CN113676760A

CN113676760A - Video playing method and display equipment

Info

Publication number: CN113676760A
Application number: CN202010406666.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赖园园
Original assignee: Juhaokan Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Juhaokan Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-05-14
Filing date: 2020-05-14
Publication date: 2021-11-19

Abstract

The application discloses a video playing method and display equipment, and belongs to the field of data processing. In the application, the display device may obtain push information of a second video associated with the first video according to the first video played in the first display, and control the second display to switch from a current display picture to display the push information when the first display is played to a reference time point of the first video. Because the display device comprises the first display and the second display, the display device does not need to wait for the push information of the second video to be displayed after the first video is played, so that a user does not need to spend time to watch the push information of the second video independently and wait for the push information of the second video to be loaded, and the time of the user is greatly saved.

Description

Video playing method and display equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of data processing, and in particular, to a video playing method and a display device.

Background

At present, when a user watches a video in a display device, after the video playing is completed, the display device can play a push video related to the video, so that the user can watch the push video to achieve the effect of video recommendation.

In the related art, after the display device finishes playing the currently played video, the information of the pushed video associated with the video can be acquired, and then the pushed video is acquired according to the information of the pushed video and played, so that the user can watch the pushed video.

However, the display device plays the push video associated with the current video after the current video is played, so that the user needs to separately spend time watching the push video. And the user also needs to wait for the push video to be loaded, which wastes a lot of time for the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a video playing method, a display device and a storage medium, which can solve the problem that a user needs to spend time alone to watch a pushed video. The technical scheme is as follows:

in one aspect, there is provided a display apparatus, including:

a first display and a second display, the first display and the second display configured to display different user interfaces, any user interface further comprising a selector therein, the selector for moving a position of the selector in the any user interface in response to a user input to cause a control in the any user interface to be selected;

a controller in communication with the first display and the second display, respectively, the controller configured to perform presenting the either user interface;

the controller is further configured to:

acquiring push information of a second video related to a first video according to the first video played in the first display, wherein the push information is used for enabling the first display to play the second video after receiving input confirmation operation of the push information;

and when the first display plays to the reference time point of the first video, controlling the second display to be switched from the current display picture to display the push information.

In another aspect, a video playing method is provided, which is applied to a display device, and the method includes:

In another aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, in which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, implements the steps of the video playback method provided in the foregoing.

The beneficial effects brought by the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application at least comprise:

in this embodiment of the application, since the display device includes the first display and the second display, the display device may obtain, according to the first video played in the first display, push information of the second video associated with the first video, and display the push information in the second display when the first display is played to the reference time point of the first video. Therefore, the display device does not need to wait for the first video to be played to display the push information of the second video, so that a user does not need to spend time to watch the push information of the second video independently, and does not need to spend time waiting for the push information loading of the second video, thereby greatly saving the time of the user.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an operation scenario between a display device and a control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a block diagram of a configuration of a control device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a hardware system in a display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a connection relationship between a power board and a load according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a block diagram of a hardware architecture of a display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a schematic functional configuration diagram of a display device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a block diagram of a configuration of a software system in a display device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a block diagram of an application layer of a display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a user interface in a display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 10 is a flowchart of a video playing method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a user interface in another display device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a user interface in another display device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a user interface in a display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 14 is a flowchart of another video playing method provided in the embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the exemplary embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the exemplary embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the 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, but not all the embodiments.

All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the exemplary embodiments shown in the present application without inventive effort, shall fall within the scope of protection of the present application. Moreover, while the disclosure herein has been presented in terms of exemplary one or more examples, it is to be understood that each aspect of the disclosure can be utilized independently and separately from other aspects of the disclosure to provide a complete disclosure.

It should be understood that the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances and can be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein with respect to the embodiments of the application, for example.

Furthermore, the terms "comprises" and "comprising," and 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.

Before explaining the embodiments of the present application in detail, an application scenario related to the embodiments of the present application will be described.

When a user watches a video in the display device, the display device can display the push information of the video related to the video, so that the user can watch the push information, and the effect of video recommendation is achieved. The video playing method provided by the embodiment of the application can be used in the above scenario, and the display device includes a first display and a second display, and can acquire push information of the second video associated with the first video according to the first video played in the first display, and control the second display to switch from a current display picture to display the push information when the first display is played to a reference time point of the first video. Therefore, the user does not need to spend time to watch the push information independently and wait for the push information to be loaded, and therefore the time of the user is greatly saved.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The present application is mainly directed to a sound and picture synchronization process of a display device having a dual-system and dual-display structure, that is, a display device having a first chip (a first hardware system, a chip), a second chip (a second hardware system, N chip), a first display, and a second display, and the following first describes in detail the structure, function, and implementation of the display device having the dual-system hardware structure.

For the convenience of users, various external device interfaces are usually provided on the display device to facilitate connection of different peripheral devices or cables to implement corresponding functions. When a high-definition camera is connected to an interface of the display device, if a hardware system of the display device does not have a hardware interface of a high-pixel camera receiving the source code, data received by the camera cannot be displayed on a display screen of the display device.

Furthermore, due to the hardware structure, the hardware system of the conventional display device only supports one path of hard decoding resources, and usually only supports video decoding with a resolution of 4K at most, so when a user wants to perform video chat while watching a network television, the user needs to use the hard decoding resources (usually GPU in the hardware system) to decode the network video without reducing the definition of the network video screen, and in this case, the user can only process the video chat screen by using a general-purpose processor (e.g. CPU) in the hardware system to perform soft decoding on the video.

The soft decoding is adopted to process the video chat picture, so that the data processing burden of a CPU (central processing unit) can be greatly increased, and when the data processing burden of the CPU is too heavy, the problem of picture blocking or unsmooth flow can occur. Further, due to the data processing capability of the CPU, when the CPU performs soft decoding on the video chat screen, multi-channel video calls cannot be generally implemented, and when a user wants to perform video chat with multiple other users in the same chat scene, access is blocked.

In view of the above aspects, to overcome the above drawbacks, the present application discloses a dual hardware system architecture to implement multiple channels of video chat data (at least one channel of local video).

The concept to which the present application relates will be first explained below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the following descriptions of the concepts are only for the purpose of facilitating understanding of the contents of the present application, and do not represent limitations on the scope of the present application.

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

The term "gesture" as used in the embodiments of the present application refers to a user behavior used to express an intended idea, action, purpose, or result through a change in hand shape or an action such as hand movement.

The term "hardware system" used in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a physical component having computing, controlling, storing, inputting and outputting functions, which is formed by a mechanical, optical, electrical and magnetic device such as an Integrated Circuit (IC), a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and the like. In various embodiments of the present application, a hardware system may also be referred to as a motherboard (or chip).

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 apparatus 200 through the control device 100.

The control device 100 may be a remote controller 100A, which can communicate with the display device 200 through an infrared protocol communication, a bluetooth protocol communication, a ZigBee (ZigBee) protocol communication, or other short-range communication, and is used to control the display device 200 in a wireless or other wired manner. The user may input a user instruction through a key on the remote controller 100A, voice input, control panel input, or the like 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 movement keys, a voice input key, a menu key, a power on/off key, etc. on the remote controller 100A to control the functions of the display device 200.

The control device 100 may also be an intelligent device, such as a mobile terminal 100B, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, and the like, which may communicate with the display device 200 through a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), or other networks, and implement control of the display device 200 through an application program corresponding to the display device 200. For example, the display device 200 is controlled using an application program running on the smart device. The application may provide various controls to the User through an intuitive User Interface (UI) on a screen associated with the smart device.

