CN115065854A - Display device and display method of electronic program list - Google Patents

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CN115065854A
CN115065854A CN202210634320.7A CN202210634320A CN115065854A CN 115065854 A CN115065854 A CN 115065854A CN 202210634320 A CN202210634320 A CN 202210634320A CN 115065854 A CN115065854 A CN 115065854A
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Abstract

The application provides a display device and a display method of an electronic program guide. When the display equipment displays a program picture, if a control instruction which is input by a user and used for displaying the electronic program list is received, responding to the control instruction, acquiring a target channel set, a target time period and a program corresponding to the target channel set in the target time period, and displaying the electronic program list containing a target display page on the program picture. The object presentation page includes a plurality of channel presentation areas and a plurality of program presentation areas to display channel names and program names of corresponding programs. The program display area is provided with marks, so that a user can quickly and accurately identify the program type of the corresponding program according to the marks.

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Display device and display method of electronic program list
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of intelligent display equipment, in particular to display equipment and a method for displaying a single program.
Background
The display device is a terminal device capable of outputting a specific display picture, and may be a terminal device such as a smart television, a mobile terminal, a smart advertisement screen, and a projector. Taking an intelligent television as an example, the intelligent television is a television product which is based on an Internet application technology, has an open operating system and a chip, has an open application platform, can realize a bidirectional human-computer interaction function, integrates multiple functions such as audio and video, entertainment, data and the like, and is used for meeting the diversified and personalized requirements of users.
An Electronic Program Guide (EPG) is used to display Program information of multiple channels in a specified time period, and a user can grasp a Program to be played in the specified time period by browsing the EPG. However, the number of program information displayed in the EPG is large, and it is difficult for a user to quickly and accurately determine a program that the user is interested in, and experience is poor.
Disclosure of Invention
The application provides a display device and a display method of an electronic program list, wherein the electronic program list adds marks on program information so that a user can quickly and accurately determine interested programs based on the marks.
In a first aspect, the present application provides a display device comprising:
a display configured to display a program screen;
a controller configured to:
responding to a control instruction which is input by a user and used for displaying an electronic program list, and acquiring a target channel set, a target time period and a program corresponding to the target channel set in the target time period, wherein the target channel set comprises all channels displayed in a target display page, and the target time period is a time period displayed in the target display page;
and controlling the display to display an electronic program list containing the target display page on the program picture, wherein the target display page comprises a plurality of channel display areas and a plurality of program display areas, the channel display areas are used for displaying channel names, the program display areas are used for displaying the program names of the programs, the length of the program display areas is matched with the program duration of the programs, the program display areas are provided with marks, and the marks correspond to the program types of the programs in the program display areas.
In some embodiments of the present application, the controller is configured to:
controlling the display to display an electronic program guide including the target presentation page on the program screen, including:
acquiring the program type of the program and the corresponding relation between the preset program type and the identifier;
determining an identifier corresponding to the program type of the program according to a preset corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier;
and adding an identifier corresponding to the program type of the program on a program display area corresponding to the program.
In some embodiments of the present application, the program types include a first program type and a second program type, the identifier includes a first type identifier and a second type identifier, the first program type corresponds to the first type identifier, the second program type corresponds to the second type identifier, and the first program type is divided according to program contents of programs; the second program type is divided according to the functional data carried by the program content of the program, the second type identifier is used for adjusting the display state of the program display area, and the second type identifier comprises the function of reducing the transparency of the program display area and/or graying the program display area.
In some embodiments of the present application, the controller is further configured to:
responding to a control instruction which is input by a user and used for displaying a setting interface, and controlling the display to display the setting interface, wherein the setting interface is used for setting the corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier;
responding to a setting instruction input by a user, and establishing a corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier;
and storing the corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier, and generating an electronic program list according to the corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier, or updating the currently displayed electronic program list.
In some embodiments of the present application, the controller is configured to:
responding to a setting instruction input by a user, establishing a corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier, wherein the corresponding relation comprises the following steps:
responding to a control instruction which is input by a user and used for displaying a first setting interface, and controlling the display to display the first setting interface, wherein the first setting interface comprises at least one option area of a first type identifier, the option area of the first type identifier comprises at least one first option, and the first option corresponds to a first program type;
responding to a selection instruction input by a user based on a target first option in a target option area, establishing a corresponding relation between a first program type corresponding to the target first option and a first type identifier corresponding to the target option area, and graying options in other option areas in the first setting interface, wherein the options are the same as the target first option.
In some embodiments of the present application, the option area of the first type identifier includes a close option indicating that the corresponding first type identifier is not displayed, the controller is configured to:
responding to a setting instruction input by a user, establishing a corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier, wherein the corresponding relation comprises the following steps:
and responding to a hidden instruction input by a user based on a target closing option, and establishing a corresponding relation between the target closing option and the corresponding first class identification.
In some embodiments of the present application, the electronic program guide further includes a shortcut information window, where the shortcut information window includes the first type identifier and a first program type corresponding to the first type identifier.
In some embodiments of the present application, the controller is configured to:
responding to a setting instruction input by a user, establishing a corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier, wherein the corresponding relation comprises the following steps:
responding to a control instruction which is input by a user and used for displaying a second setting interface, and controlling the display to display the second setting interface, wherein the second setting interface comprises at least one second option, and each second option corresponds to one second program type;
and responding to a selection instruction input by the user based on the target second option, and establishing a corresponding relation between a second program type corresponding to the non-target second option and the second type identifier, wherein the non-target second option is a second option in the second setting interface except for the target second option.
In some embodiments of the present application, the controller is further configured to:
and responding to a cancel instruction input by a user based on a second option to be canceled, establishing a corresponding relation between the second option to be canceled and the second type identifier, wherein the second option to be canceled refers to the selected second option, and if all the second options are not selected, deleting the stored corresponding relation between the second program type and the second type identifier so as not to display the second type identifier in the electronic program list.
In a second aspect, the present application provides a method for displaying an electronic program guide, which is applied to a display device that displays a program picture, and the method includes:
responding to a control instruction which is input by a user and used for displaying an electronic program list, and acquiring a target channel set, a target time period and a program corresponding to the target channel set in the target time period, wherein the target channel set comprises all channels displayed in a target display page, and the target time period is a time period displayed in the target display page;
and displaying an electronic program list containing the target display page on the program picture, wherein the target display page comprises a plurality of channel display areas and a plurality of program display areas, the channel display areas are used for displaying channel names, the program display areas are used for displaying program names of the programs, the length of the program display areas is matched with the program duration of the programs, the program display areas are provided with marks, and the marks correspond to the program types of the programs in the program display areas.
When the display device displays a program picture, if a control instruction which is input by a user and used for indicating the display of the electronic program list is received, responding to the control instruction, acquiring a target channel set, a target time period and a program corresponding to the target channel set in the target time period, and displaying the electronic program list containing a target display page on the program picture. The object presentation page includes a plurality of channel presentation areas and a plurality of program presentation areas to display channel names and program names of corresponding programs. The program display area is provided with marks, so that a user can quickly and accurately identify the program type of the corresponding program according to the marks.
