CN117707363A

CN117707363A - Display device and application window display method

Info

Publication number: CN117707363A
Application number: CN202211097590.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张小涛; 李源; 李敏; 武兵
Original assignee: Vidaa Netherlands International Holdings BV
Current assignee: Vidaa Netherlands International Holdings BV
Priority date: 2022-09-08
Filing date: 2022-09-08
Publication date: 2024-03-15

Abstract

Some embodiments of the present application provide a display device and an application window display method. After the user inputs an instruction for starting the first application program to the display device, the display device may generate a first window, and display the first application program through the first window. The display device may generate a second window when the user inputs an instruction to launch the second application. The display device determines the display order of the first window and the second window based on the application priority preset by the user. Based on the display sequence, the display device can display the second application program through the second window, so that the display sequence of the windows corresponding to the application programs is set according to the requirement of a user, and the use experience of the user is improved.

Description

Display device and application window display method

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of display devices, and in particular, to a display device and an application window display method.

Background

The display device is a terminal device capable of outputting specific display pictures, along with the rapid development of the display device, the functions of the display device are more and more abundant, the performance is more and more powerful, the bidirectional man-machine interaction function can be realized, and various functions such as video, entertainment and data are integrated, so that the user diversified and personalized requirements are met. The user can watch various media and television channels by using the display device, and can play games and video chat by using the display device.

The display layer for displaying images on the display device is an image interface with rich contents by finally fusing the contents rendered at different layers together. The display layer is referred to herein as a whole display layer in a broad sense, and may be divided into a plurality of display layers in particular when displaying. The display device may run multiple applications simultaneously, and the applications may be displayed in different display layers, respectively. The display layers have a front-to-back display order, and all applications have a front-to-back display order.

However, the display device may set a fixed display order for the plurality of applications, for example, the application a is fixedly displayed on an upper layer of the application B, so that the application B may be partially or completely obscured by the application a when the display device simultaneously runs the application a and the application B. However, the user may wish that application B can be located at an upper layer of application a, making the user's use experience worse.

Disclosure of Invention

Some embodiments of the present application provide a display device and an application window display method. The method and the device solve the problem that in the related art, when the display device runs a plurality of application programs simultaneously, the application programs are displayed according to a fixed display sequence, so that the use experience of a user is affected.

In a first aspect, some embodiments of the present application provide a display device including a display and a controller. Wherein the controller is configured to perform the steps of:

responding to an instruction input by a user for indicating to start a first application program, and generating a first window;

controlling the display to display the first application program through the first window;

responding to an instruction input by a user for starting a second application program, and generating a second window, wherein the second window is used for displaying the second application program;

determining the display sequence of the first window and the second window based on the application program priority preset by a user;

and controlling the display to display the second application program through the second window based on the display sequence.

In a second aspect, some embodiments of the present application provide an application window display method, applied to a display device, including:

controlling a display to display the first application program through the first window;

According to the technical scheme, some embodiments of the application provide a display device and an application window display method. After the user inputs an instruction for starting the first application program to the display device, the display device may generate a first window, and display the first application program through the first window. The display device may generate a second window when the user inputs an instruction to launch the second application. The display device determines the display order of the first window and the second window based on the application priority preset by the user. Based on the display sequence, the display device can display the second application program through the second window, so that the display sequence of the windows corresponding to the application programs is set according to the requirement of a user, and the use experience of the user is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained from these drawings without inventive effort.

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

FIG. 2 illustrates a hardware configuration block diagram of a control device according to some embodiments;

FIG. 3 illustrates a hardware configuration block diagram of a display device according to some embodiments;

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

FIG. 5 illustrates a schematic diagram of an application panel in some embodiments;

FIG. 6 illustrates a schematic diagram of an OSD layer in some embodiments;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a display of application interface optimization mode confirmation information in some embodiments;

FIG. 8 illustrates an interactive flow diagram for components of a display device in some embodiments;

FIG. 9 illustrates an interface diagram of a first application in some embodiments;

FIG. 10 illustrates a schematic diagram of a system setup UI interface in some embodiments;

FIG. 11 shows a schematic diagram of a display displaying a first window and a second window simultaneously in some embodiments;

FIG. 12 illustrates a schematic diagram of an application prioritization interface in some embodiments;

FIG. 13 illustrates a schematic diagram of a split-screen prompt interface in some embodiments;

FIG. 14 illustrates a schematic diagram of a display split screen in some embodiments;

FIG. 15 illustrates a flow diagram of an application window display method in some embodiments.

Detailed Description

For purposes of clarity and implementation of the present application, the following description will make clear and complete descriptions of exemplary implementations of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings in which exemplary implementations of the present application are illustrated, it being apparent that the exemplary implementations described are only some, but not all, of the examples of the present application.

It should be noted that the brief description of the terms in the present application is only for convenience in understanding the embodiments described below, and is not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application. Unless otherwise indicated, these terms should be construed in their ordinary and customary meaning.

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

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

The display device provided in the embodiment of the application may have various implementation forms, for example, may be a television, an intelligent television, a laser projection device, a display (monitor), an electronic whiteboard (electronic bulletin board), an electronic desktop (electronic table), and the like. 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 apparatus according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, a user may operate the display device 200 through the smart device 300 or the control apparatus 100.

In some embodiments, the control apparatus 100 may be a remote controller, and the communication between the remote controller and the display device includes infrared protocol communication or bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-range communication modes, and the display device 200 is controlled by a wireless or wired mode. The user may control the display device 200 by inputting user instructions through keys on a remote control, voice input, control panel input, etc.

In some embodiments, a smart device 300 (e.g., mobile terminal, tablet, computer, notebook, etc.) may also be used to control the display device 200. For example, the display device 200 is controlled using an application running on a smart device.

In some embodiments, the display device may receive instructions not using the smart device or control device described above, but rather receive control of the user by touch or gesture, or the like.

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

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

Fig. 2 exemplarily shows a block diagram of a configuration of the control apparatus 100 in accordance with an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 2, the control device 100 includes a controller 110, a communication interface 130, a user input/output interface 140, a memory, and a power supply. The control apparatus 100 may receive an input operation instruction of a user and convert the operation instruction into an instruction recognizable and responsive to the display device 200, and function as an interaction between the user and the display device 200.

As shown in fig. 3, the display apparatus 200 includes at least one of a modem 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.

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

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

The display 260 may be a liquid crystal display, an OLED display, a projection device, or a projection screen.

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

A user interface, which may be used to receive control signals from the control device 100 (e.g., an infrared remote control, etc.).

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

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

The modem 210 receives broadcast television signals through a wired or wireless reception manner, and demodulates audio and video signals, such as EPG data signals, from a plurality of wireless or wired broadcast television signals.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 and the modem 210 may be located in separate devices, i.e., the modem 210 may also be located in an external device to the main device in which the controller 250 is located, such as an external set-top box or the like.

The controller 250 controls the operation of the display device and responds to the user's operations through various software control programs stored on the memory. The controller 250 controls the overall operation of the display apparatus 200. For example: in response to receiving a user command to select a UI object to be displayed on the display 260, the controller 250 may perform an operation related to the object selected by the user command.

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

The user may input a user command through 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 recognizes the sound or gesture through the sensor to receive the user input command.

A "user interface" is a media interface for interaction and exchange of information between an application or operating system and a user, which enables conversion between an internal form of information and a user-acceptable form. A commonly used presentation form of the user interface is a graphical user interface (Graphic 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 a display screen of the electronic device, where the control may include a visual interface element such as an icon, a button, a menu, a tab, a text box, a dialog box, a status bar, a navigation bar, a Widget, etc.

As shown in fig. 4, the system of the display device is divided into three layers, an application layer, a middleware layer, and a hardware layer, from top to bottom.

The application layer mainly comprises common applications on the television, and an application framework (Application Framework), wherein the common applications are mainly applications developed based on Browser, such as: HTML5 APPs; native applications (Native APPs);

the application framework (Application Framework) is a complete program model with all the basic functions required by standard application software, such as: file access, data exchange, and the interface for the use of these functions (toolbar, status column, menu, dialog box).

Native applications (Native APPs) may support online or offline, message pushing, or local resource access.

The middleware layer includes middleware such as various television protocols, multimedia protocols, and system components. The middleware can use basic services (functions) provided by the system software to connect various parts of the application system or different applications on the network, so that the purposes of resource sharing and function sharing can be achieved.

The hardware layer mainly comprises a HAL interface, hardware and a driver, wherein the HAL interface is a unified interface for all the television chips to be docked, and specific logic is realized by each chip. The driving mainly comprises: audio drive, display drive, bluetooth drive, camera drive, WIFI drive, USB drive, HDMI drive, sensor drive (e.g., fingerprint sensor, temperature sensor, pressure sensor, etc.), and power supply drive, etc.

In some embodiments of the present application, a user interface may be displayed in the display. The user interface may be a specific target image, for example, various media materials obtained from a network signal source, including video, pictures and the like. The user interface may also be some UI interface of the display device, such as a system recommendation page or the like.

The display device may have various functions, such as play of media assets, entertainment games, video chat, etc., to provide a variety of services to the user. In order to meet the needs of users, users can use display devices to watch various media in the network, and player Applications (APP) can be installed in the display devices. After a user opens a player application by using the display device, the player application can be utilized to search network resources so as to view corresponding resources.

In some embodiments, the controller may control the display to display the user interface when the user controls the display device to power on. A "My applications" control may be included in the user interface. The user may trigger entry into the corresponding application panel by clicking on the My application control to enter a display instruction for the application panel page. It should be noted that, the user may also input the selection operation of the function control in other manners to trigger entering into the application panel. For example, control is entered into the application panel page using a voice control function, a search function, or the like.

The user can view the application programs already installed on the display device, i.e., the functions supported by the display device, through the application panel. The user may further select one of the applications and open it to implement the functionality of the application. It should be noted that, the application installed in the display device may be a system application or a third party application. And the user controls the display device to realize the corresponding function of the application program by starting the application program. Fig. 5 shows a schematic diagram of an application panel in some embodiments. As shown in fig. 5, the application panel includes three controls, namely a "player", "cable tv", and "video chat". Wherein the user can control the display device to open the player application by clicking on the "player" control. The user can perform corresponding operations in the player, such as searching for media assets, etc. The user may click on the "cable" control to view some television channels, including various television programs provided by the cable provider, using the display device. The user may click on the "video chat" control to conduct video chat using the display device.

In some embodiments, the display device may include various layers in the display when displaying content, such as: video layer and text layer OSD (On Screen Display ) layer. The video layer is used for displaying video content, for example, media resources selected by a user to play include movies or television shows. Within the OSD layer is page content, such as a system UI of the display device or a program interface of some application program, etc.

When the graphic composition is realized, taking video playing in the display device as an example, the graphic composition can be realized by utilizing a video layer and an OSD layer during the video playing, wherein the video layer is used for realizing the video playing, and the OSD layer is used for displaying the playing picture. To facilitate graphical display, there is a distinction of priority between different layers, with high priority layers overlapping low priority layers. For example, the video layer has a lower priority than the OSD layer, that is, the OSD layer is displayed above the video layer when the video is played.

Each layer may further include a plurality of layers. The video layer may include a master layer and a slave layer for playing media assets. The OSD Layer may also include multiple layers including, for example, layers of Layer0, layer1, layer2, and the like. Fig. 6 illustrates a schematic diagram of an OSD layer in some embodiments. As shown in fig. 6, three layers included in the OSD Layer are sequentially arranged in the display, typically Layer2, layer0, and Layer1, and the arrow direction is the line of sight of the user, i.e., layer2 is the lowest Layer and Layer1 is the highest Layer. Different content may be displayed in different layers, such as program interfaces displaying different applications, etc. The Layer0 Layer may display interfaces corresponding to a plurality of application programs, where the application may be YouTube, amazon (a video website), EPOS (Electronic Point Of Sale electronic point of sale), and the like. A system UI interface of the display device, etc., may be displayed in the Layer1 Layer, and may be generated by a system application of the display device.

As the variety of applications supported by the display device increases, new application requirements exist for being shown in Layer 1. For example, the new applications that need to be exposed in Layer1 may be Google assant and Amazon APL (Alexa Presentation Language), in which case the Google assant, amazon APL and the system applications that generate the system UI interface are located in the same Layer 1. For multiple applications in the same layer, when the interfaces corresponding to the applications are displayed simultaneously, there is a front-to-back order, for example, google Assistant is located at the front end, APL times, and UI is located at the bottom.

In the related art, when a plurality of applications are installed in a display device, a fixed display order is set for all the applications. The interface corresponding to each application program is fixedly displayed on the upper layer or the lower layer of other application program interfaces. For example, the display device sets the display order of the Google Assistant interface at the upper layer of the UI interface of the system. If the user calls the system UI while starting the Google assuredly application, the Google assuredly interface may be located at an upper layer of the system UI, and the Google assuredly interface may cover some or all of the system UI, for example, some controls in the system UI may be covered, including covering a volume bar, a device or a status prompt icon, etc., so that the user cannot view the status of these controls, and thus cannot control the display device accordingly. Therefore, the user may want the system UI interface to be able to be displayed at an upper layer of other applications, but may be limited by the display order set by the display device, resulting in poor user experience.

For this reason, the display device provided in the embodiment of the application has an application program interface optimization function. For the case that a plurality of application programs are installed in the display device, the display device may not set a fixed display sequence for all application programs, but optimally adjust the display sequence of all application program interfaces according to the requirements of users and the like, so as to improve the use experience of the users. The display device may be provided with an application interface optimization mode. When the display device enters the application program interface optimization mode, the display device can start an application program interface optimization function to perform optimization adjustment on the display sequence of the application program interface.

