CN115396708A

CN115396708A - Display device, control apparatus, and device name update method

Info

Publication number: CN115396708A
Application number: CN202211006463.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 修建竹; 董娜; 唐高明
Original assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-22
Filing date: 2022-08-22
Publication date: 2022-11-25
Also published as: WO2024041033A1

Abstract

Some embodiments of the present application provide a display apparatus, a control device, and an apparatus name updating method. After the bluetooth communication connection is established between the control device and the display device, the display device may store the device information of the control device in a preset database. When a user indicates to modify the initial equipment name of the control device in the display equipment, the display equipment acquires the first equipment name input by the user and updates the initial equipment name in the equipment information in the database to the first equipment name. The display device may further send a device name update instruction carrying the first device name to the control apparatus, and the control apparatus may update the initial device name based on the first device name. Therefore, after the user modifies the device name of the control device, the display device and the control device can synchronously update the modified device name, and the use experience of the user is improved.

Description

Display device, control apparatus, and device name update method

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of display device technologies, and in particular, to a display device, a control apparatus, and a device name updating method.

Background

The display equipment is terminal equipment capable of outputting specific display pictures, along with the rapid development of the display equipment, the functions of the display equipment are more and more abundant, the performance is more and more powerful, the bidirectional human-computer interaction function can be realized, and various functions such as audio and video, entertainment, data and the like are integrated into a whole for meeting the diversified and personalized requirements of users.

A user can control the display apparatus using a control device, such as a remote controller, to implement various functions. The display device has Bluetooth function, and can be connected with other devices in Bluetooth communication. Therefore, the user can control the display device by using a traditional infrared remote controller and can also control the display device by using a Bluetooth remote controller. When using the bluetooth remote controller, the remote controller and the display device need to be paired first to establish bluetooth communication connection. Compared with the traditional infrared remote controller, the user can also modify the equipment name of the Bluetooth remote controller so as to distinguish the Bluetooth remote controller more intuitively. The user can directly use the Bluetooth remote controller to modify the own equipment name, and can also make the display equipment display the equipment name of the Bluetooth remote controller and modify the equipment name in the display equipment.

However, the user modifies the device name on the bluetooth remote controller side or modifies the device name on the display device side, which only changes the device name stored in the device, but cannot notify the device to the opposite terminal, so that the device to the opposite terminal cannot update the device name of the bluetooth remote controller synchronously, thereby seriously affecting the user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

Some embodiments of the present application provide a display apparatus, a control device, and an apparatus name updating method. The problem that in the related art, opposite-end equipment cannot synchronously update the equipment name of the Bluetooth remote controller, and therefore use experience of a user is seriously affected is solved.

In a first aspect, some embodiments of the present application provide a display device comprising a display, a communicator, and a controller.

Wherein the communicator is configured to be in communicative connection with the control device; the controller is configured to perform the steps of:

responding to a Bluetooth broadcast packet sent by the control device, and establishing Bluetooth communication connection with the control device; the Bluetooth broadcast packet carries equipment information of the control device, and the equipment information comprises an initial equipment name of the control device;

storing the equipment information in a preset database;

responding to an instruction which is input by a user and used for indicating to modify the initial equipment name, and acquiring a first equipment name input by the user;

and updating the initial equipment name in the equipment information in the database into a first equipment name, and sending an equipment name updating instruction carrying the first equipment name to the control device so that the control device updates the initial equipment name based on the first equipment name.

In a second aspect, some embodiments of the present application provide a control apparatus that includes a storage module, an update module, and a processor. Wherein the storage module is configured to store device information, the device information including an initial device name; the update module is configured to update and transmit data; the processor is configured to perform the steps of:

in response to an instruction of a user to connect the display device, transmitting a Bluetooth broadcast packet to enable the display device and the control device to establish Bluetooth communication connection;

receiving a device name updating instruction sent by the display device, wherein the device name updating instruction is used for indicating that data in an updating module is updated to a first device name;

and modifying the initial device name in the storage module into the first device name based on the updating module.

In a third aspect, some embodiments of the present application provide an apparatus name updating method, applied to a display apparatus, including:

storing the equipment information in a preset database;

responding to an instruction which is input by a user and indicates to modify the initial equipment name, and acquiring a first equipment name input by the user;

It can be seen from the foregoing technical solutions that some embodiments of the present application provide a display device, a control apparatus, and a device name updating method. After the bluetooth communication connection is established between the control device and the display device, the display device may store the device information of the control device in a preset database. When a user indicates to modify the initial equipment name of the control device in the display equipment, the display equipment acquires the first equipment name input by the user and updates the initial equipment name in the equipment information in the database to the first equipment name. The display device may further send a device name update instruction carrying the first device name to the control apparatus, and the control apparatus may update the initial device name based on the first device name. Therefore, after the user modifies the device name of the control device, the display device and the control device can synchronously update the modified device name, and the use experience of the user is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly explain the technical solution of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious to those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without any creative effort.

FIG. 1 illustrates a usage scenario of a display device according to some embodiments;

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

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

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

FIG. 5 shows a schematic diagram of a user interface in some embodiments;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a function panel page in some embodiments;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram that illustrates a list of electronic devices in the display in some embodiments;

FIG. 8 is a diagram that illustrates display device name update confirmation information in a display in some embodiments;

FIG. 9 illustrates a flow diagram for interaction of a display device and a control apparatus in some embodiments;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram that illustrates an equipment interface in some embodiments;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram that illustrates a device details page in some embodiments;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram that illustrates a connection prompt interface in some embodiments;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram that illustrates a prompt interface in some embodiments;

FIG. 14 illustrates a flow diagram for interaction of a display device and control apparatus in some embodiments;

fig. 15 illustrates a flow diagram of a device name update method in some embodiments.

Detailed Description

To make the objects, embodiments and advantages of the present application clearer, the following is a clear and complete description of exemplary embodiments of the present application with reference to the attached drawings in exemplary embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the exemplary embodiments described are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments.

All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the exemplary embodiments described herein without inventive step, are intended to be within the scope of the claims appended hereto. In addition, while the disclosure herein has been presented in terms of exemplary embodiment or embodiments, it should be appreciated that individual aspects of the disclosure can be utilized in a variety of forms and embodiments. It should be noted that the brief descriptions of the terms in the present application are only for the convenience of understanding the embodiments described below, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application. These terms should be understood in their ordinary and customary meaning unless otherwise indicated.

The terms "first," "second," "third," and the like in the description and claims of this application and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between similar or analogous objects or entities and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order, unless otherwise indicated. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances.

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

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

Fig. 1 illustrates a usage scenario of a display device according to some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, a user may operate the display device 200 through a mobile terminal 300 and a control apparatus 100. The control apparatus 100 may be a remote controller, and the communication between the remote controller and the display device includes infrared protocol communication, bluetooth protocol communication, wireless or other wired method to control the display device 200. The user may input a user command through a key on a remote controller, a voice input, a control panel input, etc. to control the display apparatus 200. In some embodiments, mobile terminals, tablets, computers, laptops, and other smart devices may also be used to control the display device 200.

In some embodiments, the mobile terminal 300 may install a software application with the display device 200 to implement connection communication through a network communication protocol for the purpose of one-to-one control operation and data communication. The audio and video contents displayed on the mobile terminal 300 can also be transmitted to the display device 200, so that the display device 200 with the synchronous display function can also perform data communication with the server 400 through multiple communication modes. 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 display device 200 may be a liquid crystal display, an OLED display, a projection display device. The display apparatus 200 may additionally provide an intelligent network television function providing a computer support function in addition to the broadcast receiving television function.

Fig. 2 illustrates a block diagram of a hardware configuration of the control apparatus 100 according to some embodiments. As shown in fig. 2, the control device 100 includes a controller 110, a communication interface 130, a user input/output interface 140, a memory, and a power supply. The control apparatus 100 may receive an input operation instruction of a user and convert the operation instruction into an instruction recognizable and responsive to the display device 200, serving as an interaction intermediary between the user and the display device 200. The communication interface 130 is used for communicating with the outside, and includes at least one of a WIFI chip, a bluetooth module, NFC, or an alternative module. The user input/output interface 140 includes at least one of a microphone, a touch pad, a sensor, a key, or an alternative module.

Fig. 3 illustrates a hardware configuration block diagram of a display device 200 according to some embodiments. As shown in fig. 3, 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. The controller includes a central processor, a video processor, an audio processor, a graphic processor, a RAM, a ROM, and first to nth interfaces for input/output. The display 260 may be at least one of a liquid crystal display, an OLED display, a touch display, and a projection display, and may also be a projection device and a projection screen. The display is used for displaying a user interface. The user interface may be a first image, for example, various media assets acquired from a network signal source, including video, pictures, and other content. The user interface may also be some UI interface of the display device. The user may view content such as assets in the display. The tuner demodulator 210 receives a broadcast television signal through a wired or wireless reception manner, and demodulates an audio/video signal, such as an EPG data signal, from a plurality of wireless or wired broadcast television signals. The detector 230 is used to collect signals of the external environment or interaction with the outside. The controller 250 and the tuner-demodulator 210 may be located in different separate devices, that is, the tuner-demodulator 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. A user may input a user command on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on the display 260, and the user input interface receives the user input command through the Graphical User Interface (GUI). Alternatively, the user may input the user command by inputting a specific sound or gesture, and the user input interface receives the user input command by recognizing the sound or gesture through the sensor.

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

Fig. 4 illustrates a software configuration diagram in the display device 200 according to some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the system is divided into four layers, which are an Application (Application) layer (abbreviated as "Application layer"), an Application Framework (Application Framework) layer (abbreviated as "Framework layer"), an Android runtime (Android runtime) and system library layer (abbreviated as "system runtime layer"), and a kernel layer, respectively, from top to bottom. The inner core layer comprises at least one of the following drivers: audio drive, display driver, bluetooth drive, camera drive, WIFI drive, USB drive, HDMI drive, sensor drive (like fingerprint sensor, temperature sensor, pressure sensor etc.) and power drive etc..

In some embodiments, the display device may be communicatively coupled to other electronic devices for communicative interaction. For example, the display device may be in communicative interaction with a control device, which may be a remote control or a terminal device. The user can control the display apparatus using the remote controller to implement various functions of the display apparatus.

The display device comprises a communicator, and the communicator can enable the display device to be in communication connection with other electronic devices, so that data interaction and other operations are realized. The communicator may include a bluetooth module for controlling the display device to turn on and off a bluetooth function. The communicator also comprises a Wifi module for WiFi connection, an infrared receiving module for receiving infrared signals and the like. Based on the communicator, the display device can be in various forms of communication connection with the control device, including Bluetooth communication connection, infrared connection, wiFi connection and the like.

In some embodiments, the user may control which type of communication mode the display device specifically turns on, for example, may control whether the display device turns on a bluetooth function.

Specifically, after the user controls the display device to be powered on, the display device may display the user interface. FIG. 5 illustrates a schematic diagram of a user interface in some embodiments. The user interface includes a first navigation bar 500, a second navigation bar 510, a function bar 520, and a content display area 530, the function bar 520 including a plurality of function controls such as "view record", "my applications", and "functions", etc. The content displayed in the content display area 530 changes according to the selected controls in the first navigation bar 500 and the second navigation bar 510. The user may trigger entry into the corresponding display panel by clicking a "function" control in the function bar 520 to enter a display instruction for a function page supported by the display device. It should be noted that the user may also input the operation of selecting the function control in other manners to trigger the entry into the display panel corresponding to the function. For example, control is passed to the function panel page using a voice control function or a search function, etc.

FIG. 6 illustrates a schematic diagram of a function panel page in some embodiments. The function panel page may include various functions supported by the display device, such as a bluetooth function. The user can control the display device to turn on or off the bluetooth function.

In some embodiments, the display device may be provided with a communication mode in consideration of communication security of the display device.

When the communication mode is closed, the display device does not receive the communication connection request sent by other electronic devices. At this moment, the display device does not allow the electronic device to be in communication connection, and at this moment, the display device does not perform information interaction with any electronic device.

When the communication mode is started, the display device receives a communication connection request sent by the electronic device. At this time, the display device may allow the electronic device and the display device to be communicatively connected, thereby implementing information interaction. The user may input a communication mode on command to the display device, and when the controller receives the communication mode on command, the display device may be controlled to enter a communication mode.

In some embodiments, the user may use the control means to control the display device. The control device may be in communication connection with the display device, so as to implement information interaction between the terminal device and the display device, for example, send various control instructions to the display device, so as to implement corresponding operations for the display device. The control device may be a bluetooth remote controller, and may also be a terminal device supporting bluetooth BLE, such as a mobile terminal, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and the like. The Bluetooth remote controller used by the user may be a BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) Bluetooth device.

The user can make a bluetooth communication connection using the control device and the display apparatus. A connection key may be provided in the control apparatus, and when the user presses the key, it is considered that the user has transmitted an instruction to the control apparatus to instruct connection of the display device. Bluetooth communication connection can be established between the control device and the display equipment, so that various control instructions can be sent to the display equipment subsequently.

In some embodiments, the control apparatus and the display device may establish a bluetooth communication connection through a pairing manner. For example, when the control device and the display device establish a bluetooth communication connection for the first time, since the control device and the display device are not connected before and do not know any information in the peer device, no instruction can be directly sent between the control device and the display device, and the control device can be connected in a pairing manner with the display device by broadcasting information.

The control device can send the Bluetooth broadcast packet in the network, and the display equipment can scan and acquire the Bluetooth broadcast packet in the network, so that the Bluetooth communication connection is established with the control device. Specifically, the control device may count its own device information. The device information may include a device name and a physical address. The physical address may be a Media Access Control (MAC) address. The control device may generate a bluetooth broadcast packet, and the bluetooth broadcaster may be a data packet including device information of the control device in the bluetooth broadcast packet. The control device can further initiate Bluetooth broadcast and send a Bluetooth broadcast packet to the local area network. The display device can initiate a scanning function to scan information in the local area network, so as to acquire the bluetooth broadcast packet. The display device can acquire the device information of the control device contained in the display device according to the Bluetooth broadcast packet. The display device can determine the physical address of the control device according to the device information, thereby establishing a Bluetooth communication connection with the control device. The controller may generate a connection instruction instructing establishment of a bluetooth communication connection and transmit the connection instruction to the physical address, thereby enabling transmission of the connection instruction to the control apparatus. After receiving the connection instruction, the control device can establish Bluetooth communication connection with the display equipment. The control device can also send connection success information to the display equipment to prompt the display equipment of the condition that the Bluetooth communication connection is successfully established currently.

In some embodiments, if the display device and the control apparatus have previously established a bluetooth communication connection, it indicates that information such as a physical address of the peer device has been acquired between the display device and the control apparatus. At this time, the control device and the display device may directly transmit the related information, for example, the control device may transmit a connection request to the display device, and the display device may transmit a connection instruction to the control device after agreeing to the connection, so as to establish the bluetooth communication connection.

The control device can actively carry out Bluetooth communication connection with the display equipment. Specifically, the control device may send a connection request to the display device or send a bluetooth broadcast packet to the network, where the connection request or the bluetooth broadcast packet may carry device information of the control device, including an initial device name and an initial physical address of the control device. The display device can establish a bluetooth communication connection with the control device according to the initial physical address of the control device. After the control device and the display equipment establish Bluetooth communication connection, communication interaction can be carried out. At this time, the control device may send various control instructions to the display device to enable the display device to implement corresponding functions, and the display device may also feed back some information to the control device.

The display device can also be actively connected with the control device through Bluetooth communication.

The display device may have a bluetooth scanning function, and after the bluetooth scanning function is started, the display device may scan all electronic devices having the bluetooth function started in a certain area around the display device, and may also read device identifiers of the scanned bluetooth devices, where the device identifiers may be IDs, device names, and the like of the electronic devices. The display device can distinguish each electronic device by recognizing the device identification and establish a bluetooth communication connection.

In some embodiments, after scanning out a number of electronic devices, the display device may display a list of electronic devices in the display, where the list of electronic devices may include device identifications of all electronic devices. FIG. 7 illustrates a schematic diagram that shows a list of electronic devices in a display in some embodiments. All the scanned electronic devices can be displayed on the display, and the device name of each electronic device can be obtained. And simultaneously displaying an electronic device list, wherein the electronic device list comprises the device name of each electronic device. The user may determine which electronic device is specific based on the device name, and in some embodiments, the user may select an electronic device, such as electronic device 4, to establish a bluetooth communication connection.

When it is detected that the user selects a certain electronic device, the display device may transmit a bluetooth connection instruction to the electronic device. After receiving the Bluetooth connection instruction, the electronic equipment can establish Bluetooth communication connection with the display equipment.

In some embodiments, when the electronic device is a terminal device, the user may also log in an account of the user in the terminal device, and in some embodiments, the user uses the terminal device to be bound with the display device, so that the account of the user is logged in both the display device and the terminal device. When the subsequent display device scans the terminal device again, the Bluetooth communication connection can be directly carried out with the terminal device.

In some embodiments, after scanning out several electronic devices, the display device may establish a bluetooth communication connection with the electronic devices at the same time, so as to perform data interaction with the electronic devices. However, in consideration of the safety problem of the display device, the display device may screen the scanned electronic devices and actively perform bluetooth communication connection with the electronic devices meeting the screening condition.

Specifically, the display device may store a white list of the electronic device in advance, and the white list of the electronic device may store device identifiers of a plurality of electronic devices. And displaying the safety equipment which can be trusted by the equipment during the electronic equipment in the white list, wherein the user can set the white list of the electronic equipment to ensure that only the equipment identification of the electronic equipment specified by the user is stored in the white list. After the display device scans a plurality of electronic devices, the device identifiers of the electronic devices may be compared with the device identifiers in the electronic device white list one by one, and whether the scanned electronic devices are electronic devices designated by the user is determined. If yes, the electronic equipment is indicated to be in accordance with the screening condition. The display device can be actively connected with the electronic device meeting the screening condition through Bluetooth communication.

The display device may send a bluetooth connection instruction to the electronic device that meets the screening condition. After receiving the Bluetooth connection instruction, the electronic device can establish Bluetooth communication connection with the display device and feed back confirmation information to the display device, and after receiving the confirmation information, the display device can determine that the Bluetooth communication connection is established between the display device and the electronic device.

In some embodiments, after the display device and the control device establish the bluetooth communication connection, the user may send various instructions to the display device through the control device, so that the display device can implement various functions.

When the display device is in communication connection with multiple electronic devices at the same time, the user may view information of all the electronic devices, for example, view a device name of each electronic device, and the user may call up an interface as shown in fig. 7 to view all the electronic devices currently connected to the display device. Since the initial device name of an electronic device is set by the manufacturer itself, and may be a stack of unordered symbols, the user may have a need to modify the device name. For example, the user feels that it is impossible to directly judge which device name corresponds to which electronic device from the initial device name of the electronic device, or the user wants to set the name of a certain electronic device as a specific name.

For BLE bluetooth devices, such as bluetooth remotes, the user may modify the device name to better identify the devices.

When the device name of the Bluetooth remote controller is modified, a user can directly modify the device name on the Bluetooth remote controller side, confirm the device information of the Bluetooth remote controller by calling out a system UI (user interface) of the Bluetooth remote controller, and modify the device name. The user can also modify the device name of the Bluetooth remote controller on the display device side. The user can check the device information of the Bluetooth remote controller in the display device, thereby modifying the device name of the Bluetooth remote controller.

However, no matter the user modifies the device name on the bluetooth remote controller side or modifies the device name on the display device side, the user can only change the device name of the bluetooth remote controller in the device corresponding to the modification side, and cannot notify the device to the opposite terminal, so that the device name is synchronously modified by the opposite terminal. For the condition that the user modifies the device name at the display device side, the display device only modifies the device name of the Bluetooth remote controller in the local storage file and does not inform the Bluetooth remote controller of the modified name, so that the Bluetooth remote controller cannot synchronously update the device name. For the condition that the user modifies the device name at the Bluetooth remote controller side, the name attribute is modified locally at the Bluetooth remote controller, but the Bluetooth remote controller lacks a name notification mechanism, the modified device name is not sent to the display device, and the initial device name is still displayed when the display device inquires the information of the Bluetooth remote controller again. Therefore, in the process of performing bluetooth communication connection between the display device and the bluetooth remote controller, when one party modifies the device name of the bluetooth remote controller, the other party cannot update the modified name synchronously, thereby seriously affecting the user experience.

In order to solve the above problem, the display device provided in the embodiment of the present application has a device name update function. After the display device starts the device name updating function, if the display device and the control device modify the device name of the control device on one side of the display device in the Bluetooth communication process, the display device can actively inform the modified device name to the control device, so that the control device can synchronously update the device name according to the operation of the user in the display device. The user can send a device name update instruction to the display device, so that the display device enters a device name update mode, and the device name update function is started.

In some embodiments, the user may transmit a device name update instruction to the display device by operating a designated key of the remote controller. And binding the corresponding relation between the equipment name updating instruction and the remote controller key in advance in the actual application process. For example, an apparatus name update key is set on the remote controller, and when the user touches the key, the remote controller sends an apparatus name update instruction to the controller, and at this time, the controller controls the display apparatus to perform an apparatus name update process. When the user touches the key again, the controller may control the display device to exit the device name update.

In some embodiments, the corresponding relationship between the device name update instruction and the plurality of remote control keys may also be pre-bound, and when the user touches the plurality of keys bound to the device name update instruction, the remote control issues the device name update instruction. In a feasible embodiment, the keys bound by the device name update instruction are direction keys (left, down, left, down) in sequence, that is, the remote controller sends the device name update instruction to the controller only when the user continuously touches the keys (left, down, left, down) within a preset time.

In some embodiments, a device name update button may be provided on the display device, and when the user presses the device name update button, the display device performs a device name update procedure. The user may also choose to perform the device name update procedure in the user interface. Specifically, when the user selects the "function" control in fig. 5, the display device may display a function panel page shown in fig. 6. The function panel page may have a "device name update" control, which when selected by the user, the display device may enter a device name update process.

In some embodiments, the user may send a device name update instruction to the display device by means of voice input using a sound collector, such as a microphone, of the display device to control the display device to perform a device name update process.

In some embodiments, the user may also send a device name update instruction to the display device through a preset gesture. The display device may detect the user's behavior through an image collector, such as a camera. When the user makes a preset gesture or action, it may be considered that the user has sent a device name update instruction to the display device.

In some embodiments, when the user controls the display device using the smart device, for example, using a cell phone, a device name update instruction may also be sent to the display device. In the actual application process, a control can be set in the mobile phone, and whether the device name updating process is performed or not can be selected through the control, so that a device name updating instruction is sent to the controller.

In some embodiments, a device name update option may be set in the UI interface of the display device, and when the user clicks on the option, the display device may be controlled to enter a device name update.

In some embodiments, to prevent the user from triggering the device name update by mistake, when the controller receives the device name update instruction, the controller may control the display to display the device name update confirmation information, so that the user performs secondary confirmation to determine whether to control the display device to perform the device name update process. Fig. 8 illustrates a schematic diagram of display device name update confirmation information in a display in some embodiments.

The process can realize that the display equipment informs the control device to synchronously update the equipment name after the user modifies the equipment name of the control device on the display equipment side. In some embodiments, the control device may also have a device name update function. In the process that the display device and the control device are in the Bluetooth communication process, if a user modifies the device name on one side of the control device, the control device can inform the display device of the operation of modifying the device name through a self notification mechanism, so that the display device can acquire the device name modified by the control device. The display device may update the device name in the control apparatus related information stored in the display device itself. Therefore, after the user modifies the equipment name on the control device side, the control device informs the display equipment to synchronously update the equipment name, and therefore the use experience of the user is improved.

In some embodiments, the control apparatus may implement the device name update function by means of a notification mechanism after the device name is modified.

Specifically, the bluetooth communication connection between the display device and the control apparatus may be a GATT (Generic Attribute Profile) connection. GAP (Generic Access Profile) may be included in the control device, and GATT is established to function based on GAP. The GAP is used to control device connections and broadcasts, making the control visible to other devices, and determining how the control may interact with other devices.

The GAP may be regarded as a Service (Service) of the control device, and the control device includes a plurality of services, and each Service may include a plurality of features (characteristics). The GAP includes a feature Device Name, where the feature is used to indicate a Device Name of the control apparatus, and other devices may obtain the Device Name of the control apparatus through the feature. However, this feature only has read/write authority, i.e., it is possible to read data and update data stored in itself in another feature, and it does not have notification authority. Other devices may retrieve their stored data in the feature, but cannot notify other devices when the data in the feature changes. Therefore, when the user modifies the Device Name on the control apparatus side, it can be considered that the data stored in the Device Name is modified, and the display apparatus does not know the event that the control apparatus modifies the Device Name because the feature has no notification authority, and thus the modified Device Name of the control apparatus cannot be synchronously updated.

Therefore, the control device in the embodiment of the present application may create a new Service GATT Service in a customized manner, which is referred to as a device Name update Service (Name Change Service). In the device Name updating service, a feature Name Change is provided, and the feature has both read-write permission and notification permission. The Device Name can be stored in itself by acquiring data in other features, such as the Device Name and updating the data stored in itself. Other devices may also be notified of events that update the data, so that other devices may update the device name synchronously.

The control device may include a storage module, an update module, and a processor. The storage module is used for storing equipment information of the control device, and the equipment information may include an initial equipment name and an initial physical address of the control device. The storage module may include a feature Device Name, and the initial Device Name may be stored in the feature Device Name. The updating module is used for updating and transmitting data, and can include a feature Name Change, read the data in the feature Device Name and update itself, and also can notify other devices of a Name updating event.

In some embodiments, after the display Device and the control apparatus establish the bluetooth communication connection, the display Device may send an instruction to the control apparatus to obtain services included in the control apparatus and feature information corresponding to each service, so as to obtain information of the features Device Name and feature Name Change, which may include UUID information of each feature, where a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) is used to characterize each feature, and each feature has a unique UUID. When the display device needs to acquire information in a certain feature, an acquisition instruction carrying the UUID of the feature can be sent, so as to acquire related information.

Fig. 9 illustrates a flow diagram for interaction of a display device and a control apparatus in some embodiments.

In some embodiments, the user may modify the device name of the control apparatus on the display device side, and cause the control apparatus to update the modified device name synchronously.

The controller may store device information of the control apparatus after detecting that the display device and the control apparatus establish a bluetooth communication connection. The display device is provided with a database in advance, and device information of other devices can be stored. Accordingly, the controller may store the device information of the control apparatus in the preset database.

The user can inquire all the devices to which the display device has been connected in the display device, thereby selecting a certain device to perform various operations. The user may send a device query instruction to the display device, in response to which the controller may traverse all of the device information in the database and generate a device interface. The controller may control the display to display the device interface. FIG. 10 illustrates a schematic diagram of a device interface in some embodiments. As shown in fig. 10, all devices to which the display device is connected are included. The user may select a certain device in the device interface. Upon detecting that the user has selected a certain target device, e.g. the control means, the controller may control the display to display a device detail page. Figure 11 shows a schematic diagram of a device details page in some embodiments. As shown in fig. 11, the device information of the control apparatus, including information such as a device name, a physical address, and a device ID, may be included in the device detail page of the control apparatus.

The user may choose to modify the device name of the control device in the device details page. The user can click the control corresponding to the device name in the device detail page, and the controller can control the display to display the device name modification interface. The device name modification interface includes a device name modification prompt, for example, "whether the current device name needs to be modified", and also includes a confirmation control and a rejection control, where information in the confirmation control may be "yes" and information in the rejection control may be "no".

If the user is detected to select the confirmation control, it indicates that the user needs to modify the device name of the control apparatus, and it may be considered that the user wants the display device to send an instruction indicating to modify the initial device name of the control apparatus. The controller may obtain a new name, referred to as a first device name in this embodiment, input by the user.

In some embodiments, when acquiring the first device name, the controller may first detect whether the control apparatus and the display device are in a bluetooth communication connection state.

If the two devices are still in the bluetooth communication connection state at this time, the controller may control the display to display a name input box in which the user can input information as a modified device name. The controller may acquire a first device name input by a user in the name input box.

If the two devices have disconnected from the Bluetooth communication connection, the controller may control the display to display a connection prompt interface. FIG. 12 illustrates a schematic diagram of a connection prompt interface in some embodiments. As shown in fig. 12, the connection prompt interface includes connection prompt information for prompting the user whether to control the display device and the control apparatus to perform bluetooth communication connection again. The connection prompt interface also comprises a third control and a fourth control. And the fourth control part indicates that the display device and the control device are not in Bluetooth communication connection again. The controller can detect the selection operation of the user on the two controls, so as to control whether the display equipment is in Bluetooth communication connection with the control device again.

And if the user selects the third control, indicating that the user instructs the display equipment and the control device to perform Bluetooth communication connection again. The controller may transmit a reconnection instruction to the control apparatus, and the control apparatus may reestablish the bluetooth communication connection with the display device according to the reconnection instruction. After detecting that the display device and the control device reestablish the bluetooth communication connection, the controller may control the display to display a name input box, the user may input the first device name in the name input box, and the controller may acquire the first device name input by the user.

And if the user selects the fourth control, indicating that the user indicates the display device and the control device not to perform Bluetooth communication connection again. At this time, the display device and the control apparatus are in a disconnected state, and even if the user modifies the device name of the control apparatus in the display device, the display device may not be able to transmit the modified device name to the control apparatus, so the controller may not perform an operation, and at this time, the user may not be able to modify the device name of the control apparatus.

In some embodiments, after obtaining the first device name input by the user, that is, the modified device name of the control apparatus, the controller may first modify an initial device name of the control apparatus stored in the display device. The controller may update an initial device name in the device information of the control apparatus to the first device name in the database. When the user calls the device information of the control device again, the device detail page of the control device displays the first device name.

When the initial device name in the database is updated, the controller may further send a device name update instruction carrying the first device name to the control apparatus, so that the control apparatus updates the initial device name based on the first device name.

In some embodiments, the controller may generate a device name update instruction based on the first device name. Considering that the feature Name Change may update the stored device Name in the control apparatus, the initial device Name stored in the feature Name Change may be changed to the first device Name. Thus, the device Name update instruction may indicate that data in the feature Name Change is updated to the first device Name. Considering that the feature Name Change is in the update module of the control apparatus, the device Name update instruction may also instruct to update the data in the update module of the control apparatus to the first device Name.

After generating the device name update instruction, the controller may transmit the instruction to the control apparatus based on a protocol channel of the bluetooth communication connection, and may transmit the device name update instruction to an initial physical address of the control apparatus.

After receiving a device Name update instruction sent by the display device, the processor of the control apparatus may update the data in the update module to the first device Name, specifically delete the initial device Name stored in the feature Name Change, and write the first device Name into the feature Name Change.

The control device knows the event that the user instructs to modify the device name after receiving the device name updating instruction sent by the display device. The processor may modify the initial device Name in the storage module to the first device Name based on the update module after modifying the data of the feature Name Change in the update module. Specifically, according to the first Device Name modified by the user and read by the update module, the processor may delete the initial Device Name stored inside the feature Device Name in the storage module, and write the first Device Name in the storage module. At this time, the data in the feature Device Name is the first Device Name, and the Device Name of the control apparatus is also successfully updated to the first Device Name.

In some embodiments, it is contemplated that the display device may be connected to a plurality of electronic devices, in which the device names may be the same. When a user views the situation of all electronic devices using a display device, if a plurality of devices having the same device name are found, each device may not be distinguished, so that the user may have a need to modify the device name.

Therefore, when the display device is connected to the electronic device, whether the device and other connected devices have the same device name or not can be detected, so that whether the device name needs to be modified or not is timely notified to a user, and the user experience is improved. The embodiment of the present application takes a control device as an example for description.

After the display device and the control apparatus establish the bluetooth communication connection, the controller may detect the device name of the control apparatus, i.e., detect the initial device name, to thereby determine whether to store it in the database.

The controller may traverse all the device information stored in the database, thereby determining whether a device name identical to the initial device name exists in all the currently stored device names.

If the initial device name does not exist, the initial device name is a unique device name, and the controller can directly store the device information of the control device in a preset database.

If so, the controller may control the display to display a prompt interface. FIG. 13 illustrates a schematic diagram of a prompt interface in some embodiments. As shown in fig. 13, the prompt interface includes prompt information, where the prompt information is used to prompt a user, and the display device is connected with devices with the same device name, and can prompt the user whether to modify the initial device name of the current device (control apparatus). The prompt interface further comprises a first control and a second control. And the first control indicates that the initial equipment name is modified, and the second control indicates that the initial equipment name is not modified.

If the user's selection of the first control is detected, the controller may control the display to display a name input box, and the user may input a new name, referred to in this embodiment as a second device name, in the name input box. The controller may acquire the second device name input by the user. The controller may update an initial device name in the device information of the control apparatus to a second device name, and store the updated device information in the database. Since the user modifies the device name of the control apparatus, the controller needs to notify the control apparatus so that the control apparatus updates its own device name. The controller notifies the control device of the scheme for updating the device name, which can refer to the foregoing steps and is not described herein again.

If the user's selection operation of the second control is detected, which indicates that the user does not need to modify the device name of the control device, the controller can directly store the device information of the control device in a preset database.

In some embodiments, when it is detected that the device name identical to the original device name of the control apparatus exists in the database, the controller may further obtain a physical address corresponding to the identical device name, which is referred to as a target physical address in this embodiment of the present application.

The controller may determine whether the target physical address and the initial physical address of the control device are the same. If the data is the same as the data, the device corresponding to the target physical address is the control device, that is, the control device has previously established a bluetooth communication connection with the display device, and the database has stored the device information of the control device. At this time, the controller may not operate, and the device information of the control apparatus need not be stored. If not, the controller may control the display to display a prompt interface.

FIG. 14 illustrates a flow diagram for interaction of a display device and a control apparatus in some embodiments.

In some embodiments, the user may also modify the device name of the control apparatus on the control apparatus side, and cause the display device to update the modified device name synchronously.

The user may call up the system UI interface of the control device to choose to modify its original device name in the device name option of the control device.

In response to the user modifying the original device name, the processor of the control apparatus may obtain a new name input by the user, which is referred to as a third device name in this embodiment of the application.

The processor may update the initial Device Name in the storage module to a third Device Name, specifically, delete the initial Device Name in the feature Device Name, and write the third Device Name into the initial Device Name, thereby modifying the Device Name of the control apparatus.

The processor may then cause the display device to synchronously update the device name of the control apparatus. The processor may first store the third device name to the update module. The processor first detects whether data exists in the feature Name Change in the update module. If there is data in the feature Name Change, the processor updates it to the third device Name, and if there is no data, the processor may write the third device Name directly into the feature Name Change.

The feature Name Change has a notification authority, and can notify other devices of the device Name modification event. The processor may send a device name modification instruction to the display device based on the update module. The device name modification instruction is used for indicating that the control device modifies the device name and indicating the display device to synchronously update the device name.

After receiving the device name modification instruction, the display device may send a device name acquisition request to the control apparatus, where the device name acquisition request is used to acquire the stored data.

In response to the device name acquisition request sent by the display device, the processor may send the third device name stored in the update module or the storage module to the display device.

The display device may update the stored initial device name to a third device name, thereby implementing a synchronous update of the device name of the control apparatus.

An embodiment of the present application further provides an apparatus name updating method, which is applied to a display apparatus, and as shown in fig. 15, the method includes:

step 1501, in response to the bluetooth broadcast packet transmitted by the control device, establishing a bluetooth communication connection with the control device. The Bluetooth broadcast packet carries equipment information of the control device, and the equipment information comprises an initial equipment name of the control device.

Step 1502, storing the device information in a preset database.

In step 1503, the first device name input by the user is obtained in response to the instruction input by the user to modify the initial device name.

Step 1504, updating the initial device name in the device information in the database to the first device name, and sending a device name updating instruction carrying the first device name to the control apparatus, so that the control apparatus updates the initial device name based on the first device name.

In some embodiments, storing the device information in a preset database includes:

and traversing the equipment information stored in the database. And if the equipment name identical to the initial equipment name does not exist, executing the step of storing the equipment information in a preset database.

If the equipment name identical to the initial equipment name exists, controlling a display to display a prompt interface; the prompt interface comprises a first control indicating that the initial equipment name is modified and a second control indicating that the initial equipment name is not modified. Based on the detected operation of the user on the first control, controlling the display to display a name input box, and acquiring a second equipment name input by the user in the name input box; updating the initial equipment name in the equipment information into a second equipment name, and storing the second equipment name in a database; and based on the detection of the selection operation of the user on the second control, executing the step of storing the equipment information in a preset database.

In some embodiments, the initial physical address of the control device is also included in the device information. Controlling a display to display a prompt interface, comprising:

and acquiring the target physical address corresponding to the same equipment name in the database. And if the target physical address is the same as the initial physical address, not operating. And if the target physical address is different from the initial physical address, controlling the display to display a prompt interface.

In some embodiments, obtaining the first device name input by the user comprises:

and detecting the Bluetooth communication connection state of the control device and the display equipment. And if the control device and the display equipment are in a Bluetooth communication connection state, controlling the display to display a name input box and acquiring a first equipment name input by a user in the name input box. And if the control device and the display equipment are not in the Bluetooth communication connection state, controlling the display to display a connection prompting interface, wherein the connection prompting interface is used for prompting a user whether to control the display equipment and the control device to carry out Bluetooth communication connection again.

In some embodiments, a third control indicating reconnection and a fourth control indicating no reconnection are included in the connection prompt interface. After the control display shows the suggestion interface, include:

sending a reconnection instruction to the control device based on the detection of the selection operation of the user on the third control so that the control device and the display equipment reestablish Bluetooth communication connection; and controlling the display to display the name input box and acquiring the first equipment name input by the user in the name input box. And based on the detection of the user selecting the operation on the fourth control, not performing the operation.

In some embodiments, sending the device name update instruction carrying the first device name to the control apparatus includes:

a device name update instruction is generated based on the first device name. And sending a device name updating instruction to the initial physical address based on a protocol channel of the Bluetooth communication connection.

In some embodiments, storing the device information in a predetermined database includes:

and responding to the device name modification instruction sent by the control device, and sending a device name acquisition request to the control device. Receiving a third equipment name sent by the control device; and updating the initial equipment name in the equipment information into a third equipment name in the database.

An embodiment of the present application further provides an apparatus name updating method, which is applied to a control device, and the method includes:

step 1601, in response to an instruction from a user to connect the display device, sending a bluetooth broadcast packet to enable the display device and the control apparatus to establish bluetooth communication connection;

step 1602, receiving an equipment name update instruction sent by a display device, where the equipment name update instruction is used to instruct to update data in an update module to a first equipment name;

step 1603, based on the updated module, the initial device name in the storage module is modified to the first device name.

In some embodiments, further comprising:

and responding to the operation of modifying the initial equipment name by the user, and acquiring a third equipment name input by the user. And updating the initial equipment name in the storage module to a third equipment name, and storing the third equipment name to the updating module. And sending a device name modification instruction to the display device based on the updating module. Receiving an equipment name acquisition request sent by display equipment, wherein the equipment name acquisition request is used for acquiring data stored in an updating module or a storage module; and sending the third equipment name to the display equipment.

The same and similar parts in the embodiments in this specification may be referred to one another, and are not described herein again.

Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the techniques of the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented as software plus a required general purpose hardware platform. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention may be essentially or partially implemented in the form of software products, which may be stored in a storage medium, such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc., and include instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the method in the embodiments or some parts of the embodiments of the present invention.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

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

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a display;

a communicator configured to be communicatively connected with a control apparatus;

a controller configured to:

responding to a Bluetooth broadcast packet sent by a control device, and establishing a Bluetooth communication connection with the control device; the Bluetooth broadcast packet carries equipment information of the control device, wherein the equipment information comprises an initial equipment name of the control device;

storing the equipment information in a preset database;

and updating the initial equipment name in the equipment information in the database to the first equipment name, and sending an equipment name updating instruction carrying the first equipment name to the control device, so that the control device updates the initial equipment name based on the first equipment name.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller performs storing the device information in a preset database, and is further configured to:

traversing the equipment information stored in the database;

if the equipment name same as the initial equipment name does not exist, the step of storing the equipment information in a preset database is executed;

if the equipment name identical to the initial equipment name exists, controlling a display to display a prompt interface; the prompt interface comprises a first control for indicating the modification of the initial equipment name and a second control for indicating the non-modification of the initial equipment name;

based on the detected operation of the user on the first control, controlling a display to display a name input box, and acquiring a second equipment name input by the user in the name input box; updating the initial equipment name in the equipment information to the second equipment name, and storing the initial equipment name in the database; and based on the detection of the selected operation of the user on the second control, executing the step of storing the equipment information in a preset database.

3. The display device according to claim 2, wherein an initial physical address of the control means is further included in the device information; the controller executes control of the display to display a prompt interface, further configured to:

acquiring a target physical address corresponding to the same equipment name in the database;

if the target physical address is the same as the initial physical address, no operation is carried out;

and if the target physical address is different from the initial physical address, controlling a display to display a prompt interface.

4. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller performs obtaining a first device name entered by a user, and is further configured to:

detecting the Bluetooth communication connection state of the control device and the display equipment;

if the control device and the display equipment are in a Bluetooth communication connection state, controlling a display to display a name input box, and acquiring a first equipment name input by a user in the name input box;

and if the control device and the display equipment are not in the Bluetooth communication connection state, controlling the display to display a connection prompt interface, wherein the connection prompt interface is used for prompting a user whether to control the display equipment and the control device to carry out Bluetooth communication connection again.

5. The display device according to claim 4, wherein a third control indicating reconnection and a fourth control indicating non-reconnection are included in the connection prompt interface; after the controller executes the control display to display the prompt interface, the controller is further configured to:

sending a reconnection instruction to the control device based on the detection of the selection operation of the user on the third control so that the control device and the display equipment reestablish Bluetooth communication connection; controlling a display to display a name input box and acquiring a first equipment name input by a user in the name input box;

and based on the detection of the user selecting the fourth control, not operating.

6. The display device according to claim 3, wherein the controller executes sending a device name update instruction carrying the first device name to the control apparatus, and is configured to:

generating a device name update instruction based on the first device name;

and sending the equipment name updating instruction to the initial physical address based on a protocol channel of the Bluetooth communication connection.

7. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller, after performing the storing of the device information in a preset database, is further configured to:

responding to a device name modification instruction sent by a control device, and sending a device name acquisition request to the control device;

receiving a third device name sent by the control device; updating the initial device name in the device information to the third device name in the database.

8. A control device, comprising:

a storage module configured to store device information, the device information including an initial device name;

an update module configured to update and transmit data;

a processor configured to:

receiving an equipment name updating instruction sent by display equipment, wherein the equipment name updating instruction is used for indicating that the data in the updating module is updated to a first equipment name;

and modifying the initial equipment name in the storage module into the first equipment name based on the updating module.

9. The control device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

responding to the operation of modifying the initial equipment name by a user, and acquiring a third equipment name input by the user;

updating the initial device name in the storage module to the third device name, and storing the third device name to the updating module;

sending a device name modification instruction to the display device based on the update module;

receiving an equipment name acquisition request sent by display equipment, wherein the equipment name acquisition request is used for acquiring data stored in the updating module or the storage module; and sending the third equipment name to display equipment.

10. An apparatus name updating method applied to a display apparatus, the method comprising:

responding to a Bluetooth broadcast packet sent by a control device, and establishing a Bluetooth communication connection with the control device; the Bluetooth broadcast packet carries equipment information of the control device, and the equipment information comprises an initial equipment name of the control device;

storing the equipment information in a preset database;