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FIG. 1 is a usage scenario of a display device in an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a display device in an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control device in the embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an operating system of a display device according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 5 is an architecture diagram of an electronic program guide application in an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying an electronic program guide according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating determining a target channel set, a target time period, and a program corresponding to the target channel set in the target time period in the embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an electronic program guide in an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 9 is a flowchart of adding an identifier to a program presentation area in an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 10 is a flowchart of generating an electronic program guide in an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 11 is a flowchart illustrating establishment of a correspondence between a first program type and a first category identifier in an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 12 is a schematic view of a first setup interface in an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 13 is a flowchart illustrating establishment of a correspondence relationship between a second program type and a second type identifier according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 14 is a schematic illustration of a second setup interface in an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of an electronic program guide with all first category identifiers in an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of an electronic program guide with a portion of a first category identifier in an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of an electronic program guide with second type identifiers according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of an electronic program guide with first category identifiers and second category identifiers according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of the present application for modifying the correspondence between program types and identifiers;
FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram illustrating interface changes before and after updating an electronic program guide according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 21 is a diagram of an electronic program guide with a shortcut information window in an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram illustrating interface changes before and after page turning of an electronic program guide according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 23 is a schematic diagram illustrating interface changes before and after page turning of an electronic program guide in the embodiment of the present application.
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Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following examples do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present application. But merely as exemplifications of systems and methods consistent with certain aspects of the application, as recited in the claims.
It should be noted that the brief descriptions of the terms in the present application are only for the convenience of understanding the embodiments described below, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application. These terms should be understood in their ordinary and customary meaning unless otherwise indicated.
The terms "first," "second," "third," and the like in the description and claims of this application and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between similar or analogous objects or entities and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order, unless otherwise indicated. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances.
The terms "comprises" and "comprising," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a product or device that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to all of the elements explicitly listed, but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such product or device.
The display device provided by the embodiment of the present application may have various implementation forms, for example, the display device may be a smart television, a laser projection device, a display (monitor), an electronic whiteboard (electronic whiteboard), an electronic desktop (electronic table), and the like, and may also be a device with a display screen, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and a smart watch. Fig. 1 and 2 are specific embodiments of a display device of the present application.
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an operation scenario between a display device and a control device according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, the user may operate the display device 200 through the mobile terminal 300 or the control device 100.
Fig. 3 is a block diagram of the configuration of the control apparatus 100. In some embodiments, the control device 100 may be a remote controller, and the communication between the remote controller and the display device includes at least one of an infrared protocol communication or a bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-range communication methods, and the display device 200 is controlled by a wireless or wired method. The user may input a user instruction through a key on a remote controller, voice input, control panel input, etc., to control the display apparatus 200.
In some embodiments, the mobile terminal 300 (e.g., mobile terminal, tablet, computer, notebook, etc.) may also be used to control the display device 200. For example, the display apparatus 200 is controlled using an application program running on the mobile terminal 300.
In some embodiments, the display device 200 is also in data communication with a server 400. The display device 200 may be allowed to be communicatively connected through a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and other networks. The server 400 may provide various contents and interactions to the display apparatus 200. The server 400 may be a cluster or a plurality of clusters, and may include one or more types of servers.
Fig. 3 shows a block diagram of the configuration of the display device 200 according to an exemplary embodiment.
The display apparatus 200 includes at least one of a tuner demodulator 210, a communicator 220, a detector 230, an external device interface 240, a controller 250, a display 260, an audio output interface 270, a memory, a power supply, and a user interface 280.
In some embodiments, the tuner demodulator 210 receives broadcast television signals through wired or wireless reception, and demodulates audio and video signals and EPG data signals from a plurality of wireless or wired broadcast television signals. In some embodiments, the display apparatus 200 may establish transmission and reception of control signals and data signals with the control apparatus 100 or the server 400 through the communicator 220. In some embodiments, the controller 250 and the modem 210 may be located in different separate devices, that is, the modem 210 may also be located in an external device of the main device where the controller 250 is located, such as an external set-top box. In some embodiments, the controller 250 controls the operation of the display device and responds to user operations through various software control programs stored in memory. The controller 250 controls the overall operation of the display apparatus 200. For example: in response to receiving a user command for selecting a UI object displayed on the display 260, the controller 250 may perform an operation related to the object selected by the user command. In some embodiments, the controller 250 includes at least one of a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a video processor, an audio processor, a Graphic Processing Unit (GPU), a ram (random Access Memory), a ROM (Read-Only Memory), a first interface to an nth interface for input/output, a communication Bus (Bus), and the like. In some embodiments, the display 260 includes a display screen component for presenting a picture, and a driving component for driving image display, a component for receiving an image signal from the controller 250, performing display of video content, image content, and a menu manipulation interface, and a user manipulation UI interface. In some embodiments, the display 260 may be a liquid crystal display, an OLED display, and a projection display, and may also be a projection device and a projection screen. In some embodiments, a User may enter a User command at a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on display 260, and the User input Interface receives the User input command through the GUI. Alternatively, the user may input the user command by inputting a specific sound or gesture, and the user input interface receives the user input command by recognizing the sound or gesture through the sensor. In some embodiments, a "user interface" is a media interface for interaction and information exchange between an application or operating system and a user that enables conversion between an internal form of information and a form that is acceptable to the user. A common presentation form of a user interface is a Graphical User Interface (GUI), which refers to a user interface related to computer operations that is displayed in a graphical manner. It may be an interface element such as an icon, a window, a control, etc. displayed in the display screen of the electronic device, where the control may include at least one of an icon, a button, a menu, a tab, a text box, a dialog box, a status bar, a navigation bar, a Widget, etc. visual interface elements.
In some embodiments, the display device 200 is based on the VIDAA software platform, as shown in fig. 4, the operating system is divided into three layers, namely, an application layer, a middleware layer and a hardware layer from top to bottom. The Application layer mainly includes common applications on the television and an Application Framework (Application Framework), where the common applications are mainly applications developed based on a Browser, for example: HTML5 APPs; and Native APPs (Native APPs).
When the user views a program using the display apparatus 200, the display apparatus 200 displays a corresponding program screen. The user may control the display device 200 to display the electronic program guide, so as to determine the programs interested by the user through the program information displayed on the electronic program guide. In the embodiment of the present application, the application layer is configured with an electronic program guide application (EPG APP), and the architecture diagram of the EPG APP may refer to fig. 5. The electronic program guide application runs in a browser, and various functions of the electronic program guide application can be realized by languages such as HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JavaScript, Vue Router, Vuex, and the like. The electronic program guide application may be compatible with a variety of channel types, such as: digital Television (DTV) channels, Audio (Audio) channels, Internet Protocol (IP) channels, channels provided by the VIDAA platform (e.g., VIDAA + + channels), and so on. The setting layer of the electronic program guide application is used for supporting a user to set parameters of various functions in the electronic program guide application. The display layer of the electronic program list application is used for generating and displaying a corresponding user interface (namely the electronic program list) according to the parameters of each function provided by the setting layer.
Some embodiments of the present application provide a method for displaying an electronic program guide, which is applied to a display device 200, and may refer to the flowchart shown in fig. 6, where the method for displaying an electronic program guide includes the following steps:
s601, the display device 200, in response to a control instruction for displaying an electronic program guide input by a user, acquires a target channel set, a target time period, and a program corresponding to the target channel set in the target time period. The target channel set includes all channels displayed within the target presentation page. The target time period is a time period displayed in the target presentation page.
When a user views a program using the display apparatus 200, a control instruction may be input to the display apparatus 200 through the control apparatus 100 or the mobile terminal 300 to control the display apparatus 200 to display an electronic program guide. The display apparatus 200 receives the control instruction while displaying the program screen, and acquires data for composing the electronic program guide in response to the control instruction.
Taking the control apparatus 100 as a remote controller as an example, the user inputs a control instruction to the display apparatus 200 by pressing an EPG key (Guide key in part of the remote controller) on the remote controller. The display apparatus 200 receives the control instruction and recognizes a key value "EPG" or "Guide" in the control instruction to determine that the control instruction is for instructing to display an electronic program Guide based on the recognized key value. The display device 200 acquires data for composing the electronic program guide in response to the control instruction to generate the electronic program guide using the data.
In the embodiment of the present application, the data for composing the electronic program guide includes: a set of channels shown in the electronic program guide (i.e., a first set of channels), a time period for showing program information (i.e., a showing time period), and program information.
The electronic program list displays channels and corresponding program information in N display pages, wherein N is a positive integer larger than 0. And displaying the channels with the specified number and the program information corresponding to the channels with the preset number in the specified time period in each display page. For example: the display page displays the corresponding program information of 10 channels in 10:00-12:00 today. The number of channels displayed in the display page and the designated time period can be preset by designers or can be set by users. The display device 200 displays only one display page in the electronic program guide each time the electronic program guide is displayed, the target display page is one display page displayed in the electronic program guide by the display device 200 in response to the control instruction, and the target channel set, the target time slot and the program corresponding to the target channel set in the target time slot are the programs corresponding to the channels, the time slots and the program information displayed in the target display page.
The process shown in fig. 7 may be referred to determine the target channel set, the target time period, and the program corresponding to the target channel set in the target time period, and the specific steps are as follows:
s701, the display device 200 determines a target channel set based on the channel corresponding to the program picture, the channels in the pre-stored channel list, and the preset channel display number, and determines a target time period based on the current time and the preset time period range.
The channel corresponding to the program picture refers to a channel currently played by the display device 200. The channels in the pre-stored channel list refer to channels that are acquired and stored in advance by the display device 200, and these channels are channels that can be played by the display device 200, where these channels may have corresponding program data or may not have corresponding program data. The target channel list may be determined as follows:
in one implementation, the channel corresponding to the program picture is the first channel in the target channel list. The channels in the target channel list are m channels starting from the channel corresponding to the program picture in the channels in the pre-stored channel list, wherein m is equal to the preset channel display number. For example: the channels in the pre-stored channel list are sequentially channels 1-100, that is, the pre-stored channel list includes 100 channels, and if the preset channel display number is 10, the channel in the target channel list is channels 21-30 if the channel corresponding to the program picture is channel 20.
In another implementation manner, the channel corresponding to the program picture is the ith channel in the target channel list. The pre-stored channel list comprises P paging channel lists, wherein P is a positive integer larger than 0, each paging channel list comprises channels with preset channel display quantity, channels contained in different paging channel lists are not repeated, and the P paging channel lists form a complete pre-stored channel list. Each display page only displays one paging channel list, the paging channel list displayed by the target display page is the target channel list, and the paging channel list comprises channels corresponding to the program pictures. Wherein the target channel list satisfies the following formula:
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wherein, P j Representing a target channel list, wherein the target channel list is the jth one of the P paging channel lists; floor represents taking an integer when the remainder exists in the ratio; c n Representing that the channel corresponding to the program picture is the nth channel in the pre-stored channel list; m represents the display number of the preset channels; c x Representing that the first channel in the target channel list is the xth channel in the pre-stored channel list; c y The first channel in the list representing the target channel is a pre-stored channel listThe y channel in the table.
For example: the channels in the pre-stored channel list are sequentially channels 1 to 100, that is, the pre-stored channel list includes 100 channels, the preset channel display number is 10, if the channel corresponding to the program picture is the 12 th channel in the target channel list, the target channel list is the 2 nd paging channel list, wherein the first channel in the target channel list is the 11 th channel in the pre-stored channel list, and the last channel in the first target channel list is the 20 th channel in the pre-stored channel list. Thus, the channels in the target channel list are channels 11-20.
In some embodiments, if the number of the real channels (channels belonging to the pre-stored channel list) in the target channel list is less than the preset channel display number, the target channel list sequentially displays the real channels from the channel bit corresponding to the first channel, and the rest of the channel bits in the target channel list are displayed as empty. Taking the channel corresponding to the program picture as the first channel in the target channel list as an example, the channels in the pre-stored channel list are sequentially channels 1 to 100, that is, the pre-stored channel list includes 100 channels, the preset channel display number is 10, if the channel corresponding to the program picture is channel 99, the target channel list only includes two actual channels, that is, channel 99 and channel 100, the target channel list sequentially displays the channel names of the channels 99 to 100 at the 1 st to 2 nd channel positions, and displays the channel names as empty at the 3 rd to 10 th channel positions.
In this embodiment, the current time refers to the current system time of the display device 200, and the display device 200 acquires the current time by acquiring the current system time. The preset time period range refers to a time range to be shown in the display page. The target time period refers to a preset time period range including the current time. The target time period may be determined as follows:
in one implementation, the current time is a start time of the target time period, and the preset time period range refers to a duration. The end time of the target time period is the time corresponding to the sum of the current time and the preset time period range. For example: the current time is 10:00, the preset time period range is 2 hours, and the target time period is 10:00-12: 00.
In another implementation, the current time is a time within the target time period, and the preset time period range includes a specified start time and a specified end time. The display device 200 includes at least one preset time period range, wherein the time between the preset time period ranges is continuous and non-overlapping, and the preset time period ranges may constitute 24 hours of a day. The target time period is a preset time period range including the current time, and thus, the start time of the target time period is the start time of the preset time range, and the end time of the target time period is the end time of the preset time range. For example: the current time is 10:00, and if the preset time period range includes 9:00-11:00 and 11:00-13:00, the target time period is 9:00-11: 00.
In some embodiments, if the preset time period range is a duration, in order to facilitate the display apparatus 200 to calculate the target time period, the time bit of the current time, or the time bit and the quantile of the current time are taken as the start time of the target time period.
In some embodiments, if the preset time period range includes a designated start time and a designated end time, the designated start time and the designated end time are set to include only the hour bits or only the hour bits and the minute bits in order to facilitate the display apparatus 200 to determine the target time period.
S702, the display device 200 determines, based on the target channel set and the target time period, a program corresponding to the target channel set in the target time period.
And acquiring program data corresponding to each channel in the target channel set and the target time period. The channels in the target channel set include multiple types, such as: DTV channels, Audio channels, IP channels, VIDAA + + channels, etc. The display apparatus 200 acquires program data corresponding to the target time period from a data source corresponding to the channel. For example: if the channel is a DTV channel, corresponding program data is acquired from a digital television signal source.
The program data includes a program name, a start time, an end time, program content, and the like, and the display device 200 may determine, based on the program data, a corresponding program of each channel in the target channel set in the target time period. For example: if the corresponding program data of the channel 11 acquired by the display device 200 in 10:00-12:00 is match A, 10:00-11: 30; advertisement B, 11:30-11: 35; news C, 11:35-12:00 ", the corresponding programs of channel 11 in 10:00-12:00 are match a, advertisement B, news C in sequence by time.
S602, the display device 200 displays an electronic program guide including a target display page on the program screen, where the target display page includes a plurality of channel display areas and a plurality of program display areas. The channel display area is used for displaying channel names. The program display area is used for displaying the program name of the program, and the length of the program display area is matched with the program duration of the program. The program display area is provided with an identifier, and the identifier corresponds to the program type of the program in the program display area.
The display apparatus 200 generates an electronic program guide including a target presentation page. The target display page is used for displaying the channel data corresponding to the target channel list and the program information of the program corresponding to the target channel list in the target time period.
The target display page comprises a plurality of channel display areas, and the channel display areas are used for displaying channel names. The number of channel showing areas is equal to the number of channels in the target channel list, each channel showing area displays the channel name of one channel in the target channel list, and different channel showing areas display the channel names of different channels. The channel display areas are longitudinally arranged, each line only comprises one channel display area, and the channel names of the channels are sequentially displayed in the channel display areas according to the arrangement sequence of the channels in the target channel list.
The target display page comprises a plurality of program display areas, and the program display areas are used for displaying program names. The number of the program display areas is equal to the total number of the corresponding programs of each channel in the target channel list in the target time period, each program display area displays the program name of one program, and different program display areas display the program names of different programs. The program display areas of the same channel corresponding to the displayed program names are located in the same row, and the program display areas of different channels corresponding to the displayed program names are located in different rows. And displaying the corresponding program names in the program display areas on the same line from left to right in sequence according to the sequence of the program playing time.
The channel display area and the program display area are displayed in parallel, wherein the channel display area and the program display area corresponding to the same channel are positioned on the same line. The channel display area and the program display area on the same row have the same height. The width of each program display area on the same row is matched with the program time length of the corresponding program, namely the longer the program time length is, the larger the width of the corresponding program display area is. In some embodiments, the width of each program display area may be calculated based on the ratio of the duration to the display width. For example: the ratio of the total width (i.e., the total length of the target time period displayed in the electronic program guide) corresponding to all the program display areas in the same row to the time length corresponding to the target time period is a first ratio, and the ratio of the width of one program display area in the row to the program time length of the program corresponding to the program display area is a second ratio, where the first ratio is equal to the second ratio, and based on this, the width of the program display area can be calculated. Therefore, the user can know the length of the program duration of each program by browsing the width of each program display area.
In some embodiments, the electronic program guide further includes a time axis, and the time period range corresponding to the time axis coincides with the target time period. The time shaft is displayed above the program display area, and the time in the time shaft is aligned with the playing time of the program corresponding to the program display area.
In some embodiments, the electronic program guide further comprises a window. The window is used for displaying the program picture played currently.
In some embodiments, the electronic program guide further comprises a program detail window. The program detail window is used for displaying program information of the program indicated by the focus, and the program information includes a channel corresponding to the program, a program name, a broadcast time, a program duration, a program content summary, and the like.
In some embodiments, the electronic program guide further comprises an indicator line. The indication line is displayed in the program display area and used for indicating the current time.
The electronic program guide 800 shown in fig. 8 is explained as an example. The electronic program guide 800 includes a target presentation page 801, a timeline 802, a window 803, and a program detail window 804. The target show page 801 includes 3 channel show areas 8011 and 6 program show areas 8012. The 3 Channel display areas 8011 sequentially display channels (channels) 1-3, and 6 Program display areas 8012 from top to bottom, the target time period corresponding to the time axis 802 is 15:00-17:00, the 6 Program display areas 8012 respectively display Program names of programs corresponding to channels 1-3 in 15:00-17:00, wherein the Program corresponding to Channel1 includes news a and news B, the Program corresponding to Channel2 includes animation C, advertisement D and football game E, the Channel3 has No Program (No Program) in the time period, and each Program display area 7012 matches with the Program duration of the corresponding Program. Also displayed within the target presentation page 801 is an indication line 8013, which is perpendicular to the time axis 802 and corresponds to time 16:00 on the time axis 802 if the current time is 16: 00. If the currently played Channel is Channel1, a program screen corresponding to news B is displayed in window 803. If the focus (shown by a bold solid line frame) indicates an animation C, program information corresponding to the animation C, such as "Channel 2, animation C, 15:00-15:40, mainly saying XXXXXX", is displayed in the program detail window 804.
As can be seen from the electronic program guide 800, the larger the number of channels displayed in the electronic program guide 800 and/or the longer the time period for displaying, the more program names are displayed in the electronic program guide 800 and the more densely the program display areas are arranged. If the user determines the program interested in himself by browsing the program name, not only much effort needs to be consumed, but also the dense program display area is inconvenient for the user to browse, which not only increases the difficulty of identifying the user, but also easily causes the user to mistakenly identify other programs as the program interested in himself.
In order to solve the above problem, an identifier is added to the program display area 8012, where the added identifier corresponds to a program type of a program in the program display area, and the same program type corresponds to the same identifier. In the application examples, the identification should be easily recognizable and distinguishable, for example: the method adopts marks with simple forms, adopts colors with obvious colors, has larger difference between different marks, and the like. Therefore, when a user browses the electronic program list, the user can quickly recognize the identifiers on the program display area and quickly and accurately distinguish different identifiers, so that the program type of the program corresponding to each identifier can be quickly and accurately determined, and whether the program is a program which the user is interested in is determined based on the program type of the program.
The display device 200 may add an identifier to the program display area with reference to the flow shown in fig. 9, which includes the following specific steps:
s901, the display device 200 obtains a program type of the program and a preset corresponding relationship between the program type and the identifier.
When determining the program corresponding to the target channel set in the target time period, the display device 200 acquires program data corresponding to each channel in the target channel set and the target time period, where a process of acquiring the program data is similar to step S702, and is not described herein again.
In an embodiment of the present application, the program data includes first-type program data. The first type of program data refers to basic data such as program name, start time, end time, program content, and the like. The program data further includes second-type program data, which is data related to program contents for indicating a program genre.
In some embodiments, the program types may be divided by program content, and for ease of differentiation, this program type may be referred to as a first program type. For example: the first program type corresponding to the program data may be determined by identifying Genre (Genre) data in the program data. Wherein the Genre data comprises: movies (Movie), News and facts (News and reality), Entertainment (Entertainment), Shows (Shows), Music (Music), sports (Sport), Children (Children's) Education (edutation), life (Lifestyle), Drama (Drama), Unclassified (unrassified), News (News), society (Social), Series (Series), Others (other), and the like. Taking the Genre data as Movie as an example, the corresponding first program type is a Movie type. Each program corresponds to a first program type, so that the programs in the electronic program lists can be classified according to the program contents according to the first program type.
In some embodiments, the program type may be divided according to the function data carried by the program content, and for the convenience of distinction, this program type may be referred to as a second program type. For example: the second program type corresponding to the program data can be determined by identifying the functional data in the program data. Wherein the functional data includes: subtitles (Subtitle), Audio Description (Audio Description), Sign Language (Sign Language), and the like. Each program may include N items of function data, N being a positive integer greater than 0, i.e. each program may provide one or more functions simultaneously. Taking the example that the functional data includes Subtitle, the corresponding program type is the type providing Subtitle. Taking the functional data including Subtitle and Sign Language as an example, the corresponding second program type is a type providing subtitles and Sign Language.
In the embodiment of the present application, the corresponding relationship between the program type and the identifier may be pre-configured by a developer for the display device 200, that is, a default corresponding relationship, or may be customized by a user. In order to facilitate distinguishing program types corresponding to different division modes (namely a first program type and a second program type), the first program type and the second program type correspond to different identifiers, wherein the first program type corresponds to a first type identifier, and the second program type corresponds to a second type identifier.
If the corresponding relationship between the program type and the identifier is customized by the user, the user may set the corresponding relationship between the program type and the identifier after the display device 200 displays the electronic program guide. Reference may be made to the flow shown in fig. 10, which includes the following specific steps:
s1001, the display device 200 displays the setting interface in response to a control instruction for displaying the setting interface input by the user. The setting interface is used for setting the corresponding relation between the program type and the identification by the user.
The setting interface comprises a first setting interface and a second setting interface, wherein the first setting interface is used for selecting a first type identifier to be used by a user and selecting a first program type marked by the selected first type identifier, and the first setting interface can also be called a program type setting interface. The second setting interface is used for the user to select the second program type to be highlighted, namely the program type preferred by the user, and the second setting interface can also be called a preferred program setting interface.
S1002, the display device 200 establishes a correspondence between the program type and the identifier in response to a setting instruction input by the user.
The user sets the corresponding relation between the corresponding program types and the identifications based on different setting interfaces, namely the user sets the corresponding relation between the first program type and the first type identifications based on the first setting interface, and the user sets the corresponding relation between the second program type and the second type identifications based on the second setting interface.
S1003, the display device 200 stores the corresponding relationship between the program type and the identifier, and generates the electronic program list according to the corresponding relationship between the program type and the identifier, or updates the currently displayed electronic program list.
In one implementation, the electronic program list currently displayed by the display device 200 has no identifier, that is, there is no pre-stored correspondence between the program type and the identifier. And the user classifies and displays each program by setting the corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier. In one implementation, the electronic program list currently displayed by the display device 200 already displays the identifier corresponding to the program type on the program display area, that is, there is a pre-stored correspondence between the program type and the identifier, for example, a correspondence set last time by the user. And the user updates the identifier displayed on the program display area by setting the corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier.
The following specific description is made for setting the corresponding relationship between the program types and the identifiers based on different setting interfaces by the user:
the first program type focuses on the classification of the program content rather than the screening of the program content, and thus the first type identifier may be an identifier having a schematic effect without affecting the function (e.g., selected function, presentation function, etc.) of the program presentation area. For example: icons (including style, color, etc. of icons), colors of program display areas, patterns of program display areas, font colors of program titles, etc. The different first program types correspond to different first type identifications.
Referring to the flow shown in fig. 11, the corresponding relationship between the first program type and the first type identifier may be established, and the specific steps are as follows:
s1101, the display apparatus 200 displays the first setting interface in response to a control instruction for displaying the first setting interface input by the user. The first setting interface comprises at least one first type identified option area, the first type identified option area comprises at least one first option, and each first option corresponds to one first program type.
The user inputs a control instruction for instructing the display apparatus 200 to display the first setting interface to the display apparatus 200 by manipulating the control apparatus 100 or the mobile terminal 300. Taking the control apparatus 100 as an example of a remote controller, the user presses a designated key (a key value of the designated key has a mapping relationship with a control instruction indicating to display the first setting interface) on the remote controller to send a control instruction to the display apparatus 200 to instruct the display apparatus 200 to display the first setting interface.
The first setting interface comprises at least one first type identifier so as to provide all the first type identifiers to be displayed on the program display area for the user. Each first type identifier has a corresponding option area, the option area includes at least one first option, each first option corresponds to one first program type, where the option area may include all first options corresponding to the first program types, or may include a part of the first options corresponding to the first program types, where the part of the first program types may be a program type with a higher user historical viewing frequency, an effective program type (e.g., a program type without explicit types such as Unclassified and overts), a program type included in program data of programs in a target time period for each channel in a target channel list, and the like. The first options in each option area may correspond to different first program types, may correspond to completely same first program types, or may correspond to partially same first program types.
S1102, in response to a selection instruction input by the user based on the target first option in the target option area, the display device 200 establishes a corresponding relationship between the first program type corresponding to the target first option and the first type identifier corresponding to the target option area, and grays out the options in the remaining option areas that are the same as the target first option.
The user inputs a selection instruction to the display device 200 by manipulating the control device 100 or the mobile terminal 300 to indicate the selected target first option. Taking the control device 100 as a remote controller as an example for explanation, a user moves a focal point of the remote controller to an option area (i.e., a target option area) of a first type identifier to be selected, and moves the focal point to a first option (i.e., a target first option) to be selected in the target option area, and the user presses a "confirm" key of the remote controller to send a selection instruction to the display device 200. The display device 200 receives the selection instruction, recognizes that the position of the focus is on the target first option, and recognizes that the target first option is located in the target option area, thereby determining that the target first option has a corresponding relationship with the first type identifier corresponding to the target option area, and the display device 200 establishes a corresponding relationship between the first program type corresponding to the target first option and the first type identifier corresponding to the target option area. The corresponding relation between the first program type corresponding to the target first option and the first type identifier corresponding to the target option area is used for indicating that the program display area corresponding to the first program type is marked by the first type identifier in the electronic program list.
Based on the program display areas marked with the first type identifications with different styles, the program display areas corresponding to different first program types can be classified and marked, so that a user can quickly classify the programs corresponding to the program display areas through the first type identifications and accurately know the program types of the programs in the program display areas.
And marking a first selection identifier on the target first option, wherein the first selection identifier is used for indicating that the target first option is a selected first option in the target option area. The first selected identifier may be an icon, a background color, a background pattern, etc. of the first option, or may be a font color, etc. within the first option. And marking a second selection identifier on the same first option as the target first option in the rest option areas, wherein the second selection identifier is used for indicating that the first option is selected in other option areas (target option areas). The second selected identity may be the state of the first option to avoid user re-selection. For example: the second selected identification may be graying out the first option, with the grayed out first option in an unavailable state.
Steps S1101-S1102 are described in conjunction with the following example:
taking the control device 100 as a remote controller as an example, if a Green (Green) key on the remote controller is configured as a key corresponding to the control instruction, the user presses the Green key to send the control instruction carrying the key value "Green" to the display device 200, the display device 200 identifies the key value "Green", it is determined that the control instruction is used for indicating to display the first setting interface, and the display device 200 responds to the control instruction to display the first setting interface. The first setting interface may refer to fig. 12, where, for example, the first type identifier is a colored line icon, and the first setting interface includes three types of first type identifiers, which are an orange line (shown by oblique lines), a red line (shown by bold solid lines), and a blue line (shown by lattice patterns). The orange line corresponds to the option area 1201, the red line corresponds to the option area 1202, and the blue line corresponds to the option area 1203. The two ends of each option area are respectively provided with an extension 1204, and the extensions 1204 are used for adjusting the first item displayed in the option areas.
The user moves the focus to the option area 1201 corresponding to the orange line by manipulating the remote controller, and moves the focus to the first option corresponding to the news current, and the user sends a selection instruction to the display device 200 by pressing the "confirm" key on the remote controller. In response to the selection instruction, the display device 200 establishes a corresponding relationship between the news affair and the orange line, marks a first selected identifier on the first option of the news affair, such as thickening the font of the news affair to prompt the user that the first option has been selected, and displays the program type of the currently selected first option, i.e., the news affair, at the identifier of the orange line. Marking a second selection identifier on the first option corresponding to the news times in the option area 1202 and the option area 1203, for example: the first option corresponding to the news story in options area 1202 is grayed out to prompt the user that the first option is not selectable. With reference to the above process, a corresponding relationship between the motion and the red line and a corresponding relationship between the child and the blue line can be established, which is not described herein again.
In steps S1201-S1202, the user uses all of the first type identifiers provided by the first setting interface, and in some embodiments, the user may use only a portion of the first type identifiers, or not use the first type identifiers. The display of the first type identifier may be cancelled with reference to the following steps:
based on the first setting interface obtained in step S1201, the option area corresponding to each first type identifier further includes a close option, where the close option is used to indicate that the corresponding first type identifier is not displayed. After displaying the first setting interface, the display device 200 establishes a correspondence between the target close option and the corresponding first class identifier in response to a hidden instruction input by the user based on the target close option.
The above-described procedure of canceling the display of the first type identifier is described with reference to an example in which the control apparatus 100 is a remote controller, and the first setting interface is shown in fig. 12 as an example. The option area 1201, the option area 1202, and the option area 1203 each include an Off option. If the user does not want the red line to be displayed, the user manipulates the remote controller to move the focus to the close option in the option area 1201 and inputs a hidden command to the display apparatus 200 by pressing the "ok" key on the remote controller. The display apparatus 200 establishes a correspondence between the close option and the red bar in response to the hiding instruction, whereby the display apparatus 200 does not display the red bar on the electronic program guide. With reference to the above process, a corresponding relationship is established between the close option and the orange line, and a corresponding relationship is established between the close option and the blue line, which is not described herein again.
The second program type focuses on the filtering of the functionality provided by the program content, whereby the second type of identification may be an identification corresponding to the state of the program presentation area, for example: reducing the transparency of the program display area, graying the program display area, and the like.
Referring to the flow shown in fig. 13, the corresponding relationship between the second program type and the second type identifier may be established, and the specific steps are as follows:
s1301, the display device 200 displays the second setting interface in response to a control instruction for displaying the second setting interface input by the user. The second setting interface comprises at least one second option, and each second option corresponds to a second program type.
The user inputs a control instruction for instructing the display apparatus 200 to display the second setting interface to the display apparatus 200 by manipulating the control apparatus 100 or the mobile terminal 300. Taking the control apparatus 100 as an example of a remote controller, the user presses a designated key (a key value of the designated key has a mapping relationship with a control instruction for instructing to display the second setting interface) on the remote controller to send a control instruction to the display apparatus 200 to instruct the display apparatus 200 to display the second setting interface.
The second setting interface comprises at least one second option for the user to select a second option corresponding to the second program type to be highlighted, namely a target second option. The second program type corresponding to the second option except the target second option is the second program type which does not need to be highlighted, that is, the non-target second option. The second option may include the first option corresponding to all the second program types, or may include the first option corresponding to a part of the second program types, where the part of the second program types may be program types used by the user in history, program types corresponding to user information (such as health information, preference information, and the like), and the like.
S1302, the display device 200 responds to a selection instruction input by the user based on the target second option, and establishes a corresponding relationship between the second program type corresponding to the non-target second option and the second category identifier. The non-target second option refers to a second option other than the target second option.
The user inputs a selection instruction to the display device 200 by manipulating the control device 100 or the mobile terminal 300 to indicate the selected target second option. Taking the control device 100 as a remote controller for example, the user moves the focal point of the remote controller to the second option to be selected (i.e. the target second option), and the user presses the "confirm" key of the remote controller to send a selection instruction to the display device 200. The display device 200 receives the selection instruction, and recognizes that the position of the focus is on the target second option. The display device 200 determines a non-target second option according to the target second option, determines that a second program type corresponding to the non-target second option has a corresponding relationship with the second type identifier, and the display device 200 establishes a corresponding relationship between the second program type corresponding to the non-target second option and the second type identifier. And the corresponding relation between the second program type corresponding to the non-target second option and the second type identifier is used for indicating that the program display area corresponding to the second program type is marked by using the second type identifier in the electronic program list.
Based on the identifier type of the second type identifier (e.g., reducing the transparency of the program display area, graying the program display area, etc.), the transparency of the program display area marked with the second type identifier is low, or graying the program display area marked with the second type identifier, so that the program display area marked with no second type identifier, that is, the transparency of the program display area corresponding to the target second option is high, or a normal available state is displayed, thereby playing an effect of highlighting the program display area corresponding to the target second option, and reducing an effect of mistakenly selecting the program display area corresponding to the non-target second option by the user.
And marking a third selection mark on the target second option, wherein the third selection mark is used for indicating that the target second option is selected. The third selected identifier may be an icon, a background color, a background pattern, etc. of the second option, or may be a font color, etc. in the first option.
Steps S1301-S1302 are described with reference to the following examples:
taking the control device 100 as a remote controller as an example, if a Menu (Menu) key on the remote controller is configured as a key corresponding to a control instruction, the user presses the Menu key to send a control instruction carrying a key value "Menu" to the display device 200, the display device 200 identifies the key value "Menu", determines that the control instruction is used for instructing to display a second setting interface, and the display device 200 responds to the control instruction to display the second setting interface. The second setup interface may refer to fig. 14, where the second item includes presenting a program with an audio description, presenting a program with subtitles, presenting a program with sign language. Taking the target second item as an example of presenting a program with sign language, the user moves the focus to the program with sign language by manipulating the remote controller, and inputs a selection instruction to the display apparatus 200 by pressing the "ok" button. In response to the selection instruction, the display device 200 establishes a correspondence between the audio description, the subtitle, and a second-class identifier, wherein the second-class identifier grays out the program display area. The display device 200 marks a third selection indicator on the second option for presenting the program in sign language, such as a check mark on the left side of the second option for presenting the program in sign language, to prompt the user that the second option has been selected. The user may select other second options as the target second options, and the selection process is similar to the process of selecting and displaying the program with sign language as the target second options, and is not described here again. And if the user selects other second options as target second options, changing the currently selected target second options into non-target second options, and clearing the corresponding third selected identifications.
In some embodiments, if the user wants to cancel the second option that has been selected, reference may be made to the following steps:
the display device 200 establishes a correspondence between the second option to be cancelled and the second type identifier in response to a cancellation instruction input by the user based on the second option to be cancelled. The second option to be cancelled refers to the second option that has been selected. And if all the second options are not selected, deleting the stored corresponding relation between the second program type and the second type identifier.
Taking the control apparatus 100 as a remote controller and the second setting interface as an example as shown in fig. 14, after displaying the second setting interface, the user moves the focus to the second option showing the program with sign language (the second option that has been currently selected) by manipulating the remote controller, and inputs a cancel instruction to the display apparatus 200 by pressing the "ok" key. The display device 200 establishes a correspondence between the sign language and the second-type identifier in response to the cancel instruction. In this example, since all the second options are not selected after the second option showing the program with sign language is not selected any more, the stored correspondence between all the second program types and the second-class identifiers is deleted. Thus, the second type identifier will not be displayed on the electronic program guide.
The user may set only the correspondence between the first program type and the first category identifier, or only the correspondence between the second program type and the second category identifier, or set both the correspondence between the first program type and the first category identifier, and the correspondence between the second program type and the second category identifier.
After establishing the correspondence between the program types and the identifiers based on the above-described procedure, the display device 200 stores the established correspondence to display the corresponding identifiers on the program display area based on the stored correspondence when displaying the electronic program guide. Illustratively, the correspondence between the program type and the identification may be stored in the memory as an Object (Object).
The display apparatus 200 acquires the correspondence between the program type and the identification stored in advance in the memory in response to the control instruction in step S601.
S902, the display device 200 determines an identifier corresponding to the program type of the program according to a preset corresponding relationship between the program type and the identifier.
The display device 200 may determine the identifier corresponding to the program in each program display area in the target display page according to the obtained correspondence between the program type and the identifier. For example, taking the correspondence between the program type and the identifier as News and failure and the orange line as an example, if the program corresponding to the program display area is "News a" and the program type of "News a" is News and failure, the identifier corresponding to "News a" is an orange line.
S903, the display device 200 adds an identifier corresponding to the program type of the program to the program display area corresponding to the program.
In some embodiments, the correspondence between the program types and the identifications pre-stored by the display device 200 includes: and the corresponding relation between the first program type and the first type identification. In these embodiments, the display device 200 determines a program display area corresponding to the first program type, that is, a first program display area, and adds a corresponding first type identifier to the first program display area.
The above embodiments are explained with reference to examples, and with the electronic program guide shown in fig. 8, the correspondence between the first program type and the first type identifier includes: news events correspond to orange lines, sports correspond to red lines, and children correspond to blue lines as examples. The display apparatus 200 identifies a first program type of the programs in each program presentation area, for example: the first program type corresponding to news A and news B is news-time, the first program type corresponding to the cartoon C is a child, and the first program type corresponding to the football match E is sports. Display device 200 adds orange lines on the program display area that news A and news B correspond, adds blue lines on the program display area that animation C corresponds, adds red lines on the program display area that football match E corresponds, and wherein, display device 200 adds corresponding first type sign on the lower frame of program display area, and display device 200 shows the electronic program list as shown in FIG. 15. Therefore, the user can quickly classify the programs corresponding to the program display areas through the first type identification and accurately know the program types of the programs in the program display areas.
The above embodiments are explained with reference to examples, and the electronic program guide shown in fig. 8 includes, by using the correspondence between the first program type and the first type identifier: news events correspond to orange lines, closed options correspond to red lines, and children correspond to blue lines as an example. The difference from the generation of the electronic program guide shown in fig. 15 is that, in the present example, since the red bar corresponds to the off option, the red bar is not displayed in the electronic program guide. Thereby, only an orange line and a blue line are displayed in the electronic program guide as shown in fig. 16.
In some embodiments, the correspondence between the program types and the identifications pre-stored by the display device 200 includes: and the corresponding relation between the second program type and the second type identification. In these embodiments, the display device 200 determines a program display area corresponding to the second program type, that is, a second program display area, and adds a corresponding second type identifier to the second program display area.
The foregoing embodiment is explained with reference to the third example, and with the electronic program guide shown in fig. 8, the correspondence relationship between the second program type and the second category identifier includes: the audio description, the subtitle and the second type identifier have a corresponding relationship, and the second type identifier is used for graying the program display area. The display apparatus 200 identifies a second program type of the programs in each program presentation area, for example: the second program type corresponding to news A and news B is sign language, the second program type corresponding to the cartoon C is a subtitle, the program type corresponding to the football match E is audio description, and the advertisement D does not have the corresponding second program type. The display apparatus 200 grays out the animation C, the advertisement D, the soccer game E, and the program display area without the program correspondence, and the display apparatus 200 displays the electronic program guide as shown in fig. 17. Therefore, the user can quickly screen and locate the preferred program types, namely the program display areas corresponding to the sign language types through the second type marks.
In some embodiments, the correspondence between the program types and the identifications pre-stored by the display device 200 includes: the corresponding relation between the first program type and the first type identification, and the corresponding relation between the second program type and the second type identification.
The foregoing embodiment is described with reference to example four, and with the electronic program guide shown in fig. 8, the correspondence between the first program type and the first category identifier includes: the news current affairs correspond orange lines, the motion corresponds red lines, the children correspond blue lines to the corresponding relation between second program type and the second type sign includes: the audio description, the subtitle and the second type identifier have a corresponding relationship, and the second type identifier is used for graying the program display area. The display device 200 identifies the first program type and the second program type of the programs in each program display area, and adds the corresponding first category identifier and second category identifier in the program display area. The process of identifying the program type and adding the corresponding identifier is similar to the first to third examples, and is not described here again. The display device 200 displays an electronic program guide as shown in fig. 18.
In some embodiments, the correspondence between the program types and the identifications may be changed with reference to the flow shown in fig. 19, and the electronic program guide may be updated. After displaying the electronic program guide, the display device 200 monitors an event that sets a correspondence between the first program type and the first type identifier (i.e., a first type setting event), and monitors an event that sets a correspondence between the second program type and the second type identifier (i.e., a second type setting event). Wherein, if the display apparatus 200 monitors to start the first setting interface, the first type setting event is monitored. If the display device 200 monitors that the second setting interface is started, the second type of setting event is monitored. After monitoring the first-type setting event and/or the second-type setting event, the display device 200 changes the corresponding relationship between the first program type and the first-type identifier, and/or changes the corresponding relationship between the second program type and the second-type identifier, where a process of the display device 200 changing the corresponding relationship between the first program type and the first-type identifier is similar to steps S1101-S1102, and a process of the display device 200 changing the corresponding relationship between the second program type and the second-type identifier is similar to steps S1301-S1302, which are not described herein again. The display device 200 responds to an exit instruction input by the user, exits from the first setting interface and the second setting interface, and displays the corresponding identification on the program display area according to the changed corresponding relationship.
The above-described embodiment is described with reference to an example, taking the electronic program guide shown in fig. 18 (i.e., (r) shown in fig. 20) as an example. The display device 200 monitors to start the first setting page and the second setting page, and after monitoring to start the first setting page, detecting the correspondence between the changed first program type and the first type identifier includes: news events correspond to orange lines, Off corresponds to red lines, and children correspond to blue lines. After monitoring that the second setting page is started, detecting the correspondence between the changed second program type and the second type identifier includes: the audio description, the sign language and the second type identification have corresponding relation, and the second type identification is used for graying out the program display area. The display device 200 updates the electronic program guide according to the changed correspondence, and displays the updated electronic program guide as shown in (ii) of fig. 20.
In some embodiments, in order to facilitate the user to accurately determine the specific meaning of the different first category identifiers on the program display area, the first category identifiers and the corresponding first program types may be displayed in the electronic program guide. Taking the electronic program guide shown in fig. 15 as an example, the electronic program guide further includes a shortcut information window 2101, a first type identifier and a first program type corresponding to the first type identifier are added to the shortcut information window 2101, wherein an orange line corresponds to news, a red line corresponds to motion, a blue line corresponds to children, and the electronic program guide shown in fig. 21 is displayed on the display device 200.
Based on the above embodiments, the display device 200 may display an electronic program guide including a target presentation page (the target presentation page is a page including a currently played channel). In some embodiments, the display device 200 may also display electronic program listings that include other presentation pages (other presentation pages do not include the currently played channel).
The description will be given with reference to an example in which the control apparatus 100 is a remote controller, and an electronic program guide shown in fig. 18 (i.e., (r) shown in fig. 22) is taken as an example. The user moves the focus to the option of the last channel in the target channel list by manipulating the remote controller, and transmits a page-turning instruction for instructing to display the next channel list to the display apparatus 200 by pressing the "down" key of the remote controller. The first channel in the next channel list is a channel next to a last channel in the pre-stored channel list in the target channel list, and the channel in the next channel list is a channel of m channels in the pre-stored channel list from the first channel in the next channel list, where m is a preset channel showing number. The process of the display device 200 acquiring the programs of the channels in the next channel list in the target time period is similar to step S702, and is not described here again. The process of displaying the program display area in the target time period by the display device 200 is similar to step S602, and is not described herein again. The display apparatus 200 displays the electronic program guide shown in fig. 22, which is different from the electronic program guide shown in fig. 18 in that the page-turned electronic program guide includes 3 channel presentation regions and 5 program presentation regions. The 3 Channel display areas sequentially display channels (channels) 4-6, and the 5 Program display areas respectively display Program names of the channels 4-6 corresponding to programs in a range from 15:00-17:00, wherein the Program corresponding to Channel4 comprises a basketball game F and sports news G, the Program corresponding to Channel5 comprises an animation H and news I, No Program (No Program) exists in the Channel6 in the time period, and each Program display area is matched with the Program duration of the corresponding Program. The display apparatus 200 identifies a first program type and a second program type of each program, for example: basketball match F and sports news G correspond to a first program type sport, cartoon H corresponds to a first program type child, and news I corresponds to a first program type news current affair. The basketball game F corresponds to the second program type audio description, the sports news G and the news I correspond to the second program type sign language, and the cartoon H corresponds to the second program type subtitle. The display device 200 adds corresponding identifiers to the program display areas to display the electronic program guide shown in fig. 22.
In connection with another example, the control apparatus 100 is taken as a remote controller, and an electronic program guide shown in fig. 18 (i.e., (r) shown in fig. 23) is taken as an example. The user presses a designated key on the remote controller to transmit a page turning instruction to the display apparatus 200, the page turning instruction being used to instruct to display program information of the target channel list in other time periods. Illustratively, a Yellow (Yellow) key on the remote controller corresponds to indicate to display program information of the target channel list in a time period when yesterday is the same as the target time period, and a Blue (Blue) key on the remote controller corresponds to indicate to display program information of the target channel list in a time period when tomorrow is the same as the target time period. Taking an example that the user presses the blue key to input a page turning instruction to the display device 200, the display device 200 acquires the programs of the channels in the target channel list in the time period when the tomorrow is the same as the target time period, where a process of the display device 200 acquiring the programs of the channels in the target channel list in the new time period is similar to step S702, and details are not repeated here. The process of displaying the program display area in the new time slot by the display device 200 is similar to step S602, and is not described herein again. The display device 200 displays the electronic program guide shown in fig. 23, where 3 channels included in the electronic program guide after page turning are still (Channel) 1-Channel (Channel)3, and the difference from the electronic program guide shown in fig. 18 is that the electronic program guide after page turning includes 3 program display areas, the 3 program display areas respectively display program names of programs corresponding to channels 1-3 in tomorrow 15:00-17:00, where a program corresponding to Channel1 includes news J, a program corresponding to Channel2 includes animation K and no program, a program corresponding to Channel3 includes track and field events L, and each program display area is matched with a program duration of the corresponding program. The display apparatus 200 identifies a first program type and a second program type of each program, for example: news J corresponds to a first program type news current affairs, track and field match L corresponds to a first program type sports, and cartoon K corresponds to a first program type child. Track and field match L corresponds to the second program type audio description, news J corresponds to the second program type sign language, and cartoon K corresponds to the second program type subtitle. The display device 200 adds corresponding identifiers to the program display areas to display the electronic program guide shown in fig. 23.
The foregoing description, for purposes of explanation, has been presented in conjunction with specific embodiments. However, the foregoing discussion in some embodiments is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the implementations to the precise forms disclosed above. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the present disclosure and to enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the embodiments.

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1. A display device, comprising:
a display configured to display a program screen;
a controller configured to:
responding to a control instruction which is input by a user and used for displaying an electronic program list, and acquiring a target channel set, a target time period and a program corresponding to the target channel set in the target time period, wherein the target channel set comprises all channels displayed in a target display page, and the target time period is a time period displayed in the target display page;
and controlling the display to display an electronic program list containing the target display page on the program picture, wherein the target display page comprises a plurality of channel display areas and a plurality of program display areas, the channel display areas are used for displaying channel names, the program display areas are used for displaying the program names of the programs, the length of the program display areas is matched with the program duration of the programs, the program display areas are provided with marks, and the marks correspond to the program types of the programs in the program display areas.
2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:
controlling the display to display an electronic program guide including the target presentation page on the program screen, including:
acquiring the program type of the program and the corresponding relation between the preset program type and the identifier;
determining an identifier corresponding to the program type of the program according to a preset corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier;
and adding an identifier corresponding to the program type of the program on a program display area corresponding to the program.
3. The display device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the program types comprise a first program type and a second program type, the identifiers comprise a first type identifier and a second type identifier, the first program type corresponds to the first type identifier, the second program type corresponds to the second type identifier, and the first program type is divided according to program contents of programs; the second program type is divided according to the functional data carried by the program content of the program, the second type identifier is used for adjusting the display state of the program display area, and the second type identifier comprises the function of reducing the transparency of the program display area and/or graying the program display area.
4. The display device of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to:
responding to a control instruction which is input by a user and used for displaying a setting interface, and controlling the display to display the setting interface, wherein the setting interface is used for setting the corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier;
responding to a setting instruction input by a user, and establishing a corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier;
and storing the corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier, and generating an electronic program list according to the corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier, or updating the currently displayed electronic program list.
5. The display device according to claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to:
responding to a setting instruction input by a user, establishing a corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier, wherein the corresponding relation comprises the following steps:
responding to a control instruction which is input by a user and used for displaying a first setting interface, and controlling the display to display the first setting interface, wherein the first setting interface comprises at least one option area of a first type identifier, the option area of the first type identifier comprises at least one first option, and the first option corresponds to a first program type;
responding to a selection instruction input by a user based on a target first option in a target option area, establishing a corresponding relation between a first program type corresponding to the target first option and a first type identifier corresponding to the target option area, and graying options in other option areas in the first setting interface, wherein the options are the same as the target first option.
6. The display device according to claim 5, wherein the option area of the first category identifier includes a close option indicating that the corresponding first category identifier is not displayed, the controller being configured to:
responding to a setting instruction input by a user, establishing a corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier, wherein the corresponding relation comprises the following steps:
and responding to a hidden instruction input by a user based on a target closing option, and establishing a corresponding relation between the target closing option and the corresponding first-class identification.
7. The display device of claim 3, wherein the electronic program guide further comprises a shortcut information window, and the shortcut information window comprises the first category identifier and a first program type corresponding to the first category identifier.
8. The display device according to claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to:
responding to a setting instruction input by a user, establishing a corresponding relation between the program type and the identifier, wherein the corresponding relation comprises the following steps:
responding to a control instruction which is input by a user and used for displaying a second setting interface, and controlling the display to display the second setting interface, wherein the second setting interface comprises at least one second option, and each second option corresponds to one second program type;
and responding to a selection instruction input by the user based on the target second option, and establishing a corresponding relation between a second program type corresponding to the non-target second option and the second type identifier, wherein the non-target second option is a second option in the second setting interface except for the target second option.
9. The display device of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to:
and responding to a cancel instruction input by a user based on a second option to be canceled, establishing a corresponding relation between the second option to be canceled and the second type identifier, wherein the second option to be canceled refers to the selected second option, and if all the second options are not selected, deleting the stored corresponding relation between the second program type and the second type identifier so as not to display the second type identifier in the electronic program list.
10. A display method of an electronic program guide is applied to a display device, the display device displays a program picture, and the method comprises the following steps:
responding to a control instruction which is input by a user and used for displaying an electronic program list, and acquiring a target channel set, a target time period and a program corresponding to the target channel set in the target time period, wherein the target channel set comprises all channels displayed in a target display page, and the target time period is a time period displayed in the target display page;
and displaying an electronic program list containing the target display page on the program picture, wherein the target display page comprises a plurality of channel display areas and a plurality of program display areas, the channel display areas are used for displaying channel names, the program display areas are used for displaying program names of the programs, the length of the program display areas is matched with the program duration of the programs, the program display areas are provided with marks, and the marks correspond to the program types of the programs in the program display areas.
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