For example, the mobile terminal 100B and the display device 200 may each have a software application installed thereon, so that connection communication between the two can be realized through a network communication protocol, and the purpose of one-to-one control operation and data communication can be further realized. Such as: a control instruction protocol can be established between the mobile terminal 100B and the display device 200, a remote control keyboard is synchronized to the mobile terminal 100B, and the function of controlling the display device 200 is realized by controlling a user interface on the mobile terminal 100B; the audio and video content displayed on the mobile terminal 100B may also be transmitted to the display device 200, so as to implement a synchronous display function.

As shown in fig. 1, the display apparatus 200 may also perform data communication with the server 300 through various communication means. In various embodiments of the present application, the display device 200 may be allowed to be in a wired or wireless communication connection with the server 300 via a local area network, a wireless local area network, or other network. The server 300 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, and Electronic Program Guide (EPG) interactions. The servers 300 may be a group or groups, and may be one or more types of servers. Other web service contents such as a video on demand and an advertisement service are provided through the server 300.

The display device 200 includes a first display 201 and a second display 202, wherein the first display 201 and the second display 202 are independent from each other, and a dual hardware control system is adopted between the first display 201 and the second display 202.

The first display 201 and the second display 202 may be used to display different display screens. For example, the first display 201 may be used for screen display of conventional television programs, and the second display 202 may be used for screen display of auxiliary information such as notification type messages, voice assistants, and the like.

Alternatively, the content displayed by the first display 201 and the content displayed by the second display 202 may be independent of each other and not affected by each other. For example, when the first display 201 plays a television program, the second display 202 may display information such as time, weather, temperature, reminder messages, and the like, which are not related to the television program.

Optionally, there may also be an association between the content displayed by the first display 201 and the content displayed by the second display 202. For example, when the first display 201 plays a main screen of a video chat, the second display 202 may display information such as an avatar, a chat duration, and the like of a user currently accessing the video chat.

Optionally, part or all of the content displayed by the second display 202 may be adjusted to be displayed by the first display 201. For example, the information such as time, weather, temperature, reminder message, etc. displayed on the first display 201 may be adjusted to be displayed on the first display 201, while other information is displayed on the second display 202.

In addition, the first display 201 displays the multi-party interactive picture while displaying the traditional television program picture, and the multi-party interactive picture does not block the traditional television program picture. The display mode of the traditional television program picture and the multi-party interactive picture is not limited by the application. For example, the position and the size of the traditional television program picture and the multi-party interactive picture can be set according to the priority of the traditional television program picture and the multi-party interactive picture.

Taking the example that the priority of the traditional television program picture is higher than that of the multi-party interactive picture, the area of the traditional television program picture is larger than that of the multi-party interactive picture, and the multi-party interactive picture can be positioned at one side of the traditional television program picture and can also be arranged at one corner of the multi-party interactive picture in a floating manner.

The display device 200 may be, for example, a liquid crystal display, an oled (organic Light Emitting diode) display, or a projection display device; on the other hand, the display device can be a display system consisting of an intelligent television or a display and a set-top box. The specific 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 that provides a computer support function in addition to the broadcast receiving tv function. Examples include a web tv, a smart tv, an Internet Protocol Tv (IPTV), and the like. In some embodiments, the display device may not have a broadcast receiving television function.

As shown in fig. 1, a camera may be connected or disposed on the display device 200, and is used to present a picture taken by the camera on a display interface of the display device or other display devices, so as to implement interactive chat between users. Specifically, the picture shot by the camera can be displayed on the display device in a full screen mode, a half screen mode or any optional area.

As an optional connection mode, the camera is connected with the rear shell of the display device through the connecting plate, and is fixedly installed in the middle of the upper side of the rear shell of the display device.

As another optional connection mode, the camera is connected to the rear shell of the display device through a connection board or another conceivable connector, the camera is capable of lifting and descending, a lifting motor is installed on the connector, when a user wants to use the camera or an application program wants to use the camera, the camera is lifted out of the display device, and when the camera is not needed, the camera can be embedded into the rear shell, so that the camera is protected from being damaged, and privacy safety of the user is protected.

As an embodiment, the camera adopted in the present application may have 1600 ten thousand pixels, so as to achieve the purpose of ultra high definition display. In actual use, cameras higher or lower than 1600 ten thousand pixels may also be used.

After the camera is installed on the display device, the contents displayed by different application scenes of the display device can be fused in various different modes, so that the function which cannot be realized by the traditional display device is achieved.

Illustratively, a user may conduct a video chat with at least one other user while watching a video program. The presentation of the video program may be as a background frame over which a window for video chat is displayed. The function is called 'chat while watching'.

Optionally, in a scene of "chat while watching", at least one video chat is performed across terminals while watching a live video or a network video.

In another example, a user can conduct a video chat with at least one other user while entering the educational application for learning. For example, a student may interact remotely with a teacher while learning content in an educational application. Vividly, this function can be called "chatting while learning".

In another example, a user conducts a video chat with a player entering a card game while playing the game. For example, a player may enable remote interaction with other players when entering a gaming application to participate in a game. Figuratively, this function may be referred to as "watch while playing".

Optionally, the game scene is fused with the video picture, the portrait in the video picture is scratched and displayed in the game picture, and the user experience is improved.

Optionally, in the motion sensing game (such as ball hitting, boxing, running and dancing), the human posture and motion, limb detection and tracking and human skeleton key point data detection are obtained through the camera, and then the human posture and motion, the limb detection and tracking and the human skeleton key point data detection are fused with the animation in the game, so that the game of scenes such as sports and dancing is realized.

In another example, a user may interact with at least one other user in a karaoke application in video and voice. Vividly, this function can be called "sing while watching". Optionally, when at least one user enters the application in a chat scenario, multiple users may jointly complete recording of a song.

In another example, a user may turn on a camera locally to take pictures and videos, figurative, which may be referred to as "looking into the mirror".

In other examples, more or less functionality may be added. The function of the display device is not particularly limited in the present application.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the control apparatus 100 according to the exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 2, the control device 100 includes a controller 110, a communicator 130, a user input/output interface 140, a memory 190, and a power supply 180.

The control apparatus 100 is configured to control the display device 200, and to receive an input operation instruction from a user, and convert the operation instruction into an instruction recognizable and responsive by the display device 200, and to mediate interaction between the user and the display device 200. Such as: the user operates the channel up/down key on the control device 100, and the display device 200 responds to the channel up/down operation.

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 device 200 according to user demands.

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

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

The communicator 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 communicator 130 may include at least one of a WIFI module 131, a bluetooth module 132, an NFC module 133, and the like.

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, a key 144, a camera 145, and the like. 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, it 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 communicator 130 and an output interface. The communicator 130 is configured in the control device 100, such as: the modules of WIFI, bluetooth, NFC, etc. may send the user input command to the display device 200 through the WIFI protocol, or the bluetooth protocol, or the NFC protocol code.

And a memory 190 for storing various operation programs, data and applications for driving and controlling the control apparatus 100 under the control of the controller 110. The memory 190 may store various control signal commands input by a user.

And a power supply 180 for providing operation power support for each electrical component of the control device 100 under the control of the controller 110. The power supply 180 may be powered by a battery and associated control circuitry.

Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a hardware system in the display apparatus 200 according to an exemplary embodiment. For convenience of explanation, the display device 200 in fig. 3 is illustrated by taking a liquid crystal display as an example.

As shown in fig. 3, the display device 200 includes: the display panel comprises a first panel 11, a first backlight assembly 21, a main board 31, an interactive board 32, a first display driving board 33, a second panel 12, a second backlight assembly 22, a second display driving board 34, a power supply board 4, a first rear case 51, a second rear case 52 and a base 6.

The first panel 11 is used for presenting the picture of the first display 201 to the user. The first backlight assembly 21 is disposed under the first panel 11, and is generally an optical assembly for providing sufficient light source with uniform brightness and distribution to enable the first panel 11 to normally display images. The first backlight assembly 21 further includes a first back plate (not shown). The main board 31, the interactive board 32, the first display driving board 33 and the power board 4 are disposed on the first back board, and some convex hull structures are typically formed by stamping on the first back board. The main board 31, the interactive board 32, the first display driving board 33 and the power board 4 are fixed on the convex hull through screws or hooks. The main board 31, the interactive board 32, the first display driving board 3 and the power board 4 may be disposed on one board, or may be disposed on different boards respectively. The first rear case 51 covers the first panel 11 to hide the parts of the display device 200, such as the first backlight assembly 21, the main board 31, the interactive board 32, the first display driving board 33, and the power board 4, and to achieve an aesthetic effect.

Among them, the first display driving board 33 mainly functions to: the thousand-level backlight partition control is performed through the PWM signal and the lcaldimeming signal transmitted by the N chip on the main board 31, the control is performed according to the change of the image content, and after the handshake is established between the PWM signal and the lcaldimeming signal transmitted by the N chip on the main board 31, the VbyOne display signal transmitted by the N chip on the main board 31 is received, and the VbyOne display signal is converted into the LVDS signal, so that the image display of the first display 201 is realized. The base 6 is used for supporting the display device 200, and it should be noted that the drawings only show one type of base design, and those skilled in the art can design different types of bases according to the product requirements.

Wherein the second panel 12 is used to present the screen of the second display 202 to the user. The second backlight assembly 22 is disposed under the second panel 12, and is generally an optical assembly for providing sufficient brightness and uniform light distribution to enable the second panel 12 to normally display images. The second backlight assembly 22 further includes a second back plate (not shown). Second display driver board 34 is disposed on the second backplane, typically with some convex hull structures stamped thereon. The second display driving board 34 is fixed to the convex bag by a screw or a hook. The second display driving board 34 may be provided on one board or may be provided on different boards, respectively. The second rear case 52 covers the second panel 12 to hide the second backlight assembly 22, the adapter driving board 35, the second TCON board 34b, the key board 36, and other parts of the display device 200, thereby achieving an aesthetic effect.

Optionally, fig. 3 further includes a key sheet 35, where the key sheet 35 may be disposed on the first back plate or the second back plate, which is not limited in this application.

In addition, the display device 200 further includes a sound reproducing means (not shown in the figure), such as an audio component, e.g., an I2S interface including a power Amplifier (AMP) and a Speaker (Speaker), etc., for realizing reproduction of sound. Usually, the sound components are capable of realizing sound output of at least two sound channels; when the panoramic surround effect is to be achieved, a plurality of acoustic components are required to be arranged to output sounds of a plurality of sound channels, and a detailed description thereof is omitted.

It should be noted that the display device 200 may also adopt an OLED display screen, so that the template included in the display device 200 is changed accordingly, which is not described herein too much.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a connection relationship between a power board and a load, and as shown IN fig. 4, the power board 4 includes an input terminal IN and an output terminal OUT (a first output terminal OUT1, a second output terminal OUT2, a third output terminal OUT3, a fourth output terminal OUT4 and a fifth output terminal OUT5 are shown IN the figure), where the input terminal IN is connected to a commercial power, the output terminal OUT is connected to the load, for example, a first output terminal OUT1 is connected to a light emitting element (such as a light bar or a self-light emitting device), a second output terminal OUT2 is connected to an audio component, a third output terminal OUT3 is connected to the main board 31, a fourth output terminal OUT4 is connected to the first display driving board 33, and a fifth output terminal OUT5 is connected to the first backlight driving board 21. The power board 4 needs to convert the ac power into dc power required by the load, and the dc power is usually in different specifications, for example, 18V is required for the audio components, 12V/18V is required for the panel, etc.

For convenience of description, one hardware system in the dual hardware system architecture will be referred to as a first hardware system or a system, a-chip, and the other hardware system will be referred to as a second hardware system or N-system, N-chip. The chip A comprises a controller of the chip A and various modules connected with the controller of the chip A through various interfaces, and the chip N comprises a controller of the chip N and various modules connected with the controller of the chip N through various interfaces. The chip a and the chip N may each have a relatively independent operating system, and the operating system of the chip a and the operating system of the chip N may communicate with each other through a communication protocol, which is as follows: the frame layer of the operating system of the a-chip and the frame layer of the operating system of the N-chip can communicate to transmit commands and data, so that two independent subsystems, which are associated with each other, exist in the display device 200.

The dual hardware system architecture of the present application is further described below with reference to fig. 5. It should be noted that fig. 5 is only an exemplary illustration of the dual hardware system architecture of the present application, and does not represent a limitation of the present application. In actual practice, both hardware systems may contain more or less hardware or interfaces as desired.

A block diagram of the hardware architecture of the display device 200 according to fig. 3 is exemplarily shown in fig. 5. As shown in fig. 5, the hardware system of the display device 200 may include an a chip and an N chip, and a module connected to the a chip or the N chip through various interfaces.

Wherein the a chip may be disposed on the interactive board 32 shown in fig. 3. Optionally, the chip a: the method mainly realizes network video playing and third-party application operation installed by a user, is similar to an OTT box, and is internally provided with a camera. The N chips may be provided on the main board 31 shown in fig. 3. Optionally, N chips: the remote control system mainly realizes the functions of the traditional television (such as external connection of a set top box and the like), displays the picture of the chip A, is responsible for network sharing and transmits the picture to the chip A and the remote control keys to the chip A in a transparent way (the function that the chip A can be controlled by the remote control is achieved).

The N-chip may include a tuner demodulator 220, a communicator 230, an external device interface 250, a first controller 210, a memory 290, a user input interface 260-3, a video processor 260-1, an audio processor 260-2, a first display 280 (i.e., the first display 201 in fig. 2), an audio output interface 270, and a power supply module 240. The N-chip may also include more or fewer modules in other embodiments.

The tuning demodulator 220 is configured to perform modulation and demodulation processing such as amplification, mixing, resonance and the like on a broadcast television signal received in a wired or wireless manner, so as to demodulate an audio/video signal carried in a frequency of a television channel selected by a user and additional information (e.g., an EPG data signal) from a plurality of wireless or wired broadcast television signals. Depending on the broadcast system of the television signal, the signal path of the tuner 220 may be various, such as: terrestrial broadcasting, cable broadcasting, satellite broadcasting, internet broadcasting, or the like; according to different modulation types, the adjustment mode of the signal can be a digital modulation mode or an analog modulation mode; and depending on the type of television signal being received, tuner demodulator 220 may demodulate analog and/or digital signals.

The tuner demodulator 220 is also operative to respond to the user-selected television channel frequency and the television signal carried thereby, in accordance with the user selection and as controlled by the first controller 210.

In other exemplary embodiments, the tuner/demodulator 220 may be in an external device, such as an external set-top box. In this way, the set-top box outputs television audio/video signals after modulation and demodulation, and the television audio/video signals are input into the display device 200 through the external device interface 250.

The communicator 230 is a component for communicating with an external device or an external server according to various communication protocol types. For example: the communicator 230 may include a WIFI module 231, a bluetooth communication protocol module 232, a wired ethernet communication protocol module 233, and other network communication protocol modules such as an infrared communication protocol module or a near field communication protocol module (not shown).

The display apparatus 200 may establish a connection of a control signal and a data signal with an external control apparatus or a content providing apparatus through the communicator 230. For example, the communicator may receive a control signal of the remote controller 100 according to the control of the first controller 210.

The external device interface 250 is a component for providing data transmission between the N-chip first controller 210 and the a-chip and other external devices. The external device interface 250 may be connected with an external apparatus such as a set-top box, a game device, a notebook computer, etc. in a wired/wireless manner, and may receive data such as a video signal (e.g., moving image), an audio signal (e.g., music), additional information (e.g., EPG), etc. of the external apparatus.

The external device interface 250 may include: a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) terminal is also referred to as HDMI 251, a Composite Video Blanking Sync (CVBS) terminal is also referred to as AV 252, an analog or digital component terminal is also referred to as component 253, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) terminal 254, a Red Green Blue (RGB) terminal (not shown in the figure), and the like. The number and type of external device interfaces are not limited by this application.

The first controller 210 controls the operation of the display apparatus 200 and responds to the operation of the user by running various software control programs (e.g., an operating system and/or various application programs) stored on the memory 290.

As shown in fig. 5, the first controller 210 includes a read only memory RAM 213, a random access memory ROM 214, a graphic processor 216, a CPU processor 212, a communication interface 218, and a communication bus. The RAM 213 and the ROM 214, the graphic processor 216, the CPU processor 212, and the communication interface 218 are connected via a bus.

A ROM 213 for storing instructions for various system boots. If the display device 200 is powered on upon receipt of the power-on signal, the CPU processor 212 executes a system boot instruction in the ROM and copies the operating system stored in the memory 290 to the RAM214 to start running the boot operating system. After the start of the operating system is completed, the CPU processor 212 copies the various application programs in the memory 290 to the RAM214, and then starts running and starting the various application programs.

A graphics processor 216 for generating 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 a renderer for generating various objects based on the operator, and displaying the rendered result on the first display 280.

A CPU processor 212 for executing operating system and application program instructions stored in memory 290. And executing various application programs, data and contents according to various interactive instructions received from the outside so as to finally display and play various audio and video contents.

In some exemplary embodiments, the CPU processor 212 may include a plurality of processors. The plurality of processors may include a main processor and a plurality of or a sub-processor. 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. A plurality of or one sub-processor for performing an operation in a standby mode or the like.

The communication interface 218 may include a first interface 218-1 through an nth interface 218-n. These interfaces may be network interfaces that are connected to external devices via a network.

The first controller 210 may control operations of the display device 200 in relation to the first display screen 280. For example: in response to receiving a user command for selecting a UI object to be displayed on the first display 280, the first controller 210 may perform an operation related to the object selected by the user command.

The first controller 210 may control operations of the display apparatus 200 in relation to the second display screen 380. For example: in response to receiving a user command for selecting a UI object to be displayed on the second display 380, the first controller 210 may perform an operation related to the object selected by the user command.

Wherein 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 an 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.

The memory 290 includes a memory for storing various software modules for driving and controlling the display apparatus 200. Such as: various software modules stored in memory 290, including: a base module, a detection module, a communication module, a display control module, a browser module, and various service modules, etc. (not shown in the figure).

The basic module is a bottom layer software module for signal communication between hardware in the display device 200 and sending processing and control signals to an upper layer module. The detection module is a management module used for collecting various information from various sensors or user input interfaces, and performing digital-to-analog conversion and analysis management. The voice recognition module comprises a voice analysis module and a voice instruction database module. The display control module is a module for controlling the first display 280 to display image content, and may be used to play information such as multimedia image content and UI interface. The communication module is used for carrying out control and data communication with external equipment. And the browser module is used for executing data communication between the browsing servers. The service module is a module for providing various services and various application programs.

Meanwhile, the memory 290 is also used to store visual effect maps and the like for receiving external data and user data, images of respective items in various user interfaces, and a focus object.

A user input interface 260-3 for transmitting an input signal of a user to the first controller 210 or transmitting a signal output from the first controller 210 to the user. For example, the control device (e.g., a mobile terminal or a remote controller) may transmit an input signal, such as a power switch signal, a channel selection signal, a volume adjustment signal, etc., input by the user to the user input interface, and then the input signal is forwarded to the first controller 210 through the user input interface 260-3; alternatively, the control device may receive an output signal such as audio, video or data processed by the first controller 210 and output from the user input interface 260-3, and display or output the received output signal in audio or vibration form.

In some embodiments, the user may input a user command on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on the first display 280, and the user input interface 260-3 receives the user input command through the Graphical User Interface (GUI). Alternatively, the user may input a user command by inputting a specific sound or gesture, and the user input interface 260-3 receives the user input command by recognizing the sound or gesture through the sensor.

The video processor 260-1 is configured to receive a video signal, and perform video data 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 video signal directly displayed or played on the first display 280.

Illustratively, the video processor 260-1 includes a demultiplexing module, a video decoding module, an image synthesizing module, a frame rate conversion module, a display formatting module, and the like (not shown in the figure).

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, such as an image synthesizer, is used for performing superposition mixing processing on the GUI signal input by the user or generated by the user and the video picture after the zooming processing by the graphics generator so as to generate an image signal for display.

The frame rate conversion module is configured to convert a frame rate of an input video, such as a frame rate of an input 24Hz, 25Hz, 30Hz, or 60Hz video into a frame rate of 60Hz, 120Hz, or 240Hz, where the input frame rate may be related to a source video stream, and the output frame rate may be related to a refresh rate of a display device. And a display formatting module for converting the signal output by the frame rate conversion module into a signal conforming to a display format of a display device, such as converting the format of the signal output by the frame rate conversion module to output RGB data signals.

First display 280 for receiving image signals input from video processor 260-1 for displaying video content and images and menu manipulation interface first display 280 includes a display component for presenting a picture and a driving component for driving the display of the image. The video content may be displayed from the video in the broadcast signal received by the tuner/demodulator 220, or from the video content input from the communicator or the external device interface. The first display 280 simultaneously displays a user manipulation interface UI generated in the display apparatus 200 and used to control the display apparatus 200.

And a driving component for driving the display according to the type of the first display 280. Alternatively, a projection device and a projection screen may be included, provided that the first display 280 is a projection display.

The audio processor 260-2 is configured to receive an audio signal, and perform decompression and decoding according to a standard codec protocol of the input signal, and perform audio data processing such as noise reduction, digital-to-analog conversion, and amplification processing to obtain an audio signal that can be played in the speaker 272.

An audio output interface 270 for receiving the audio signal output by the audio processor 260-2 under the control of the first controller 210, wherein the audio output interface may include a speaker 272 or an external sound output terminal 274 for outputting to a generating device of an external device, such as: external sound terminal or earphone output terminal.

In other exemplary embodiments, video processor 260-1 may comprise one or more chip components. The audio processor 260-2 may also include one or more chips.

And, in some other exemplary embodiments, the video processor 260-1 and the audio processor 260-2 may be separate chips or may be integrated in one or more chips together with the first controller 210.

And a power supply module 240 for providing power supply support for the display device 200 by the power input from the external power source under the control of the first controller 210. The power supply module 240 may include a built-in power supply circuit installed inside the display apparatus 200, or may be a power supply installed outside the display apparatus 200, such as a power supply interface for providing an external power supply in the display apparatus 200.

Similar to the N-chip, as shown in fig. 5, the a-chip may include a second controller 310, a communicator 330, a detector 340, a memory 390, and a second display 380 (i.e., the second display 202 in fig. 2). A user input interface, a video processor, an audio processor, a display, an audio output interface (not shown) may also be included in some embodiments. In some embodiments, there may also be a power supply module (not shown) that independently powers the a chip.

The communicator 330 is a component for communicating with an external device or an external server according to various communication protocol types. For example: the communicator 330 may include a WIFI module 331, a bluetooth communication protocol module 332, a wired ethernet communication protocol module 333, and other network communication protocol modules such as an infrared communication protocol module or a near field communication protocol module (not shown).

The communicator 330 of the a-chip and the communicator 230 of the N-chip also interact with each other. For example, the WiFi module 231 within the N-chip hardware system is used to connect to an external network, generate network communication with an external server, and the like. The WiFi module 331 in the a-chip hardware system is used to connect to the N-chip WiFi module 231 without making a direct connection with an external network or the like, and the a-chip is connected to an external network through the N-chip. Therefore, for the user, a display device as in the above embodiment displays a WiFi account to the outside.

The detector 340 is a component of the display device a chip for collecting signals of an external environment or interacting with the outside. The detector 340 may include a light receiver 342, a sensor for collecting the intensity of ambient light, which may be used to adapt to display parameter changes, etc.; the system may further include an image collector 341, such as a camera, a video camera, etc., which may be configured to collect external environment scenes, collect attributes of the user or interact gestures with the user, adaptively change display parameters, and identify user gestures, so as to implement a function of interaction with the user.

An external device interface 350, which provides a component for data transmission between the second controller 310 and the N-chip or other external devices. The external device interface may be connected with an external apparatus such as a set-top box, a game device, a notebook computer, etc. in a wired/wireless manner.

A video processor 360 for processing the associated video signal.

The second controller 310 controls the operation of the display apparatus 200 and responds to the user's operation by running various software control programs stored on the memory 390 (e.g., using installed third party applications, etc.), and interacting with the N-chip.

As shown in fig. 5, the second controller 310 includes a read only memory ROM 313, a random access memory RAM 314, a graphic processor 316, a CPU processor 312, a communication interface 318, and a communication bus. The ROM 313 and the RAM 314, the graphic processor 316, the CPU processor 312, and the communication interface 318 are connected via a bus.

A ROM 313 for storing instructions for various system boots. CPU processor 312 executes system boot instructions in ROM and copies the operating system stored in memory 390 to RAM 314 to begin running the boot operating system. After the start of the operating system is completed, the CPU processor 312 copies various application programs in the memory 390 to the RAM 314, and then starts running and starting various application programs.

The CPU processor 312 is used for executing the operating system and application program instructions stored in the memory 390, communicating with the N chip, transmitting and interacting signals, data, instructions, etc., and executing various application programs, data and contents according to various interaction instructions received from the outside, so as to finally display and play various audio and video contents.

The communication interface 318 is plural and may include a first interface 318-1 to an nth interface 318-n. These interfaces may be network interfaces connected to external devices via a network, or may be network interfaces connected to the N-chip via a network.

The second controller 310 may control operations of the display device 200 in relation to the second display screen 380. For example: in response to receiving a user command for selecting a UI object displayed on the second display screen 380, the second controller 310 may perform an operation related to the object selected by the user command.

The second controller 310 may control operations of the display device 200 in relation to the first display screen 280. For example: in response to receiving a user command for selecting a UI object displayed on the first display 280, the first controller 210 may perform an operation related to the object selected by the user command.

A graphics processor 316 for generating 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 a renderer for generating various objects based on the operator, and displaying the rendered result on the second display 380.

Both the A-chip graphics processor 316 and the N-chip graphics processor 216 are capable of generating various graphics objects. In distinction, if application 1 is installed on the a-chip and application 2 is installed on the N-chip, the a-chip graphics processor 316 generates a graphics object when a user performs a command input by the user in application 1 at the interface of application 1. When a user makes a command input by the user in the interface of the application 2 and within the application 2, a graphic object is generated by the graphic processor 216 of the N chip.

Fig. 6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a functional configuration of a display device according to an exemplary embodiment.

As shown in fig. 6, the memory 390 of the a-chip and the memory 290 of the N-chip are used to store an operating system, an application program, contents, user data, and the like, respectively, and perform system operations for driving the first display 280 and the second display 380 and various operations in response to a user under the control of the second controller 310 of the a-chip and the second controller 210 of the N-chip. The A-chip memory 390 and the N-chip memory 290 may include volatile and/or non-volatile memory.

For the N chip, the memory 290 is specifically configured to store an operating program for driving the first controller 210 in the display device 200, and to store various applications built in the display device 200, various applications downloaded by a user from an external device, various graphical user interfaces related to the applications, various objects related to the graphical user interfaces, user data information, and internal data of various supported applications. The memory 290 is used to store system software such as an Operating System (OS) kernel, middleware, and applications, and to store input video data and audio data, and other user data.

The memory 290 is specifically used for storing drivers and related data such as the video processor 260-1 and the audio processor 260-2, the first display 280, the communicator 230, the tuning demodulator 220, the input/output interface, and the like.

In some embodiments, memory 290 may store software and/or programs, software programs for representing an Operating System (OS) including, for example: a kernel, middleware, an Application Programming Interface (API), and/or an application program. For example, the kernel may control or manage system resources, or functions implemented by other programs (e.g., the middleware, APIs, or applications), and the kernel may provide interfaces to allow the middleware and APIs, or applications, to access the controller to implement controlling or managing system resources.

The memory 290, for example, includes a broadcast receiving module 2901, a channel control module 2902, a volume control module 2903, an image control module 2904, a display control module 2905, a first audio control module 2906, an external instruction recognition module 2907, a communication control module 2908, a light receiving module 2909, a power control module 2910, an operating system 2911, and other applications 2912, a browser module 2913, and so forth. The first controller 210 performs operations such as: the system comprises a broadcast television signal receiving and demodulating function, a television channel selection control function, a volume selection control function, an image control function, a display control function, an audio control function, an external instruction identification function, a communication control function, an optical signal receiving function, an electric power control function, a software control platform supporting various functions, a browser function and other various functions.

The memory 390 includes a memory storing various software modules for driving and controlling the display apparatus 200. Such as: various software modules stored in memory 390, including: a base module, a detection module, a communication module, a display control module, a browser module, and various service modules, etc. (not shown in the figure). Since the functions of the memory 390 and the memory 290 are similar, reference may be made to the memory 290 for relevant points, and thus, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

Illustratively, the memory 390 includes an image control module 3904, a second audio control module 3906, an external instruction recognition module 3907, a communication control module 3908, a light receiving module 3909, an operating system 3911, and other application programs 3912, a browser module 3913, and the like. The first controller 210 performs operations such as: the system comprises an image control function, a display control function, an audio control function, an external instruction identification function, a communication control function, an optical signal receiving function, an electric power control function, a software control platform supporting various functions, a browser function and other various functions.

Differently, the external instruction recognition module 2907 of the N-chip and the external instruction recognition module 3907 of the a-chip can recognize different instructions.

Illustratively, since the image receiving device such as a camera is connected with the a-chip, the external instruction recognition module 3907 of the a-chip may include the pattern recognition module 2907-1, a pattern database is stored in the pattern recognition module 3907-1, and when the camera receives an external pattern instruction, the camera corresponds to the instruction in the pattern database to perform instruction control on the display device. Since the voice receiving device and the remote controller are connected to the N-chip, the external command recognition module 2907 of the N-chip may include a voice recognition module 2907-2, a voice database is stored in the voice recognition module 2907-2, and when the voice receiving device receives an external voice command or the like, the voice receiving device and the like perform a corresponding relationship with a command in the voice database to perform command control on the display device. Similarly, a control device 100 such as a remote controller is connected to the N-chip, and the key command recognition module 2907-3 performs command interaction with the control device 100.

Fig. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a software system in the display device 200 according to the exemplary embodiment.

For an N-chip, as shown in fig. 7, the operating system 2911, which includes executing operating software for handling various basic system services and for performing hardware-related tasks, serves as an intermediary between applications and hardware components for performing data processing.

In some embodiments, portions of the operating system kernel may contain a series of software to manage the display device hardware resources and provide services to other programs or software code.

In other embodiments, portions of the operating system kernel may include one or more device drivers, which may be a set of software code in the operating system that assists in operating or controlling the devices or hardware associated with the display device. The drivers may contain code that operates the video, audio, and/or other multimedia components. Examples include a display, a camera, Flash, WiFi, and audio drivers.

The accessibility module 2911-1 is configured to modify or access the application program to achieve accessibility and operability of the application program for displaying content.

A communication module 2911-2 for connection to other peripherals via associated communication interfaces and a communication network.

The user interface module 2911-3 is configured to provide an object for displaying a user interface, so that each application program can access the object, and user operability can be achieved.

Control applications 2911-4 for controlling process management, including runtime applications and the like.

The event transmission system 2914 may be implemented within the operating system 2911 or within the application 2912. In some embodiments, an aspect is implemented within the operating system 2911, while implemented in the application 2912, for listening for various user input events, and will implement one or more sets of predefined operations in response to various events referring to the recognition of various types of events or sub-events.

The event monitoring module 2914-1 is configured to monitor an event or a sub-event input by the user input interface.

The event identification module 2914-2 is used to input various event definitions for various user input interfaces, identify various events or sub-events, and transmit them to the process for executing one or more sets of their corresponding handlers.

The event or sub-event refers to an input detected by one or more sensors in the display device 200 and an input of an external control device (e.g., the control apparatus 100). Such as: the method comprises the following steps of inputting various sub-events through voice, inputting a gesture sub-event through gesture recognition, inputting a remote control key command of a control device and the like. Illustratively, the one or more sub-events in the remote control include a variety of forms including, but not limited to, one or a combination of key presses up/down/left/right/, ok keys, key presses, and the like. And non-physical key operations such as move, hold, release, etc.

The interface layout management module 2913, directly or indirectly receiving the input events or sub-events from the event transmission system 2914, monitors the input events or sub-events, and updates the layout of the user interface, including but not limited to the position of each control or sub-control in the interface, and the size, position, and level of the container, which are related to the layout of the interface.

Since the functions of the operating system 3911 of the a chip are similar to those of the operating system 2911 of the N chip, reference may be made to the operating system 2911 for relevant points, and details are not repeated here.

As shown in fig. 8, the application layer of the display device contains various applications that can be executed at the display device 200.

The N-chip application layer 2912 may include, but is not limited to, one or more applications such as: a video-on-demand application, an application center, a game application, and the like. The application layer 3912 of the a-chip may include, but is not limited to, one or more applications such as: live television applications, media center applications, and the like. It should be noted that what applications are respectively contained in the a chip and the N chip is determined according to an operating system and other designs, and the present invention does not need to make specific limitations and divisions on the applications contained in the a chip and the N chip.

The live television application program can provide live television through 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.

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.

The media center application program can provide various applications for playing multimedia contents. 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.

The application program center can provide and store various application programs. 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 a display device. The application center may obtain these applications from different sources, store them in local storage, and then be operable on the display device 200.

Since the a-chip and the N-chip may have independent operating systems installed therein, there are two independent but interrelated subsystems in the display device 200. For example, Android and various APPs can be independently installed on the chip a and the chip N, so that each chip can realize a certain function, and the chip a and the chip N cooperatively realize a certain function.

A schematic diagram of a user interface in a display device 200 according to an exemplary embodiment is illustrated in fig. 9. As shown in fig. 9, the user interface includes a first diagram display area 2011 and a second diagram display area 2021. The first diagram display area 2011 and the second diagram display area 2021 have substantially the same function, and only the first diagram display area 2011 is described in an important manner below. Illustratively, among other things, the first view display 2011 includes layouts for one or more different items. And a selector indicating that the item is selected is also included in the user interface, and a position of the selector is movable by a user input to change a selection of a different item.

In some embodiments, the first view display area 2011 is a scalable view display. "scalable" may mean that the first view display area 2011 is scalable in size or proportion on the screen, or that the items in the view display 201 are scalable in size or proportion on the screen.

"item" refers to a visual object displayed in a view display area of a user interface in the display device 200 to represent corresponding content, such as icons, thumbnails, video clips, and the like. For example: the items may represent movies, image content or video clips of a television show, audio content of music, applications, or other user access content history information.

Further, the item may represent an interface or a collection of interfaces on which the display device 200 is connected to an external device, or may represent a name of an external device connected to the display device, or the like. Such as: a signal source input Interface set, or a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), a USB Interface, a PC terminal Interface, and the like.

It should be noted that: the view display area may present Video chat project content or application layer project content (e.g., web page Video, Video On Demand (VOD) presentations, application screens, etc.).

A "selector" is used to indicate where any item has been selected, such as a cursor or a focus object. Positioning the selection information input according to an icon or menu position touched by the user in the display 200 may cause movement of a focus object displayed in the display device 200 to select a control item, one or more of which may be selected or controlled.

The focus object refers to an object that moves between items according to user input. Illustratively, the focus object position is implemented or identified by drawing a thick line through the item edge. In other embodiments, the focus form is not limited to an example, and may be a form such as a cursor that is recognizable by the user, either tangible or intangible, such as in the form of a 3D deformation of the item, or may change the identification of the border lines, size, color, transparency, and outline and/or font of the text or image of the item in focus.

The event transmission system 2914, which may monitor user input for each predefined event or sub-event heard, provides control identifying the event or sub-event directly or indirectly to the interface layout management module 2913.

The interface layout management module 2913 is configured to monitor the state of the user interface (including the position and/or size of the view partition, the item, the focus or the cursor object, the change process, and the like), and according to the event or the sub-event, may perform a modification on the layout of the size and position, the hierarchy, and the like of the view display area, and/or adjust or modify the layout of the size or/and position, the number, the type, the content, and the like of the layout of various items in the view display area. In some embodiments, the layout is modified and adjusted, including displaying or not displaying the view sections or the content of the items in the view sections on the screen.

And a user input interface for transmitting an input signal of a user to the controller or transmitting a signal output from the controller to the user. For example, the control device (e.g., a mobile terminal or a remote controller) may send an input signal, such as a power switch signal, a channel selection signal, a volume adjustment signal, etc., input by a user to the user input interface, and then the input signal is forwarded to the controller by the user input interface; alternatively, the control device may receive an output signal such as audio, video, or data output from the user input interface via the controller, and display the received output signal or output the received output signal in audio or vibration form.

In some embodiments, a user may input a user command on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on the display 200, and the user input interface receives the user input command through the Graphical User Interface (GUI). Alternatively, the user may input the user command by inputting a specific sound or gesture, and the user input interface receives the user input command by recognizing the sound or gesture through the sensor.

It should be noted that the foregoing embodiment is only one possible structure of the display device provided in the embodiment of the present application, and does not constitute a limitation on the display device provided in the embodiment of the present application. Any display device capable of implementing the video playing method shown in fig. 10 described below is within the scope of the display device provided by the embodiments of the present application.

Next, a video playing method provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart of a video playing method provided in an embodiment of the present application, and is applied to a display device. The present invention may be applied to a controller included in a display device, where the controller may be the first controller 210 in fig. 5 or the second controller 310 in fig. 5, and this is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention. The following embodiments are explained only taking the display device as an execution subject. As shown in fig. 10, the method comprises the steps of:

step 1001: the display equipment acquires the push information of a second video related to a first video according to the first video played in the first display.

In some embodiments, the push information of the second video is used to indicate a portion of the content in the second video, such as: the push information may be a highlight of the second video, a poster of the second video, a thumbnail or a motion picture of a certain frame of the second video, or an introduction text of the second video, which is not limited herein.

In some embodiments, the push information of the second video is used for playing the second video on the first display after receiving the input selection operation of the push information,

the display device includes a first display and a second display. Illustratively, the first display is a main display of the display device, and the second display is a sub-display of the display device, wherein a display area of the main display is larger than a display area of the sub-display, and the display device preferentially plays video through the main display and can play video through the sub-display when the main display is occupied. Illustratively, as shown in fig. 9, the first diagram display area 2011 is the first display, and the second diagram display area 2021 is the second display.

It should be noted that the display device may display the plurality of asset controls in the first display, and then may receive a play instruction, where the play instruction is triggered by a play operation performed by a user with respect to any one of the plurality of displayed asset controls. After receiving a play instruction for a media asset control corresponding to a first video, the display device may send a video information acquisition request to the server, where the video information acquisition request carries a video identifier of the first video. After receiving the video information acquisition request, the server can acquire the video information of the first video according to the video identifier of the first video carried by the video information acquisition request, and send the video information to the display device. The display device may receive video information of the first video returned by the server, where the video information includes a play address and a start time point of a trailer, and the start time point of the trailer is used to indicate that the video is played into a trailer part. After that, the display device may play the first video in the first display according to the play address of the first video.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 11, the display device may play a first video in a first display 2011. If there is no video to push currently, then a default screen, which may be a snowman, may be currently displayed in the second display 2021.

In the embodiment of the application, in order to save the time for the user to watch the push information, when the display device plays in the first display to the reference time point of the first video, the second display may be controlled to switch to display the push information of the second video from the current display picture. Therefore, the display device needs to first obtain the push information of the second video associated with the first video according to the first video played in the first display.

In some embodiments, after the display device plays the first video in the first display, the video identifier of the second video may be obtained from a corresponding relationship according to the video identifier of the first video, where the corresponding relationship includes a plurality of video identifiers and a plurality of associated video identifiers in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of video identifiers. And then, the display equipment acquires the push information of the second video according to the video identifier of the second video.

The above implementation process of obtaining the video identifier of the second video from the corresponding relationship according to the video identifier of the first video may be: the display device may search, according to the video identifier of the first video, a video identifier that is the same as the video identifier of the first video from among the plurality of video identifiers in the stored correspondence, and obtain an associated video identifier corresponding to the video identifier, that is, a video identifier of the second video.

In addition, the implementation process of the display device acquiring the push information of the second video according to the video identifier of the second video may be: after it is determined that the first display starts playing the first video, the display device may send a recommended video obtaining request to the server, where the recommended video obtaining request carries the video identifier of the second video obtained from the corresponding relationship, and the recommended video obtaining request is used to enable the server to obtain the push information of the second video based on the video identifier of the second video. After that, the display device may receive the push information returned by the server.

The display device sends a recommended video obtaining request to the server, and after receiving the recommended video obtaining request sent by the display device, the server can obtain the push information of the second video from the corresponding relation between the stored video identification and the push information according to the video identification of the second video carried by the recommended video obtaining request, and send the push information to the display device. The display device can receive push information of the second video returned by the server, wherein when the push information is a highlight of the second video, the push information further comprises a playing address of the highlight.

In other embodiments, after it is determined that the first display starts to play the first video, the display device may send a recommended video acquisition request to the server, where the recommended video acquisition request carries a video identifier of the first video, where the recommended video acquisition request is used to enable the server to acquire push information of a second video based on the video identifier of the first video, and then the display device may receive the push information returned by the server.

The display device may send a recommended video acquisition request to the server, where the recommended video acquisition request carries the video identifier of the first video. After receiving the recommended video acquisition request, the server may search, according to the video identifier of the first video, a video identifier that is the same as the video identifier of the first video from among the plurality of video identifiers in the stored correspondence, and acquire an associated video identifier corresponding to the video identifier, that is, a video identifier of the second video. Then, the server may obtain the push information of the second video from the stored correspondence between the video identifier and the push information according to the video identifier of the second video, and send the push information to the display device. The display device can receive the push information of the second video returned by the server.

In some possible cases, the correspondence between the plurality of video identifiers and the plurality of associated video identifiers may further include that one video identifier corresponds to the plurality of associated video identifiers, so that the video identifiers of the plurality of second videos may be obtained according to the video identifier of the first video, and then the push information of the plurality of second videos may be obtained according to the video identifiers of the plurality of second videos.

It should be noted that, when the display device acquires the push information of the second video, the first video is still being played in the first display, and a preset default picture may be displayed in the second display.

Optionally, when the display device does not obtain the video identifier of the second video according to the video identifier of the first video, that is, the second video associated with the first video does not exist, the second display may continue to display the default picture.

Step 1002: and when the first display plays to the reference time point of the first video, the display equipment controls the second display to display the push information by switching the current display picture.

After the display device acquires the push information of the second video, the display device can detect the playing progress of the first video, and when the playing progress of the first video is a reference time point, the display device controls the second display to display the push information of the second video in a switching mode through the current display picture. Assuming that the currently displayed picture of the second display is a default picture, at this time, the display apparatus may control the second display to switch the displayed default picture to the push information of the second video.

As an example, the reference time point may be a last start time point of the first video. The display device may detect a playing progress of the first video, and when the playing progress of the first video is a start time point of a trailer, may control the second display to display the push information of the second video by switching a current display picture while continuing to play the first video in the first display.

Optionally, the foregoing is only an example that the reference time point is a start time point of the trailer, and the reference time point may also be any time point in the first video, which is not limited herein.

For example, as shown in fig. 12, assuming that the currently displayed screen of the second display 2021 is the default screen, at this time, the display device may continue playing the first video in the first display 2011 and switch the default screen currently displayed in the second display 2021 to display the push information.

After the display device controls the second display to display the push information of the second video in a switching manner from the current display picture, the display device can acquire the second video and further determine whether to play the second video in the first display, so that the second video is switched to the first display to be played under the condition that the first display is the main screen, and therefore the interest of a user in watching the recommended video is improved.

The display device may send a video information acquisition request to the server, where the video information acquisition request carries a video identifier of the second video. After receiving the video information acquisition request, the server may acquire the video information of the second video according to the video identifier of the second video carried by the video information acquisition request, where the video information includes a playing address of the second video. Then, the display device may obtain the second video according to the playing address of the second video, and determine whether to play the second video in the first display.

In some embodiments, during the displaying of the push information in the second display, the display device receives a switch play instruction for the second video. After that, the display device may stop playing the first video and control the first display to play the second video in response to the switching play instruction.

The switching playing instruction is used for indicating that the second video is played in the first display, and the switching playing instruction is triggered by a playing operation executed by a user according to the push information of the second video which is displayed by the second display.

In this case, the first display is playing the first video and the second display is displaying the push information of the second video. At this time, when the display device receives a switching play instruction of push information for the second video, since the first video is being played in the first display, it is necessary to stop playing the first video first and stop displaying push information of the second video in the second display, and then, the second video may be played in the first display.

In some embodiments, the display device may detect a playing progress of the first video, and may control the second display to stop displaying the push information when it is determined that the playing of the first video is finished based on the playing progress of the first video.

In this case, after the push information of the second video is displayed in the second display and when the first video is played, the display device does not receive any instruction triggered by the user operation, and at this time, the display device may stop displaying the push information in the second display and directly play the second video in the first display. Therefore, the display device does not need to play the second video in the first display after receiving the play switching instruction triggered by the user operation, but automatically plays the second video in the first display after the first video is played.

In the above scenario in which the second video is automatically switched to the first display for playing, the display device may further acquire the type of the first video, and determine whether to automatically play the second video in the first display after the first video is played according to the type of the first video. When the type of the first video is used for indicating that the first video contains multiple sets, the display device does not play the second video in the first display, but plays a next set corresponding to a set of the played first video in the first display. When the type of the first video is used to indicate that the first video contains only one episode, the display device may stop playing the second video in the second display and automatically play the second video in the first display.

Optionally, after the push information of the second video is displayed in the second display and when the first video is played, the display device does not receive a command for switching playing of the second video, at this time, the display device may stop displaying the recommendation information in the second display and display playing in the first display to be finished, and then, the display device may receive a command triggered by a user operation and execute an operation corresponding to the command.

For example, as shown in fig. 13, when the first video is played back, the display device does not receive a command to switch the playback of the second video, at this time, the display device may stop displaying the recommendation information in the second display 2021 and display the playback end in the first display 2011, and optionally, after stopping displaying the recommendation information in the second display 2021, the display device may control the second display 2021 to switch to display a default screen, assuming that the default screen is still the aforementioned snowman. And then, the display device can receive an instruction triggered by the user operation and execute the operation corresponding to the instruction. Assuming that the display device receives an exit instruction triggered by a user operation, the first display 2011 may be controlled to exit playing the first video.

In some embodiments, after the push information of the second video is displayed in the second display, after the playing of the first video is finished, if the display device receives a switching playing instruction for the second video, the display device may stop displaying the push information of the second video in the second display and play the second video in the first display.

It should be noted that after the display device stops displaying the push information of the second video in the second display, the second display may resume displaying the default screen.

Optionally, when the push information is a highlight of the second video, that is, the push information is video data, the display device may detect a playing progress of the push information of the second video, and when the push information of the second video is played completely but the first video is not played completely, may control the second display to continue playing the push information of the second video, where the completion of playing the push information is determined based on the playing progress of the push information of the second video, and the non-playing completion of the first video is determined based on the playing progress of the first video. And when the playing of the first video is finished, the second display can be controlled to stop playing the push information of the second video.

And if the push information of the second video is only acquired, and the push information duration of the second video is less than the remaining duration after the reference time point of the first video, at this time, after the push information of the second video is played, the first video is not played completely, and the second display can be controlled to continue playing the push information of the second video.

In this case, when the first display plays to the reference time point, the current display picture in the second display is switched to display the push information, and since the duration of the push information is less than the remaining duration of the first video, after the push information is played in the second display, the playing of the first video in the first display is not finished, at this time, the display device may continue to play the push information in the second display, that is, repeatedly play the push information in the second display until the playing of the first video in the first display is finished.

When the push information of a plurality of second videos is acquired, when the push information of one second video is played, if the first video is not played, the push information of another second video is continuously played in the second display.

In this case, when the first display plays to the reference time point, the current display picture in the second display is switched to display the push information, and since the duration of the push information of one second video may be smaller than the remaining duration after the reference time point of the first video, after the push information of one second video is played in the second display, the first video in the first display is not played yet, and at this time, the display device may continue to play the push information of another second video in the second display until the first video in the first display is played.

Optionally, when the first display plays the first video, the user performs a selection operation on the asset control corresponding to the third video, that is, the user wants to stop playing the first video and play the third video. At this time, the display device receives the switching command, and may stop playing the first video in the first display and play the third video in the first display. Then, the display device may obtain, according to the video identifier of the third video, push information of a video associated with the third video, and display, in the second display, the push information of the video associated with the third video when the reference time point of the third video is played in the first display. For a specific implementation method, the foregoing implementation method may be referred to, and details are not described herein.

As an example, the following content will fully describe a video playing method provided by the embodiment of the present application, applied to a display device.

As shown in fig. 14, the display device includes a first display and a second display. When the first display receives a play instruction for the first video, the first display of the display device may send a video information acquisition request to the server, where the video information acquisition request carries a video identifier of the first video. Thereafter, the first display of the display device may receive video information of the first video returned by the server, where the video information includes a play address and a reference time point of the first video. Next, the first display of the display device may play the first video according to the play address of the first video.

After the first display plays the first video, the first display may send a push information instruction for acquiring the second video to the second display, where the push information instruction includes a video identifier of the first video. Then, the second display may obtain the video identifier of the second video from the stored correspondence according to the video identifier of the first video, and assume that the push information of the second video is a highlight of the second video. The second display may send a recommended video acquisition request to the server, where the recommended video acquisition request carries a video identifier of the second video, and then the second display may receive push information of the second video, where the push information includes a play address of a highlight of the second video. When the first display determines that the playing progress of the first video is to be played to the reference time point, a display push information instruction can be sent to the second display. After receiving the push information display instruction, the second display can switch the current display picture to display the push information of the second video.

In the process that the first display plays the first video and the second display displays the push information, the first display can send a video information acquisition request to the server, the video information acquisition request carries a video identifier of the second video, and then the first display can receive video information of the second video returned by the server, wherein the video information comprises a playing address and a reference time point of the second video. Next, when the playing of the first video is finished or a switching playing instruction for the second video is received, the display device may play the second video in the first display and stop displaying the push information in the second display.

For the detailed implementation of fig. 14, reference may be made to the implementation of step 1001 to step 1003 described above, and details are not described here.

In this embodiment of the application, since the display device includes the first display and the second display, the display device may obtain, according to the first video played in the first display, push information of the second video associated with the first video, and display the push information in the second display when the first display is played to the reference time point of the first video. Therefore, the display device does not need to wait for the first video to be played to display the push information of the second video, but simultaneously play the first video and the push information in the first display and the second display respectively, so that a user does not need to spend time to watch the push information of the second video independently, and does not need to spend time waiting for the push information loading of the second video, thereby greatly saving the time of the user.

It should be noted that: in the display device provided in the above embodiment, when playing a video, only the division of the above functional modules is used for illustration, and in practical applications, the above function distribution may be completed by different functional modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the device is divided into different functional modules to complete all or part of the above described functions. In addition, the display device provided by the above embodiment and the video playing method embodiment belong to the same concept, and the specific implementation process thereof is described in the method embodiment, which is not described herein again.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps for implementing the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by a program instructing relevant hardware, where the program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the above-mentioned storage medium may be a read-only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk, etc.

The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting, as any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A display device, characterized in that the display device comprises:

the controller is further configured to:

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller obtains, according to a first video played in the first display, push information of a second video associated with the first video, and is specifically configured to:

acquiring a video identifier of the second video from a corresponding relation according to the video identifier of the first video, wherein the corresponding relation comprises a plurality of video identifiers and a plurality of associated video identifiers in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of video identifiers;

and acquiring the push information according to the video identifier of the second video.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller obtains, according to a first video played in the first display, push information of a second video associated with the first video, and is specifically configured to:

after the first display starts to play the first video is determined, sending a recommended video acquisition request to a server, wherein the recommended video acquisition request carries a video identifier of the first video, and the recommended video acquisition request is used for enabling the server to acquire the push information based on the video identifier of the first video;

and receiving the push information returned by the server.

4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the reference time point is a start time point of an end of a slice of the first video;

when the first display plays to the reference time point of the first video, the controller controls the second display to switch to display the push information of the second video from the current display picture, and is specifically configured to:

detecting the playing progress of the first video;

and when the playing progress of the first video is the ending time point, controlling the current display picture in the second display to switch and display the push information.

5. The display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the controller, after controlling the second display to switch the display of the push information from the current display screen, is further configured to:

receiving a switching playing instruction aiming at the second video in the process of displaying the push information in the second display, wherein the switching playing instruction is used for indicating that the second video is played in the first display;

and responding to the switching playing instruction, stopping playing the first video, and controlling the first display to play the second video.

6. The display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the controller, after controlling the second display to switch the display of the push information from the current display screen, is further configured to:

detecting the playing progress of the first video:

and controlling the second display to stop displaying the push information when the playing of the first video is determined to be finished based on the playing progress of the first video.

7. The display device of claim 6, wherein the controller, after controlling the second display to stop playing the push information, is further configured to:

and controlling the first display to play the second video.

8. The display device of claim 6, wherein the controller, after controlling the second display to stop displaying the push information, is further configured to:

a play control that controls the first display to display the second video;

receiving an input playing instruction based on the playing control;

and responding to the playing instruction, and controlling the first display to play the second video.

9. The display device according to claim 6, wherein the push information is video data, and the controlling the second display to stop displaying the push information when the playing of the first video is determined to be finished based on the playing progress of the first video is specifically configured to:

detecting the playing progress of the pushed information;

when the push information is played completely but the first video is not played completely, controlling the second display to continue playing the push information, wherein the push information is determined based on the playing progress of the push information after the push information is played completely, and the first video is determined based on the playing progress of the first video after the first video is not played completely;

and when the first video is played, controlling the second display to stop playing the push information.

10. A video playing method is applied to a display device, and the method comprises the following steps: