video, an audio, and the like, and the function and effect mapped by the second option of the menu may be introduced more intuitively and vividly in a multimedia manner.

FIG. 5C is a schematic diagram of a user interface for a menu display of the text style in accordance with another embodiment of the present application.

In some embodiments, when the user interface finds that the focus of the menu is moved from the first option to the second option, the second prompt content may include only the second image for visually presenting the function of the second option.

For example, based on the surround sound effect setting menu shown in fig. 5C, which includes the concert, the movie, and the close option, and the current focus is located in the movie option, and the corresponding prompt content displayed on the user interface at this time is an influence introduction, it can be found from the picture that, compared with the tv without the surround sound effect, the prompt content picture at this time displays a plurality of pronunciation identifiers, including the sound utterances towards the left and right sides of the tv and the sound utterances towards the front side of the tv panel; based on the current prompt content, the user will understand that the surround sound effect of the television will be increased by 4 channels after the configuration of the movie options in the visual image dimension.

Based on the user interface of fig. 5C, the user control focus is switched from the movie option to the concert option, the second prompt content of the user interface is instantly displayed as shown in fig. 5D, in the concert sound effect setting, the intuitive image introduction of the picture is 2 channels less than the movie option, and the user can intuitively and vividly obtain the concert and distinguish the configuration of the movie surround sound effect through the image-text style menu display scheme.

Based on the user interface shown in fig. 5D, the user control focus is switched from the concert option to the close option, the second prompt content of the user interface is displayed in real time as shown in fig. 5E, after the close option is selected, the prompt content displayed on the user interface is again 2 channels less than the picture of the concert option, and it can be understood that in the close mode, the television will not exhibit the surround sound effect.

Through the display scheme of the image-text style menu, the user can visually compare the function effects of a plurality of options in the menu, and the accuracy and the convenience of operation in human-computer interaction are improved.

In some embodiments, the user interface controls the second text in the user interface to be displayed between the menu name and the option when the user interface displays the second prompt content corresponding to the second option when the user interface only includes the second text.

In some embodiments, the controller may further control the second option to be highlighted in the user interface, control the font of the menu name to be larger than the option and the font of the second text, so that the user can quickly identify the prompt content corresponding to the option in the plurality of lines of text.

For example, in a television user interface, a user may enter an image effect settings menu by setting, image, and path of image effects. When the focus is in bright color, a prompt content text paragraph "is displayed below the menu name" is suitable for setting during the daytime and in bright living room environment for watching the movie ", and the explicit mode can enable a user to quickly and accurately acquire the function effect corresponding to the option and the option configuration scene.

It can be understood that the title of the image effect setting page shows the meaning of the specific image effect of the corresponding option to the user in the form of characters, which is convenient for the user to understand. After the focus moves, the corresponding text information is changed in real time, so that option prompt information is changed in real time along with the focus, and the real-time performance and the reliability of the function are guaranteed.

In some embodiments, the image setting and the sound setting are set as the most common menu setting options of the smart television, so that the most intuitive parameter adjustment setting of visual and auditory effects is mainly provided for the user, and the use experience of the user is greatly influenced. The method for displaying the image-text style menu can provide a menu display method of three styles of images, text and images for a user according to the function of the setting menu on the setting interface of the specific function;

meanwhile, the menu display prompt instruction information of the image-text style can change in the focus moving process and automatically adapt to the option corresponding to the current focus, so that the user can obtain brief description and introduction of the specific image-text style of the current option in real time, the display of the intelligent menu image-text style is realized, and comfortable functional experience is brought to the user.

In some embodiments, the method for displaying the graphics and text style menu provided by the application can realize the display of the graphics, text and text styles of the related function menu. When a user enters a setting page, the smart television can automatically change the display style of the setting menu according to the current scene, and the specific functional characteristics of the option where the focus is located in the current menu are displayed to the user in the form of pictures and texts, so that the user can conveniently select the specific characteristics.

Meanwhile, after the user moves the focus, the menu information of the relevant image-text style can be updated in real time, the user can conveniently and accurately obtain the current menu information in real time, the optimal parameter option is selected, and an intelligent, convenient and instant image-text style menu display scheme is provided for the user.

Based on the above technical solution for realizing display control of the image-text style menu by the display device and the introduction of the related drawings, the application also provides display control of the image-text style menu, and the method includes: when the focus is moved from the first option to the second option, displaying second prompt content corresponding to the second option, wherein the second prompt content comprises a second image for visually and vividly introducing the function of the second option and/or second characters for briefly introducing the function of the second option; and when the focus is on the first option, displaying first prompt content corresponding to the first option. The specific steps of implementing the display control of the image-text style menu by the method are explained in detail in the above-provided technical solution of the display device, and are not described herein again.

In some embodiments, displaying the prompt content corresponding to the option specifically includes: when the focus moves from the first option to the second option, the prompt area of the control menu is switched from displaying the first prompt content to displaying the second prompt content; wherein the prompt area remains in a fixed position relative to the menu options. The specific steps of implementing the display control of the image-text style menu by the method are explained in detail in the above-provided technical solution of the display device, and are not described herein again.

In some embodiments, displaying the second prompt content corresponding to the second option specifically includes: and when the second prompt content comprises a second image and a second character, controlling the second character to be displayed at the lower edge position of the second image in an overlaying manner. The specific steps of implementing the display control of the image-text style menu by the method are explained in detail in the above-provided technical solution of the display device, and are not described herein again.

In some embodiments, displaying the second prompt content corresponding to the second option specifically includes: and when the second prompt content comprises a second image and a second character, controlling the second character and the second image to be displayed in a list in a menu. The specific steps of implementing the display control of the image-text style menu by the method are explained in detail in the above-provided technical solution of the display device, and are not described herein again.

In some embodiments, displaying the second prompt content corresponding to the second option specifically includes: and when the second prompt content only comprises a second character, controlling the second character to be displayed between the menu name and the option, controlling the second option to be displayed in a high-brightness mode, and controlling the font of the menu name to be larger than the font of the option and the font of the second character. The specific steps of implementing the display control of the image-text style menu by the method are explained in detail in the above-provided technical solution of the display device, and are not described herein again.

The method and the device have the advantages that the visual introduction of the menu option function can be realized by constructing the second prompt content; further, a second image is constructed, so that the function of describing menu options in a video and picture mode can be realized; further, by constructing a second character, the function of describing menu options in a character description mode can be realized; further, by displaying the corresponding prompt content in real time when the focus is switched, the functions of the menu options can be obtained in real time by a user, the user is helped to quickly understand the specific adjusting effect and the functional characteristics of the menu options, so that the required parameter values can be selected and set, the operation difficulty of the user is reduced, and the menu setting operation is simplified.

Moreover, those skilled in the art will appreciate that aspects of the present application may be illustrated and described in terms of several patentable species or situations, including any new and useful combination of processes, machines, manufacture, or materials, or any new and useful improvement thereon. Accordingly, various aspects of the present application may be embodied entirely in hardware, entirely in software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or in a combination of hardware and software. The above hardware or software may be referred to as "data block", "controller", "engine", "unit", "component", or "system". Furthermore, aspects of the present application may be represented as a computer product, including computer readable program code, embodied in one or more computer readable media.

The computer storage medium may comprise a propagated data signal with computer program code embodied therewith, for example, on baseband or as part of a carrier wave. The propagated signal may take any of a variety of forms, including electromagnetic, optical, etc., or any suitable combination. A computer storage medium may be any computer-readable medium that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code located on a computer storage medium may be propagated over any suitable medium, including radio, cable, fiber optic cable, RF, or the like, or any combination of the preceding.

Computer program code required for the operation of various portions of the present application may be written in any one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, Scala, Smalltalk, Eiffel, JADE, Emerald, C + +, C #, VB.NET, Python, and the like, a conventional programming language such as C, Visual Basic, Fortran 2003, Perl, COBOL 2002, PHP, ABAP, a dynamic programming language such as Python, Ruby, and Groovy, or other programming languages, and the like. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the latter scenario, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any network format, such as a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet), or in a cloud computing environment, or as a service, such as a software as a service (SaaS).

Additionally, the order in which elements and sequences of the processes described herein are processed, the use of alphanumeric characters, or the use of other designations, is not intended to limit the order of the processes and methods described herein, unless explicitly claimed. While various presently contemplated embodiments of the invention have been discussed in the foregoing disclosure by way of example, it is to be understood that such detail is solely for that purpose and that the appended claims are not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, are intended to cover all modifications and equivalent arrangements that are within the spirit and scope of the embodiments herein. For example, although the system components described above may be implemented by hardware devices, they may also be implemented by software-only solutions, such as installing the described system on an existing server or mobile device.

Similarly, it should be noted that in the preceding description of embodiments of the application, various features are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure aiding in the understanding of one or more of the embodiments. This method of disclosure, however, is not intended to require more features than are expressly recited in the claims. Indeed, the embodiments may be characterized as having less than all of the features of a single embodiment disclosed above.

The entire contents of each patent, patent application publication, and other material cited in this application, such as articles, books, specifications, publications, documents, and the like, are hereby incorporated by reference into this application. Except where the application is filed in a manner inconsistent or contrary to the present disclosure, and except where the claim is filed in its broadest scope (whether present or later appended to the application) as well. It is noted that the descriptions, definitions and/or use of terms in this application shall control if they are inconsistent or contrary to the statements and/or uses of the present application in the material attached to this application.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a display for displaying a user interface comprising a menu, the menu comprising options for setting display device parameters;

a controller configured to:

when the focus of the user interface is moved from the first option to the second option, controlling the user interface to display second prompt content corresponding to the second option, wherein the second prompt content comprises a second image for introducing the function of the second option and/or second words for introducing the function of the second option;

when the focus is on the first option, a user interface displays first prompt content corresponding to the first option.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the user interface to display the prompt content corresponding to the option, and specifically comprises the controller:

when the focus of the user interface is moved from the first option to the second option, the controller controls a prompt area of a menu in the user interface to be switched from displaying first prompt content to displaying second prompt content; wherein the prompt area remains in a fixed position relative to the menu options.

3. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller to control the user interface to display second prompt content corresponding to the second option includes, in particular, the controller to:

when the second prompt content comprises a second image and a second character, the controller controls the second character to be displayed at the lower edge position of the second image in an overlaying mode.

4. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller to control the user interface to display second prompt content corresponding to the second option includes, in particular, the controller to:

and when the second prompt content comprises a second image and a second character, the controller controls the second character and the second image to be displayed in a list in a menu of the user interface.

5. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller to control the user interface to display second prompt content corresponding to the second option includes, in particular, the controller to:

when the second prompt content only comprises a second character, the controller controls the second character in the user interface to be displayed between the menu name and the option, controls the second option to be displayed in the user interface in a high brightness mode, and controls the font of the menu name to be larger than the font of the option and the font of the second character.

6. A method for controlling display of a teletext style menu, the method comprising:

when the focus is moved from the first option to the second option, displaying second prompt content corresponding to the second option, wherein the second prompt content comprises a second image for introducing the function of the second option and/or second characters for introducing the function of the second option;

and when the focus is on the first option, displaying first prompt content corresponding to the first option.

7. The method for controlling display of a teletext style menu according to claim 6, wherein displaying the prompt content corresponding to the option specifically comprises:

when the focus moves from the first option to the second option, the prompt area of the control menu is switched from displaying the first prompt content to displaying the second prompt content; wherein the prompt area remains in a fixed position relative to the menu options.

8. The method for controlling display of a teletext style menu according to claim 6, wherein displaying second prompt content corresponding to a second option comprises:

and when the second prompt content comprises a second image and a second character, controlling the second character to be displayed at the lower edge position of the second image in an overlaying manner.

9. The method for controlling display of a teletext style menu according to claim 6, wherein displaying second prompt content corresponding to a second option comprises:

and when the second prompt content comprises a second image and a second character, controlling the second character and the second image to be displayed in a list in a menu.

10. The method for controlling display of a teletext style menu according to claim 6, wherein displaying second prompt content corresponding to a second option comprises:

and when the second prompt content only comprises a second character, controlling the second character to be displayed between the menu name and the option, controlling the second option to be displayed in a high-brightness mode, and controlling the font of the menu name to be larger than the font of the option and the font of the second character.