CN117812400A

CN117812400A - Display equipment and program recording method

Info

Publication number: CN117812400A
Application number: CN202310731042.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡涛
Original assignee: Hisense Electronic Technology Shenzhen Co ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Electronic Technology Shenzhen Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-06-19
Filing date: 2023-06-19
Publication date: 2024-04-02

Abstract

Some embodiments of the present application show a display device and a program recording method, where the method includes: after receiving program information of reserved viewing selected by a user, if a standby message is received, controlling the display equipment to be in a standby state, and acquiring system time, wherein the standby message is used for indicating the display equipment to be in the standby state, and the program information comprises ending time, a target channel and a target program identifier corresponding to the reserved viewing program; and if the system time is before the ending time, switching to the target channel, and recording a program corresponding to the target program identifier. In the embodiment of the application, when the user selects the program scheduled to be watched and receives the standby message before the ending time of the program, the scheduled watching function of the program is converted into the scheduled recording function, so that the user can watch the recorded scheduled watching program at any time.

Description

Display equipment and program recording method

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of display devices, and in particular, to a display device and a program recording method.

Background

The reserved viewing function is a common function of the intelligent television. The reserved viewing function is to remind the user to view the reserved program at the playing time of the reserved program after the user selects the reserved viewing program, or directly switch the television picture to the playing picture of the reserved program so as to avoid the user missing the reserved program which the user wants to view. But the program reserved for watching can remind the user or directly switch to the playing picture of the reserved program only when the intelligent television is in the starting state. If the user turns off the intelligent television after selecting the reserved viewing program and when the playing time of the reserved program is not reached, so that the intelligent television is in a standby state, the reserved viewing function is disabled after the playing time of the reserved program is reached, and the intelligent television cannot play the reserved program, so that the user misses the reserved program.

Disclosure of Invention

Some embodiments of the present application provide a display device and a program recording method, where when a user selects a program scheduled to be watched and receives a standby message before an end time of the program, a scheduled watching function of the program is converted into a scheduled recording function, so that the user can watch the recorded scheduled watching program at any time.

In a first aspect, some embodiments of the present application provide a display device, including:

a display;

a controller configured to:

after receiving program information of reserved viewing selected by a user, if a standby message is received, controlling the display equipment to be in a standby state, and acquiring system time, wherein the standby message is used for indicating the display equipment to be in the standby state, and the program information comprises ending time, a target channel and a target program identifier corresponding to the reserved viewing program;

and if the system time is before the ending time, switching to the target channel, and recording a program corresponding to the target program identifier.

In some embodiments, the controller performs controlling the display device to be in a standby state if a standby message is received, and acquiring a system time is further configured to:

And if the standby message comprises a first standby state, controlling the display equipment to be in the first standby state and acquiring the system time, wherein the first standby state is that the display is in a closed state, and the central processing unit and the software function of the display equipment are in working states.

In some embodiments, the program information further includes a start time corresponding to a scheduled viewing program, the controller performing switching to the target channel if the system time is before the end time, and recording a program corresponding to the target program identification, is further configured to:

if the system time is before the start time, calculating a time difference between the start time and the system time;

if the time difference is smaller than the preset difference, switching to the target channel, and recording a program corresponding to the target program identifier.

In some embodiments, the controller is configured to:

if the time difference value is greater than or equal to the preset difference value, controlling the display equipment to be in a second standby state, and setting a timing starting time based on the starting time, wherein the second standby state is to supply power to the memory of the display equipment only;

After the timing starting time is reached, controlling the display equipment to be in the first standby state;

switching to the target channel, and recording the program corresponding to the target program identifier.

In some embodiments, the program information further includes a start time corresponding to a scheduled viewing program, and the controller is configured to:

if the standby message comprises a second standby state, setting a timing start-up time based on the start time, and controlling the display equipment to be in the second standby state, wherein the second standby state is to supply power to the memory of the display equipment only;

calculating a time difference between the start time and the system time if the standby message includes a second standby state and the system time is before the start time;

if the time difference value is smaller than a preset difference value, controlling the display equipment to be in a first standby state;

In some embodiments, the controller is configured to:

if the time difference value is larger than or equal to a preset difference value, setting a timing starting time based on the starting time, and controlling the display equipment to be in a second standby state, wherein the second standby state is to supply power to the memory of the display equipment only;

and if the system time is after the starting time and the system time is before the ending time, switching to the channel, and recording a program corresponding to the channel.

In some embodiments, the controller performs switching to the channel and recording a program corresponding to the program identification if the system time is before the end time, and is further configured to:

If the system time is before the starting time, switching to the target channel and acquiring a first program identifier in the target channel;

and if the first program identifier is the target program identifier, recording a program corresponding to the target program identifier.

In a second aspect, some embodiments of the present application provide a program recording method, including:

Some embodiments of the present application provide a display apparatus and a program recording method. After receiving the information of the reserved viewing program selected by the user, judging whether a standby message is received. The reserved viewing program information includes an end time, a channel, and a program identification corresponding to the user-selected program. If a standby message is received, the display device is controlled to be in a standby state, and the system time is acquired. Comparing the system time with the ending time, if the system time is before the ending time, switching to a channel corresponding to the reserved program, and recording the program corresponding to the program identifier. In the embodiment of the application, when the user selects the program scheduled to be watched and receives the standby message before the ending time of the program, the scheduled watching function of the program is converted into the scheduled recording function, so that the user can watch the recorded scheduled watching program at any time.

Drawings

FIG. 1 illustrates an operational scenario between a display device and a control apparatus 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 flow chart of a program recording method provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 6 illustrates a schematic diagram of an electronic program guide interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 7 illustrates a schematic diagram of a program setting interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 8 illustrates a schematic diagram of a subscription viewing settings interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 9 illustrates a schematic diagram of another subscription viewing settings interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 10 illustrates a software architecture diagram provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 11 illustrates a schematic diagram of a third prompt interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

fig. 12 illustrates a timing diagram for a program recording method provided in accordance with 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 and second 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 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 display 260 further includes a touch screen, and the touch screen is used for receiving an action input control instruction such as sliding or clicking of a finger of a user on the touch 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), universal serial bus input interface (universal serial bus, USB), RGB port, etc. 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 and 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), etc.

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, universal serial bus drive, HDMI drive, sensor drive (e.g., fingerprint sensor, temperature sensor, pressure sensor, etc.), and power drive, etc.

The reservation recording function is also a common function of the intelligent television. The scheduled recording function is to automatically record a scheduled recording program at the playing time of the scheduled program after the user selects the scheduled recording program, so that the user is free from the restriction of the playing time of the scheduled program and can watch the recorded program at any time. But the recording of the scheduled program is performed in the background and is not displayed in the user interface. If the user has idle broadcasting time of the reserved program, the broadcasting prompt of the program can not be obtained in time and watched.

In some embodiments, to avoid missing a favorite program and viewing it in time, the user may choose to both reserve viewing and reserve recording the program. However, the reserved recording and reserved viewing are relatively independent functions, and the reserved viewing and reserved recording of the program are required to be set respectively, so that the operation is relatively complicated. In addition, even if an option of simultaneously reserving viewing and reserving recording is set to simplify the operation flow, if a user views the program at the reserved program play time, recording is also performed at the same time, the recorded program may not be required, and a large amount of storage space of the television may be occupied.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the embodiments of the present application provide a display device 200, and the structure and the functions of each part of the display device 200 may refer to the above embodiments. In addition, on the basis of the display device 200 shown in the above embodiment, the present embodiment further improves some functions of the display device 200. As shown in fig. 5, the controller 250 performs the steps of:

step S501: receiving program information of reserved viewing selected by a user;

in some embodiments, the step of receiving program information for which the user selects to reserve viewing includes:

Receiving an instruction input by a user for opening an electronic program guide;

controlling the display to display an electronic program guide interface in response to a user-entered instruction to open the electronic program guide, the electronic program guide interface including at least one channel control and at least one program control;

and if an instruction of selecting the channel control input by a user is received, updating the electronic program guide interface so that the program controls of the updated electronic program guide interface correspond to the selected channel control, namely, the programs corresponding to the program controls in the current electronic program guide interface are all programs under the channel corresponding to the selected channel control.

Illustratively, as shown in FIG. 6, the electronic program guide interface includes a television screen 61, a program information frame 62, a channel region 63, a program region 64, and a focus 65, the channel region including a first channel control 631 and a second channel control 632, the program region including a first program control 641 and a second program control 642. The current focus 65 indicates that the first program control 641 is selected, and the program information frame 62 displays program information of the first program control 641 selected by the focus 65, and programs corresponding to the first program control 641 and the second program control 642 are programs under the channels corresponding to the first channel control 631. If the focus 65 is selected for the second channel widget 632, the program area 64 displays a program widget corresponding to the second channel widget 632.

It should be noted that the controls, which are visual objects displayed in the display areas of the user interface in the display device to represent corresponding contents such as icons, thumbnails, video clips, links, etc., may provide the user with various conventional program contents received through data broadcasting, and various application and service contents set by the content manufacturer.

The presentation form of the control is typically diversified. For example, the controls may include text content and/or images for displaying thumbnails related to the text content, or video clips related to the text. As another example, the control may be text and/or an icon of an application.

The focus is used to indicate that any of the controls has been selected. In one aspect, the control may be selected or controlled by controlling movement of a display focus object in the display device based on user input via the control device. Such as: the user may select and control the controls by directional keying movement of the control focus object between the controls on the control device. Alternatively, the movement of the controls displayed in the display device may be controlled to cause the focus object to select or control the controls according to the user's input through the control device. Such as: the user can control the controls to move left and right through the direction keys on the control device, so that the focus object can select and control the controls when the position of the focus object is kept unchanged.

The form of identification of the focal point is typically varied. For example, the position of the focus object may be achieved or identified by zooming in on the item, and also by setting the background color of the item, or may be identified by changing the border line, size, color, transparency, outline, and/or font of the text or image of the focus item.

Receiving an instruction which is input by a user and used for selecting the program control;

responding to an instruction input by a user for selecting the program control, and controlling the display to display a program setting interface corresponding to the program control, wherein the program setting interface comprises a recording control and a watching control;

the program setting interface also comprises information of the program corresponding to the program control, such as broadcasting time, language, age limit, program introduction and the like of the program.

Illustratively, in fig. 6, receiving an instruction of selecting the first program control 641 entered by the user pressing the control device 100 confirmation key, a program setting interface as shown in fig. 7 is displayed. The program settings interface includes a program information box 71, a recording control 72, a viewing control 73, and a focus 74. The program information frame 71 displays the broadcast time of the first program, the program introduction, and the like.

Receiving an instruction which is input by a user and selects the watching control;

in response to a user-entered instruction to select the viewing control, controlling the display to display a reserved viewing setting interface,

in some embodiments, the appointment viewing setup interface includes a start time control, a period control, a confirm control, and a cancel control. The start time control is automatically displayed according to the broadcasting time of the program, and if the user wants to change, the user can also modify the program after selecting the start time control. The period control is used to set a period for scheduled viewing, for example, can be selected only once, once a day, once a week, etc. The confirmation control is used for confirming the program corresponding to the reserved watching selected program control. The cancellation control is used for canceling the program corresponding to the program control selected by reservation to view and returning to the upper level interface, namely the program setting interface.

Illustratively, in fig. 7, receiving an instruction of the user pressing the selected viewing control 73 entered by the confirmation key of the control apparatus 100, a reserved viewing setting interface as shown in fig. 8 is displayed. The reserved viewing settings interface includes a start time control 81, a period control 82, a confirm control 83, and a cancel control 84.

In some embodiments, the reserved viewing setting interface includes a start time control, a period control, a yes control and a no control corresponding to standby automatic transcription. The yes control is used for determining that the standby automatic transcription function is enabled, and the no control is used for determining that the standby automatic transcription function is not enabled. The standby automatic dubbing function means that a program can be transferred to a recording function in a standby state when viewing is reserved.

Illustratively, as shown in FIG. 9, the reserved viewing settings interface includes a start time control 91, a period control 92, a Yes control 93, and a No control 94.

In fig. 8, the standby automatic transcription function is activated by default after the confirmation control 83 is selected. The embodiment of fig. 9 provides the user with an option of whether to enable the standby automatic transcription function, so that the user can select whether to enable the standby automatic transcription function according to the needs of the user, and the user has more flexibility.

In some embodiments, after receiving the user-entered instruction to select the confirm control, or receiving the user-entered instruction to select the yes control, the user may receive program information to select to reserve viewing. Wherein the program information includes a start time, an end time, a channel (target channel), and a program identification (target program identification) of a program corresponding to the user-selected program control.

In some embodiments, after receiving a user-entered instruction to select the confirm control, or receiving a user-entered instruction to select the yes control, detecting whether the display device is plugged into a storage device;

the storage device comprises an internal hard disk and an external storage device, and the external storage device comprises a mobile hard disk, a USB flash disk and the like.

In some embodiments, the step of detecting whether the display device is inserted into a storage device comprises:

invoking a USB interface and judging whether the USB interface is connected with external equipment or not;

if the USB interface is connected with an external device, judging whether the external device is a storage device or not;

if the external device is a storage device, determining that the display device is inserted into the storage device;

if the USB interface is not connected with the external device or the external device is not a storage device, determining that the display device is not inserted into the storage device.

And if the fact that the display device is not inserted into the storage device is detected, controlling the display to display a first prompt interface, wherein the first prompt interface is used for prompting a user that the storage device is not inserted.

If the display device is detected to be inserted into the storage device, acquiring the residual storage space of the storage device, and determining the occupied space of the program according to the program information;

in some embodiments, the step of determining the program space based on the program information includes:

determining the program duration according to the starting time and the ending time;

determining the occupied space of the unit time length according to the definition of the program;

And determining the occupied space of the program as the product of the storage size of the program duration and the unit duration and the occupied space of the unit duration.

Judging whether the residual space is larger than or equal to the occupied space of the program;

if the residual space is larger than or equal to the occupied space of the program, receiving program information of reserved viewing selected by a user;

and if the residual space is smaller than the occupied space of the program, controlling the display to display a second prompt interface, wherein the second prompt interface is used for prompting the user to insert the storage equipment to have insufficient residual space and prompting to reserve to watch after cleaning.

As shown in fig. 4, the software configuration diagram includes an application layer, a middleware layer, and a hardware layer. The application layer includes a user interface layer and the middleware layer includes a digital television middleware layer. As shown in fig. 10, the user interface layer includes a TV Player (television program broadcasting program) and an EPG App (electronic program guide application program). The television program playing program is used for providing a user interface through which a user can control the television program to play, for example, presenting a video picture of a certain program. The electronic program guide application is a user interface for presenting a list of channels and program information for a television, i.e., an electronic program guide. The digital tv middleware layer includes Play Ctrl (Play control module), channelMgr (channel list management module), EPG Mgr (program information management module) and Scheduler (scheduling module) responsible for Live Play function, record (recording module) and Playback (review module) responsible for reservation recording (PVR), and digital tv Stack (DTV Stack). The playing control module is used for controlling the audio and video playing. The scheduling module is a module newly added in the embodiment of the application and is used for realizing the function of standby automatic transfer recording during reserved viewing. The digital television stack comprises a PAT (Program Association Table ), a PMT (Program Map Table, program mapping table), an EIT (Event Information Table ) and an SDT (Service Description Table, service description table), wherein the PAT/PMT/EIT/SDT is responsible for data parsing such as channel ID (Identity document, identification) of audio and video, program ID, encoding and decoding format of audio and video, and provides a basic data source for a scheduling module and the like. The hardware layer includes Power Control, tuner, demux, and Sdram. The tuning module is used for interfacing with the hardware tuning demodulator 210, locking a frequency point corresponding to a selected channel and receiving digital television data. The demultiplexing module is used for demultiplexing the original data received from the tuning module, separating out audio, video and control signaling data and butting the digital television stack.

As shown in fig. 10, after receiving an instruction of reserving a program for viewing from a user through a user interface, the electronic program guide application program sends the instruction of reserving the program for viewing to the scheduling module, wherein the instruction carries program information of the reserved program for viewing. After receiving the instruction of reserving the program, the scheduling module can extract program information from the instruction, wherein the program information comprises a starting time, an ending time, a target channel, a target program identifier and the like corresponding to the reserved program.

Step S502: judging whether a standby message is received or not, wherein the standby message is used for indicating that the display equipment is in a standby state;

after receiving the instruction of reserving to watch the program, the scheduling module not only extracts the program information from the instruction, but also registers the standby state of the monitoring power supply so as to receive the standby message sent by the power supply management module.

Wherein, the step of registering the monitoring power standby state comprises the following steps:

the scheduling module sets a function pointer to the power management module;

after the function pointer is stored, the power management module sends a standby message to the scheduling module through the function pointer if the power standby state is changed.

If the monitor power standby state has been registered, there is no need to register the monitor power standby state again.

If a standby message is received, step S503 is performed: and controlling the display equipment to be in a standby state and acquiring the system time.

The present application relates to two standby states of a display device. The first standby state is that the display is in a closed state, and the central processing unit and the software functions of the display device are in working states, namely, the main chip and the software functions of other peripheral devices are in working states except a screen. The first standby state is also referred to as a pseudo standby or light sleep state.

The user may input a standby instruction to the display device in the on state by pressing a power key on the control device, and after receiving the standby instruction, the display device sends a screen-closing broadcast to close the display. The display device enters a first standby state.

The second standby state is To supply power To the memory of the display device only, i.e. CPU, USB, WIFI, etc. is turned off, and only the memory is kept for supplying power, also called STR standby (Suspend To RAM, also called memory standby mode).

For example, the user may input a standby instruction to the display device in the on state by pressing a power key on the control device, and after receiving the standby instruction, the display device stores the hardware running state information into a memory (e.g. RAM), releases the hardware resources (e.g. display, hard disk, external device, etc.) being used and freezes the process; the power management module controls the power circuit to power down other hardware except the RAM and the MCU (Microcontroller Unit, micro control unit), namely, the power circuit is controlled to only keep supplying power to the RAM and the MCU; and transmitting a screen-off broadcast to screen off the display. So far, the display device enters the STR standby state. The power consumption of the whole machine can be reduced when the display equipment is in the STR standby state.

After receiving a standby instruction input by a user, the standby state of the display device required to be in is related to the setting of the display device and the setting of the user. After receiving the standby instruction, the display device may be controlled to be in a first standby state, may be in a second standby state, or may be in the first standby state first, and then be in the second standby state after a preset time (for example, 5 min) is set.

The system time refers to the time that the current display device displays. The time displayed by the display device can be set manually by a user, and the slave network synchronization time can be selected, and the slave code stream synchronization time can be selected.

In some embodiments, if the standby message is used to indicate that the display device is in the first standby state, after acquiring the system time, step S504 is performed: judging whether the system time is before the ending time;

and the power management module controls the display equipment to be in a first standby state and sends a standby message to the scheduling module after receiving a standby instruction input by a user. After receiving the standby message and acquiring the system time, the scheduling module compares the system time with the ending time of the reserved program to determine whether the function of reserving to watch the program for standby and recording is required to be executed.

If the system time is before the end time, step S505 is performed: switching to the target channel, and recording the program corresponding to the target program identifier.

If the system time is not before the end time, no related operation is performed to switch to the target channel.

In some embodiments, the step of determining whether the system time is before an end time comprises:

judging whether the system time is before the starting time;

judging whether the first section target identity is the target program identity or not;

If the first program identifier is not the target program identifier, continuing to judge whether the next first program identifier is the target program identifier or not until the received first target identifier is the target program identifier.

If the system time is not before the starting time, judging whether the system time is before the ending time;

And if the system time is before the ending time, switching to the channel and recording a program corresponding to the channel.

If the system time is not before the end time, no related operation to switch to the channel is performed.

In this embodiment of the present application, when a program is scheduled to be watched, three cases are divided: firstly, a program is reserved for watching, but the starting time of the reserved program is not reached, the program needs to be switched to a target channel, and the program is started to be recorded only when the currently received program identifier is the target program identifier; secondly, the user watches the reserved program for a period of time, and inputs a standby instruction before the reserved program is not played, so that the reserved program can be directly and continuously recorded after standby; thirdly, a reserved program is watched, but the ending time of the reserved program is passed when the standby message is received, and recording is not needed.

And when the scheduling module determines that the system time is before the starting time, the target channel or the frequency point corresponding to the target channel is sent to the tuning module, so that the tuning module locks and selects the frequency point corresponding to the target channel, and receives the original program data corresponding to the target channel. The tuning module sends the original program data to the demultiplexing module. The demultiplexing module demultiplexes the original program data and sends the demultiplexed data to the data television stack. The demultiplexed audio and video data is not sent to the decoder, so that the effect of not playing out pictures is achieved. The data television stack analyzes the demultiplexed data to obtain program information, and sends the program information to the scheduling module, wherein the program information comprises a first program identifier, a program description and the like. After receiving the program information, the scheduling module sends the program information to the recording module when the first program target identifier is identical to the target identifier, so that the recording module actively or passively acquires the demultiplexed audio and video data of the demultiplexing module, and stores the audio and video data in the storage device.

And when the scheduling module determines that the system time is between the starting time and the ending time, the scheduling module sends the target channel or the frequency point corresponding to the target channel to the tuning module, so that the tuning module locks and selects the frequency point corresponding to the target channel, and receives the original program data corresponding to the target channel. The tuning module sends the original program data to the demultiplexing module. The demultiplexing module demultiplexes the original program data and sends the demultiplexed data to the data television stack. The data television stack analyzes the demultiplexed data to obtain program information, the program information is sent to the scheduling module, the scheduling module sends the program information to the recording module, so that the recording module actively or passively acquires the demultiplexed audio and video data of the demultiplexing module, and the audio and video data is stored in the storage device.

And stopping recording the program after receiving the program ending message.

When the data television stack analyzes the demultiplexed data, if the currently received program is ended, the data television stack analyzes and obtains a program ending message. After determining that the current program is finished, the data television stack sends a program finishing message to the scheduling module. The scheduling module sends the program ending message to the recording module so that the recording module stops recording.

And if the standby message is not received, playing the program corresponding to the target program identifier.

If the standby message is not received at all times, the data television stack transmits the program information to the play control module after analyzing the target program identification, and the play control module controls the player to play the program corresponding to the target program identification.

In some embodiments, when switching to the target channel and recording a program corresponding to the target program identifier, judging whether a startup message is received;

and if the starting-up message is received, controlling the display equipment to be in a starting-up state and controlling the display to display a third prompting interface, wherein the third prompting interface is used for prompting whether the currently scheduled watching program is being recorded or not, and whether watching or recording is performed while watching is selected. The recording while watching can be started from the current broadcasting program time point or from the recorded starting position.

The scheduling module can register the starting state of the monitoring display device, after receiving the starting message sent by the power management module, when determining that the currently reserved watching program is being recorded, the scheduling module sends the program information to the electronic program guide application program, and the electronic program guide application program displays a third prompting interface based on the program information. After receiving the instruction that the user selects to record while watching from the starting position of the program, the electronic program guide application program sends the instruction to the scheduling module, and the scheduling module sends the instruction to the review module so that the review module plays the reserved program from the starting position.

Illustratively, as shown in FIG. 11, the third hint interface includes program information 111, a view from scratch control 112, a view from current point in time control 113, and a not view control 114. The program information 111 includes information such as a program name and a program broadcasting time. The watch-from-scratch control 112 is used to provide the user with the option of watching from the point in time of the start of the program, watching the recorded program through the review module and simultaneously recording the program for the current time period, i.e., recording while watching. The view control 113 provides the user with the option of viewing the program from this point in time and can stop recording the current program, which is beneficial to reducing the occupation of the storage space. The no view control 114 provides the user with the option of not viewing the program and continuing to record the program.

In some embodiments, the display device may be equipped with two tuners (tuner) that may receive scheduled viewing of two identical or overlapping time period programs simultaneously. After receiving the standby message, the method switches to the frequency points corresponding to the two reserved viewing program channels respectively, and can record reserved programs at the same time.

In some embodiments, the user may set at least two scheduled viewing programs, wherein the play times of the scheduled viewing programs do not overlap, and the system time may be compared to each program start time and end time in turn. The comparison sequence is that the programs with the previous time are compared according to the time sequence. For example: the user reserves two programs, program A is 8:00-9:00 am and program B is 10:30-11:00 am. The current system time is 10:00, the system time is determined to be not before the ending time of the program A, the system time is determined to be before the starting time of the program B, the channel of the program B is switched to, and the program B is recorded after the program identification of the program B is received.

In some embodiments, after recording of one scheduled viewing program is completed, a determination is made as to whether there is a next scheduled viewing program. If the reserved viewing program exists and the current system time is before the ending time of the reserved viewing program, switching to a channel corresponding to the reserved viewing program, and recording the reserved viewing program. For example: the user reserves two programs, program A is 8:00-9:00 am and program B is 10:30-11:00 am. After recording program A, switching to the channel of program B, and recording program B after receiving the program identification of program B.

As shown in fig. 12, the electronic program guide application program transmits the instruction of the reserved viewing program to the scheduling module after receiving the instruction of the reserved viewing program input by the user. The scheduling module analyzes the instruction of the reserved program to obtain program information, wherein the program information comprises the ending time of the reserved program, a target channel and a target program identifier. The scheduling module registers a standby state of the monitoring display device. And after receiving a standby instruction input by a user, sending a standby message to the scheduling module, and controlling the display equipment to be in a standby state. The scheduling module sends the target channel to the tuning module before determining that the system time is at the end of the scheduled viewing program. The tuning module is switched to the target channel, original program data of the target channel is sent to the demultiplexing module, and the demultiplexing module demultiplexes the original program data and sends the demultiplexed original program data to the digital television stack. And the data television stack sends the analyzed program information to the scheduling module. After determining that the program identifier in the program information is the target program identifier, the scheduling module sends the program information to the recording module, and the recording module starts recording the program.

According to the method and the device for the reservation of the program, the reservation of the program is expanded, the mechanism of automatically converting reservation to recording when the reservation of the program is invalid is added in the middleware under the condition of entering the first standby state, the fault tolerance of the reservation of the program is improved, and the originally reserved program is reserved to the maximum extent.

In some embodiments, different standby instructions are input to distinguish which standby state the display device should be in. For example: receiving an instruction of a user for pressing a power key for a short time, and controlling the display equipment to be in a first standby state; and receiving an instruction of continuously pressing the power key twice in a short time by a user, and controlling the display equipment to be in a second standby state.

The standby message includes an identifier of the first standby state or the second standby state.

In some embodiments, after receiving the standby message, determining whether the standby message includes a first standby state (an identifier corresponding to the first standby state);

if the standby message comprises a first standby state, controlling the display equipment to be in the first standby state, and acquiring system time;

If the standby message does not include the first standby state, judging whether the standby message includes the second standby state;

if the standby message comprises a second standby state, setting a timing start-up time based on the start time, and controlling the display device to be in the second standby state;

the timing component is started after the timing start-up time is set, and the timing component can start the display device after the timing start-up time is reached. The timed on time may be the start time or a few minutes before the start time.

after the timed start-up time is reached, the display device is started, and the display of the display device is required to be in a closed state, so that the display device is essentially controlled to be in a first standby state.

And controlling the display equipment to be in a second standby state when the program recording is completed and no program is reserved and recorded on the same day.

When the scheduling module receives the standby message and determines that the standby message comprises a second standby state, the timing module is started, the timing start time is set based on the start time, and the tuning module is controlled to switch to a target channel after the timing start time display device is in the first standby state, so that the recording module records a program corresponding to the target program identifier.

According to the embodiment of the application, when the display equipment is in the second standby state after receiving the standby instruction, the scheduled watching program can still be recorded in a mode of starting at regular time.

In some embodiments, after receiving a standby message, determining whether the standby message includes a first standby state;

if the standby message comprises a first standby state, judging whether the system time is before the starting time;

judging whether the time difference value is smaller than a preset difference value or not;

If the time difference value is greater than or equal to the preset difference value, controlling the display equipment to be in a second standby state, setting a timing starting time based on the starting time, and controlling the display equipment to be in the first standby state after the timing starting time is reached;

And when the program recording is completed and the time difference between the starting time of the program which is not reserved and recorded on the same day or the next reserved program and the system time is larger than or equal to the preset difference value, controlling the display equipment to be in a second standby state.

For example, after receiving the standby message including the first standby state, the current system time is 8:00 am, if the starting time of the reserved viewing program is 9:00 am, the time difference between the starting time and the system time is 60min, and 60min is greater than the preset difference value for 30min, the display device may be in the second standby state, and the display device may be controlled to switch channels and record the reserved viewing program after being in the first standby state at 9:00 am. If the starting time of the reserved viewing program is 8:15 a.m., the time difference between the starting time and the system time is 15min, and 15min is smaller than the preset difference value for 30min, the display device can be always in a first standby state, and the channel is switched and the reserved viewing program is recorded.

When the current time is longer from the starting time of the reserved program, the display device is in the second standby state, and the display device is caused to record the reserved program when the starting time of the program is reached by setting a mode of starting at regular time. And when the current time is shorter than the starting time of the reserved program, the display equipment is always in the first standby state and the reserved program is recorded. According to the method and the device for displaying the reserved program, the display equipment can be prevented from being in the first standby state all the time when the reserved program is long in starting time, and the power consumption is reduced.

In some embodiments, if the standby message includes a second standby state, determining whether the system time is before the start time;

If the time difference value is larger than or equal to a preset difference value, setting a timing starting time based on the starting time, and controlling the display equipment to be in a second standby state;

For example, after receiving the standby message including the second standby state, the current system time is 8:00 am, if the starting time of the reserved viewing program is 9:00 am, the time difference between the starting time and the system time is 60min, and 60min is greater than the preset difference value for 30min, the display device may be in the second standby state, and the display device may be controlled to be in the first standby state at 9:00 am, and then the reserved viewing program may be switched and recorded. If the starting time of the reserved viewing program is 8:15 a.m., the time difference between the starting time and the system time is 15min, and 15min is smaller than the preset difference value for 30min, the display device is prevented from being in the second standby state, and is in the first standby state, channels are switched, and the reserved viewing program is recorded.

When receiving the standby message including the second standby state, if the current time is shorter than the starting time of the reserved program, the embodiment of the application can enable the display device to be in the first standby state instead of the second standby state, switch the target channel and record the reserved program. The embodiment of the application can simplify the operation flow of the display equipment to a certain extent, and promote the smooth recording of the reserved watching program.

Some embodiments of the present application provide a program recording method, the method being suitable for a display device, the display device including a display and a controller configured to: after receiving program information of reserved viewing selected by a user, if a standby message is received, controlling the display equipment to be in a standby state, and acquiring system time, wherein the standby message is used for indicating the display equipment to be in the standby state, and the program information comprises ending time, a target channel and a target program identifier corresponding to the reserved viewing program; and if the system time is before the ending time, switching to the target channel, and recording a program corresponding to the target program identifier. In the embodiment of the application, when the user selects the program scheduled to be watched and receives the standby message before the ending time of the program, the scheduled watching function of the program is converted into the scheduled recording function, so that the user can watch the recorded scheduled watching program at any time.

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 performs controlling the display device to be in a standby state if a standby message is received, and acquiring a system time is further configured to:

3. The display device of claim 2, wherein the program information further includes a start time corresponding to a scheduled viewing program, wherein the controller performs switching to the target channel and recording the program corresponding to the target program identification if the system time is before the end time, and is further configured to:

4. A display device according to claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to:

5. The display device of claim 2, wherein the program information further includes a start time corresponding to a scheduled viewing program, the controller configured to:

6. The display device of claim 2, wherein the program information further includes a start time corresponding to a scheduled viewing program, the controller configured to:

7. The display device of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to:

8. The display device of claim 1, wherein the program information further includes a start time corresponding to a scheduled viewing program, wherein the controller performs switching to the target channel and recording the program corresponding to the target program identification if the system time is before the end time, and is further configured to:

9. The display device of claim 8, wherein the controller executing switching to the channel if the system time is before the end time and recording the program corresponding to the program identification is further configured to:

10. A program recording method, comprising:

after receiving program information of reserved viewing selected by a user, if a standby message is received, controlling a display device to be in a standby state, and acquiring system time, wherein the standby message is used for indicating the display device to be in the standby state, and the program information comprises ending time, a target channel and a target program identifier corresponding to the reserved viewing program;