In some embodiments, the user may send the application interface optimization mode instruction to the display device by operating a designated key of the remote control. And pre-binding the corresponding relation between the application program interface optimization mode instruction and the remote controller key in the actual application process. For example, an application program interface optimization mode key is set on the remote controller, when the user touches the key, the remote controller sends an application program interface optimization mode instruction to the controller 250, and at this time, the controller 250 controls the display device to enter the application program interface optimization mode. When the user touches the key again, the controller 250 may control the display device to exit the application interface optimization mode.

In some embodiments, the application interface optimization mode instructions may also be sent to the display device when the user controls the display device using the smart device, such as using a cell phone. In the actual application process, a control can be set in the mobile phone, whether to enter the application program interface optimization mode can be selected through the control, so that an application program interface optimization mode instruction is sent to the controller 250, and the controller 250 can control the display device to enter the application program interface optimization mode.

In some embodiments, a continuous click command may be issued to the mobile phone when the user controls the display device using the mobile phone. The continuous click command refers to: and in a preset period, the number of times of clicking the same area of the touch screen of the mobile phone by the user exceeds a preset threshold value. For example: when the user clicks on a certain area of the mobile phone touch screen for 3 times in 1s, the user is regarded as a continuous click command. After receiving the continuous click command, the mobile phone may send an application program interface optimization mode command to the display device, so that the controller 250 controls the display device to enter an application program interface optimization mode.

In some embodiments, when the user controls the display device using the mobile phone, it may also be set to: when detecting that the touch pressure value of a user on a certain area of the touch screen of the mobile phone exceeds a preset pressure threshold, the mobile phone can send an application program interface optimization mode instruction to the display device.

An application program interface optimization mode option can be set in the UI interface of the display device, and when the user clicks the option, the display device can be controlled to enter or exit the application program interface optimization mode.

In some embodiments, to prevent the user from triggering the api optimization mode by mistake, when the controller 250 receives the api optimization mode instruction, the display 260 may be controlled to display the api optimization mode confirmation information, so that the user performs a secondary confirmation as to whether to control the display device to enter the api optimization mode. FIG. 7 illustrates a schematic diagram of display of application interface optimization mode confirmation information in display 260 in some embodiments.

FIG. 8 illustrates an interactive flow diagram for components of a display device in some embodiments.

In some embodiments, a plurality of applications are installed in the display device, and a user may control the display device to launch an application to implement the relevant functions of the application. For example, the user may first control the display device to display an application panel page, and select an application control in the application panel page, which may be a selected player control, so as to control the display device to start a player application. The controller 250 may further initiate a player application and control the display 260 to display a corresponding interface of the player.

In some embodiments, when an instruction input by a user is received to instruct to launch a certain application, in this embodiment, the first application is used to describe the certain application, the controller 250 may generate a window, which is referred to as a first window in this embodiment. The first window may be used to display an interface corresponding to the first application.

To enable the display 260 to display an interface corresponding to an application, the controller 250 may assign a window to the application that is displayed in the display 260. The application program may input content to be displayed, such as an application program interface, into the window, so that the application program interface is displayed in the display 260 based on the window, thereby enabling the user to control the application program.

Specifically, after the user instructs the display device to launch the first application, the controller 250 may first launch the first application. The first application, when launched, may send a request to the display device to create a window, referred to in this embodiment as a first window creation request. In response to the first window creation request, the controller 250 may generate a first window.

The controller 250 may have a window manager module therein, and the window manager may manage all windows. The display device performs processes of window creation, cancellation and the like through a graphic library, such as a directfb library, an EGL library, a wiland library and the like. The window manager may invoke the graphics library to generate a window.

When the first application program requests the window, the name of the window can be customized, so that different windows can be distinguished. The first application may set the custom window name in the first window creation request for transmission to the display device. Upon receiving the first window creation request, the window manager may determine a first application-customized window name, thereby creating a corresponding first window.

After determining the window name, the window manager may obtain the window attribute of the first window. The window attribute may contain size information of the window, which may be window resolution. The window attribute may also include a buffer number.

According to the window attribute of the first window, the window manager can call the graphic library, so that the graphic library is controlled to generate a corresponding first window. After generating the first window, the graphics library may send the window handle of the first window to the window manager. The window manager may further feed back the window handle to the first application. The first application program can input the content to be displayed, such as an application program interface, to the first window according to the window handle of the first window.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 may control the display 260 to display information of the first application program, such as an interface of the first application program, through the first window. The user may control the first application program, thereby causing the first application program to implement a response function. FIG. 9 illustrates an interface diagram of a first application in some embodiments. As shown in fig. 9, taking the first application as an example of a player, after a user selects a certain target media asset, the first application may input a media asset detail page of the target media asset into the first window, and the display 260 may display the media asset detail page. The media asset detail page is displayed on the OSD layer, and when the user selects the "play start" control in the media asset detail page, the controller 250 may cause the display 260 not to display the OSD layer but to display the video layer, so that the target media asset is played in the video layer.

In some embodiments, the display device may also run multiple applications simultaneously, thereby allowing related interfaces of multiple applications to be displayed simultaneously in the display 260. For example, when a player home interface is displayed in the display 260, the user wants to adjust the system settings of the display device, and the system application can call up the UI interface of the system settings so that both interfaces can be displayed simultaneously in the display 260.

When the user inputs an instruction indicating to start the second application, the controller 250 may generate a window corresponding to the second application, which is referred to as a second window in this embodiment, so that the second application may input the content to be displayed into the second window. It should be noted that, the step of generating the second window may refer to the foregoing process of generating the first window, which is not described herein.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 may control the display 260 to display information of the second application program, such as an interface of the second application program, through the second window, so that related interfaces of a plurality of application programs may be simultaneously displayed in the display 260.

It should be noted that, considering that the display device may have more applications installed, some applications may be displayed at the same time, for example, a player homepage and a system UI interface. However, some applications may not be displayed simultaneously, for example, when a plurality of player applications are installed in the display device simultaneously, since the player applications occupy a large amount of system memory of the display device, if two player applications are run simultaneously, the system memory of the display device may be extremely high, so that a situation of a jam or even a system crash occurs. Thus, the display device may not be able to run two player applications simultaneously, and thus, the relevant interfaces of the two applications may not be displayed simultaneously.

Based on this, the controller 250 may detect whether the display device is capable of simultaneously running a plurality of applications indicated by the user. Based on the display device currently running the first application, when the user instructs to launch the second application, the controller 250 may first generate a second window for use by the second application.

After the second window is generated, the controller 250 may detect whether the first application and the second application can be simultaneously displayed in the display 260 or whether the first application and the second application can be simultaneously run.

If it is detected that the first application and the second application can be simultaneously displayed in the display 260, the controller 250 may control the first window and the second window to be simultaneously displayed in the display 260.

If it is detected that the first application and the second application cannot be displayed simultaneously in the display 260, this indicates that either the first window or the second window is displayed in the display 260 at this time. Considering that the user finally indicates that the opened application is the second application, the user may be considered to be currently more willing to use the second application. The controller 250 may control the display 260 to no longer display the first application program, or may cause the display 260 to not display the first window. While the controller 250 may control the display 260 to display the second application program through the second window. At this time, the user can control the second application, but can no longer control the first application. If the user needs to use the first application program, the first application program can be selected to be started again, so that the switching display of the application program is realized.

FIG. 10 illustrates a schematic diagram of a system setup UI interface in some embodiments. As shown in fig. 10, the system settings include a picture setting control, a sound setting control, a mode setting control, a network setting control, and a factory setting restoration control. The user may make changes to the corresponding system settings, for example, the user may click on a mode setting control to select the display device to enter a standard mode or night mode.

In some embodiments, when the first application and the second application may be simultaneously displayed in the display 260, the controller 250 may control the display 260 to simultaneously display the first window and the second window. It should be noted that, due to the size influence of the display 260, the first window and the second window may inevitably have the same display area when displayed, and thus, further determination is required as to whether the first window or the second window is displayed in the part of the display area. In some embodiments, a fixed display order may be set for all applications, i.e., the front-to-back order in which all windows are displayed in display 260 is fixed. But this fixed display order may make the use experience of the user poor. Fig. 11 shows a schematic diagram of display 260 displaying a first window and a second window simultaneously in some embodiments. As shown in fig. 11, a system setting UI interface is displayed in the first window, and a media detail page is displayed in the second window. The display order set in the display device is that the first window is at the lower layer of the second window, so that the information in the system setting UI interface can be covered by the media asset detail page. If the user wants to adjust the system settings, it is desirable that the system settings UI interface be located at the top level of the media asset detail page.

In this embodiment of the present application, the user may set the display order of each application program in the display device by himself, that is, set the display order of each window, so that the application program required by the user can be displayed on the uppermost layer in the display 260.

In some embodiments, the user may control the display device to call up an interface that sets the display order of the applications, thereby changing the display order of all applications to control the display order of all windows. In the embodiment of the present application, the display sequence of the application is referred to as an application priority.

The user may input instructions to the display device indicating the priority of the query application. An application priority key may be set in the control device, and when the user presses the key, the control device sends an instruction for querying the application priority to the display device. The user may also query the system setup UI interface of the display device for application priority.

In response to the user's instruction, the controller 250 may control the display 260 to display an application priority setting interface. The application priority setting interface comprises all the applications currently installed by the display device and priority setting controls of each application. The priority setting control stores priority levels corresponding to the application programs, and the higher the priority level is, the lower the priority level is, and the lower the priority level is, the higher the priority level is. FIG. 12 illustrates a schematic diagram of an application prioritization interface in some embodiments. As shown in fig. 12, the display device currently installs 5 applications: setting a corresponding application program by the system, wherein the priority level of the application program is 3; a voice assistant application with a priority level of 1; a video chat application program with a priority level of 5; a browser application program having a priority level of 4; a player application with a priority level of 2. Thus, all applications are in order of priority from top to bottom: voice assistant > player > system settings > browser > video chat. The user may modify the priority level of each application to change the display order of all applications. In this embodiment of the present application, the priority situation set by the user is referred to as a set priority, that is, after the user operates the priority setting control, the set priority set by the user is obtained.

The controller 250 may detect user operations on the priority setting control, including user modification operations on the priority level in the priority setting control. Based on the user's operation, the controller 250 may determine the set priority set by the user and update the current application priority of the display device to the set priority.

Specifically, the user may modify the priority level of each application. For example, the user may modify the priority level of the system settings from 3 to 1. Accordingly, the controller 250 will exchange the initial application with priority level 1, i.e., the priority level of the voice assistant, with the system settings. The priority level set by the system is changed to 1, and the priority level of the voice assistant is changed to 3. When the user clicks on the determination, the controller 250 may determine the modification of all priority setting controls by the user, and thus determine the application priority set by the user. The controller 250 further updates the current application priority of the display device.

In some embodiments, when the display device needs to display the first application and the second application at the same time, the controller 250 may determine the display order of all windows according to the application priority set by the user.

Controller 250 may first determine the current application priority of the display device to determine the order of priority of the first application and the second application based on the application priority.

The controller 250 may determine the priority order as a display order of the first window and the second window. For example, when the priority of the first application program is greater than that of the second application program, determining that the display order of the first window is prioritized over that of the second window; when the priority of the first application program is smaller than that of the second application program, the display sequence of the second window is determined to be higher than that of the first window.

The display order of the windows is used to characterize the upper and lower relationship of the first window and the second window when displayed in the display 260. When the display order of the first window is prioritized over the second window, it is indicated that the first window should be displayed at the upper layer of the second window.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 may control the display 260 to display the second application program through the second window based on the display order of the first window and the second window.

Specifically, if the display sequence of the first window is higher than that of the second window, the second window is displayed on the lower layer of the first window, and at this time, the first window may cover the second window. If the display sequence of the second window is higher than that of the first window, the second window is displayed on the upper layer of the first window, and the second window may cover the first window.

The controller 250 controls the upper and lower layer relationship of each window according to the display order of the windows.

In some embodiments, when it is desired to simultaneously display the first window and the second window in the display 260, the controller 250 may control the display 260 to display each window according to the display order of the windows.

However, for some applications, when their priority is low, it may cause windows to be displayed at the lower layer, however, these applications may need to be displayed at the uppermost layer of the display 260 after being started, and there is a contradiction between the user's priority setting. For example, the user sets the first application to have a higher priority than the second application, i.e., the first window will be displayed at the top of the second window. However, after the second application is launched, it may need to be displayed at the uppermost layer of the display 260. At this time, the controller 250 may actively adjust the display sequence of the windows according to the requirements of the application program.

Specifically, after the second application is started, the controller 250 may detect whether the second application sends a request indicating that the window is preferentially displayed, which is referred to as a priority display request in this embodiment.

If a priority display request sent by the second application is detected, the controller 250 may directly set the uppermost window displayed in the display 260 as the second window. The controller 250 may further control the display 260 to display the second application program through a second window, which is located at the uppermost layer in the display 260, and also located at the upper layer of the first window.

If the priority display request transmitted by the second application is not detected, the controller 250 may determine the display order of the first window and the second window according to the application priority set in advance by the user, thereby controlling the display 260 to display the first window and the second window.

In some embodiments, the display device will typically set the current focus in the window at the uppermost layer, so that the user may control the application corresponding to the window at the uppermost layer. The display device's determination of the topmost window is determined based on the priority of the application. When the first window has a higher priority than the second window, the current focus is set in the first window. It should be noted that, after the second application program sends the priority display request to the display device, the controller 250 controls the display 260 to display the second window at the uppermost layer, but the priority of the application program is not changed at this time, and the priority of the first application program may still be greater than that of the second application program, so that the display device continues to set the focus in the first window, but the display 260 realizes the second window when the uppermost layer window is displayed. At this time, the user cannot control the second application.

For this, the controller 250 may generate the priority display information after setting the uppermost window displayed in the display 260 as the second window, and transmit the priority display information to the second application. The priority display information is used to characterize the uppermost window currently displayed by display 260 as the second window to inform the second application.

The second application may send a focus setting instruction to the display device. In response to the focus setting instruction, the controller 250 may set the user-controlled focus in the second window. At this time, the user can control the second application according to the focus.

In some embodiments, the display device has a split screen function, and the controller 250 may divide the area to be displayed on the display 260 into a plurality of display areas, and each display area may display one window, so that a situation that a plurality of windows are covered is avoided.

Specifically, after the second application is started and the second window is generated, the controller 250 may prompt the user whether the multiple windows need to be displayed in a split screen.

The controller 250 may control the display 260 to display a split-screen prompt interface. FIG. 13 illustrates a schematic diagram of a split-screen prompt interface in some embodiments. As shown in fig. 13, the split-screen prompt interface includes split-screen prompt information, a confirmation control and a cancel control. The split-screen prompt information is used to prompt the user whether to split the screen of the display 260, and may be "detect whether to display multiple windows and whether to split the screen".

If the user selects the cancel control, it is indicated that the user does not need to perform the split screen processing, and the controller 250 may determine the display order of the first window and the second window according to the application priority preset by the user, thereby controlling the display 260 to display the first window and the second window.

If a user selection of the confirmation control is detected, indicating that the user needs to perform a split-screen process, the controller 250 may perform a split-screen process on the display 260. The controller 250 may divide the display area of the display 260 into two display areas including a first display area and a second display area. Fig. 14 shows a schematic diagram of a split screen of display 260 in some embodiments. As shown in fig. 14, the controller 250 may control the display 260 to display a first window in a first display area and a second window in a second display area.

In some embodiments, for some applications, there may be some functionality, and the interface corresponding to that functionality may be displayed separately in display 260 without the need to display the interfaces corresponding to other functionality together. For example, for a system setup UI interface, when a user needs to adjust the volume, a volume bar interface may be displayed separately in the display 260 without displaying the system setup interface. Such an interface that can be individually displayed in the display 260 is referred to as an individual display interface in the embodiments of the present application. When the user needs to call out the individual display interface, the controller 250 may display the individual display interface at the uppermost layer of the display 260, so that the user can adjust the corresponding parameters.

Specifically, in the case that the first application program includes a separate display interface, if the priority of the first application program is lower than that of the second application program, it is indicated that the first window should be displayed at the lower layer of the second window.

If an instruction input by the user indicating modification of a parameter in the separate display interface of the first application is detected, the controller 250 may control the display 260 to display the separate display interface in response to the instruction, and the separate display interface is located at an upper layer of the second window. At this point, the user may adjust parameters in the separate display interface.

In some embodiments, when a user inputs an instruction to the display device indicating to close the first application, the controller 250 may control the display 260 not to display the first window in response to the instruction, and at the same time, the controller 250 may delete the first window.

The embodiment of the application also provides an application window display method, as shown in fig. 15, which includes:

step 1501, a first window is generated in response to an instruction entered by a user to launch a first application.

Step 1502, the display is controlled to display a first application program through a first window.

In step 1503, a second window is generated in response to the instruction input by the user to start the second application, where the second window is used to display the second application.

Step 1504, determining the display sequence of the first window and the second window based on the application priority preset by the user.

Step 1505, based on the display sequence, the display is controlled to display the second application program through the second window.

In some embodiments, further comprising:

responding to an instruction input by a user and indicating the priority of the query application program, and controlling a display to display an application program priority setting interface, wherein the application program priority setting interface comprises all application programs currently installed by a display device and priority setting controls of each application program; and determining the setting priority based on detecting the operation of the user on the priority setting control, and updating the current application program priority of the display device to the setting priority.

In some embodiments, before determining the display order of the first window and the second window based on the window priority preset by the user, the method further includes:

executing a step of determining the display sequence of the first window and the second window based on the window priority preset by the user based on the fact that the first application program and the second application program can be simultaneously displayed in the display; and controlling the display not to display the first application program and controlling the display to display the second application program through the second window based on the detection that the first application program and the second application program can not be displayed simultaneously in the display.

In some embodiments, determining the display order of the first window and the second window based on the application priority preset by the user further includes:

determining a priority order of the first application and the second application based on the application priorities; and determining the priority order as the display order of the first window and the second window, wherein the display order is used for representing the upper-lower layer relationship of the first window and the second window when the first window and the second window are displayed in the display.

In some embodiments, before determining the display order of the first window and the second window based on the application priority preset by the user, the method further includes:

setting the uppermost window displayed in the display as a second window based on the detection of the priority display request sent by the second application program; controlling the display to display a second application program through a second window; and executing the step of determining the display sequence of the first window and the second window based on the application priority preset by the user based on the fact that the priority display request sent by the second application is not detected.

In some embodiments, after setting the uppermost window displayed in the display as the second window, the method further includes:

the priority display information is sent to a second application program and used for representing that the uppermost window currently displayed by the display is a second window; and responding to a focus setting instruction sent by the second application program, setting the focus controlled by the user in the second window so that the user controls the second application program according to the focus.

the control display displays a split-screen prompt interface, wherein the split-screen prompt interface comprises split-screen prompt information, a confirmation control and a cancellation control; the split-screen prompt information is used for prompting a user whether to split-screen the display; responding to the selection operation of the user on the cancel control, and executing the step of determining the display sequence of the first window and the second window based on the preset application program priority of the user; responding to the selection operation of the user on the confirmation control, carrying out split-screen processing on the display so that the display area of the display comprises a first display area and a second display area; the display is controlled to display a first window in a first display area and a second window in a second display area.

In some embodiments, the display order characterizes the first window as being positioned below the second window; the first application program comprises a single display interface, and the single display interface can be singly displayed in a display. Further comprises:

and responding to an instruction input by a user for modifying parameters in the single display interface, and controlling the display to display the single display interface, wherein the single display interface is positioned at the upper layer of the second window.

In some embodiments, further comprising:

and responding to the instruction input by the user and indicating to close the first application program, controlling the display not to display the first window, and deleting the first window.

The same and similar parts of the embodiments in this specification are referred to each other, and are not described herein.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the techniques of embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in software plus a necessary general purpose hardware platform. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention may be embodied essentially or in parts contributing to the prior art in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a storage medium, such as a ROM/RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc., including several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the method of the embodiments or some parts of the embodiments of the present invention.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution 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 scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some or all of the technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit of the corresponding technical solutions 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, characterized by comprising:

a display;

a controller configured to:

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

responding to an instruction input by a user and indicating the priority of a query application program, and controlling the display to display an application program priority setting interface, wherein the application program priority setting interface comprises all application programs currently installed by the display device and priority setting controls of each application program;

and determining a set priority based on detecting the operation of the user on the priority setting control, and updating the current application priority of the display equipment to the set priority.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein before the controller performs determining the display order of the first window and the second window based on the window priority set in advance by the user, the controller is further configured to:

executing a step of determining a display order of the first window and the second window based on a window priority preset by a user based on the detection that the first application program and the second application program can be simultaneously displayed in the display;

and controlling the display not to display the first application program and controlling the display to display the second application program through the second window based on the detection that the first application program and the second application program can not be displayed simultaneously in the display.

4. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller executing the determining the display order of the first window and the second window based on the application priority set in advance by the user is further configured to:

determining a priority order of the first application and the second application based on the application priorities;

and determining the priority order as the display order of the first window and the second window, wherein the display order is used for representing the upper-lower layer relationship of the first window and the second window when the first window and the second window are displayed in the display.

5. The display device of claim 3, wherein before the controller performs determining the display order of the first window and the second window based on the application priority set in advance by the user, the controller is further configured to:

setting an uppermost window displayed in the display as the second window based on the detection of the priority display request sent by the second application program; controlling the display to display the second application program through the second window;

and executing the step of determining the display sequence of the first window and the second window based on the application priority preset by the user based on the fact that the priority display request sent by the second application is not detected.

6. The display device according to claim 5, wherein the controller, after performing setting of an uppermost window displayed in the display as the second window, is further configured to:

transmitting priority display information to the second application program, wherein the priority display information is used for representing that the uppermost window currently displayed by the display is the second window;

and responding to a focus setting instruction sent by the second application program, setting a focus controlled by a user in the second window so as to enable the user to control the second application program according to the focus.

7. The display device of claim 1, wherein before the controller performs determining the display order of the first window and the second window based on the application priority set in advance by the user, the controller is further configured to:

controlling the display to display a split-screen prompt interface, wherein the split-screen prompt interface comprises split-screen prompt information, a confirmation control and a cancellation control; the split-screen prompt information is used for prompting a user whether to split-screen the display;

responding to the selection operation of the user on the cancel control, and executing the step of determining the display sequence of the first window and the second window based on the application program priority preset by the user;

Responding to the selection operation of the user on the confirmation control, and carrying out split-screen processing on the display so that the display area of the display comprises a first display area and a second display area; and controlling the display to display the first window in the first display area, and displaying the second window in the second display area.

8. The display device of claim 7, wherein the display order characterizes the first window as being positioned below the second window; the first application program comprises an independent display interface, and the independent display interface can be independently displayed in the display;

the controller is further configured to:

and responding to an instruction input by a user for indicating to modify parameters in the single display interface, and controlling the display to display the single display interface, wherein the single display interface is positioned at the upper layer of the second window.

9. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

and responding to an instruction input by a user, which indicates to close the first application program, controlling the display to not display the first window, and deleting the first window.

10. An application window display method applied to a display device, the method comprising: