CN117812433A - Operation prompting method and display device - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses an operation prompting method and display equipment, relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, and can simplify prompting information corresponding to different applications, so that the prompting information plays a more visual prompting role for a user to control the different applications. The specific scheme is as follows: responding to a first operation input by a user, and displaying a first multimedia resource and a first application corresponding to the first multimedia resource; acquiring a second key icon corresponding to the first application from the plurality of first key icons; the functions corresponding to the preset key icons are different; generating prompt information according to the second key icon; and displaying prompt information.

Description

Operation prompting method and display device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to an operation prompting method and display equipment.

Background

Currently, more and more functions are provided by television sets. For example, a television set may display an application (e.g., an application provided by a television channel) corresponding to a video in addition to playing the video (e.g., the video provided by a television channel) while playing the video. The application includes some other multimedia assets (e.g., historical video, hot spot video, etc.) that are different from the video. The user can control the application to change the video played by the television to other multimedia resources in the application.

The remote controller keys (which may be simply called keys) for controlling different applications are also different. In order to make it clear to the user how to control the application corresponding to each video, a prompt message may also be displayed when the application is displayed, where the prompt message is used to prompt the key capable of controlling the application.

However, the prompt information corresponding to different applications is different, for example, the styles of key icons included in the prompt information are different, and the layout styles of the prompt information are also different. Therefore, the prompt information displayed by the television when different applications are switched is complicated and is not simple and visual. Resulting in a user easily confused with the keys supported by the respective application.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an operation prompting method and display equipment, which can simplify prompting information corresponding to different applications, so that the prompting information plays a more visual prompting role for a user to control the different applications.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiments of the present application adopt the following technical solutions:

in a first aspect, there is provided a display device including: a display, a communicator, and a controller.

Wherein the display is configured to display a user interface. A communicator configured to receive a first operation triggering display of a first multimedia asset.

A controller configured to: responding to the first operation, and controlling the display to display the first multimedia resource and a first application corresponding to the first multimedia resource; acquiring a second key icon corresponding to the first application from the plurality of first key icons; the functions corresponding to the preset key icons are different; generating prompt information according to the second key icon; and controlling the display to display the prompt information.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the plurality of first key icons is determined based on key icons on the remote controller.

With reference to the first aspect, in another possible implementation manner, the layout style of the prompt information is a preset layout style, and the preset layout style is determined based on a key layout style on the remote controller.

With reference to the first aspect, in another possible implementation manner, the controller is specifically configured to: acquiring a fourth key icon from the plurality of third key icons; and generating prompt information according to the second key icon and the fourth key icon.

The fourth key icons are other key icons except the fifth key icon in the plurality of third key icons; the fifth key icon is a key icon corresponding to the first application in the plurality of third key icons. The functions corresponding to the third key icons are the same as the functions corresponding to the first key icons. The patterns of the plurality of third key icons are different from the patterns of the plurality of first key icons; the format includes at least one of color, line thickness, and line type.

With reference to the first aspect, in another possible implementation manner, the controller is specifically configured to: the display is controlled to display a second key icon in the prompt message in a first display mode, and a fourth key icon in the prompt message in a second display mode; the first display mode and the second display mode are different.

With reference to the first aspect, in another possible implementation manner, the controller is specifically configured to: acquiring key information corresponding to a first application; acquiring a second key icon corresponding to the first application from the plurality of first key icons according to key information corresponding to the first application and key information corresponding to each of the plurality of first key icons; the key information corresponding to the second key icon belongs to the key information corresponding to the first application; acquiring a fourth key icon from the plurality of third key icons according to key information corresponding to the first application and key information corresponding to each of the plurality of third key icons; the key information corresponding to the fourth key icon is different from the key information corresponding to the first application.

In a second aspect, there is provided an operation prompting method, the method comprising: responding to a first operation input by a user, and displaying a first multimedia resource and a first application corresponding to the first multimedia resource; acquiring a second key icon corresponding to the first application from the plurality of first key icons; the functions corresponding to the preset key icons are different; generating prompt information according to the second key icon; and displaying prompt information.

With reference to the second aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the plurality of first key icons is determined based on key icons on the remote controller.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible implementation manner, the layout style of the prompt information is a preset layout style, and the preset layout style is determined based on a key layout style on the remote controller.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible implementation manner, generating the prompt information according to the second key icon includes: acquiring a fourth key icon from the plurality of third key icons; and generating prompt information according to the second key icon and the fourth key icon.

The fourth key icons are other key icons except the fifth key icon in the plurality of third key icons; the fifth key icon is a key icon corresponding to the first application in the plurality of third key icons. The functions corresponding to the third key icons are the same as the functions corresponding to the first key icons. The patterns of the plurality of third key icons and the patterns of the plurality of first key icons are different. The format includes at least one of color, line thickness, and line type.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible implementation manner, the displaying a prompt message includes: displaying a second key icon in the prompt information in a first display mode, and displaying a fourth key icon in the prompt information in a second display mode; the first display mode and the second display mode are different.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible implementation manner, the obtaining, from the plurality of first key icons, a second key icon corresponding to the first application includes: acquiring key information corresponding to a first application; acquiring a second key icon corresponding to the first application from the plurality of first key icons according to key information corresponding to the first application and key information corresponding to each of the plurality of first key icons; the key information corresponding to the second key icon belongs to the key information corresponding to the first application.

The obtaining the fourth key icon from the plurality of third key icons includes: and acquiring a fourth key icon from the plurality of third key icons according to the key information corresponding to the first application and the key information corresponding to each of the plurality of third key icons. The key information corresponding to the fourth key icon is different from the key information corresponding to the first application.

In a third aspect, a display device is provided, which has the functionality to implement the method according to the second aspect described above. The functions can be realized by hardware, and can also be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a display device including: a processor and a memory; the memory is configured to store computer instructions that, when executed by the display device, cause the display device to perform the method of operation prompting as described in any one of the second aspects above.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein that, when run on a display device, cause the display device to perform the method of operation prompting of any one of the second aspects above.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising computer instructions which, when run on a display device, cause the display device to perform the method of operation prompting of any one of the second aspects above.

In a seventh aspect, there is provided an apparatus (e.g. the apparatus may be a system-on-a-chip) comprising a processor for supporting a display device to implement the functions referred to in the second aspect above. In one possible design, the apparatus further includes a memory for storing program instructions and data necessary for the display device. When the device is a chip system, the device can be formed by a chip, and can also comprise the chip and other discrete devices.

According to the operation prompting method provided by the embodiment of the application, when the first application corresponding to the first multimedia resource is displayed in response to the first operation, the second key icon corresponding to the first application is obtained from the plurality of first key icons. Further, the key icons corresponding to the applications may be obtained from the plurality of first key icons for different applications, that is, the key icons in the plurality of first key icons are used by different applications. Second, the functions corresponding to the plurality of first key icons are different, that is, the plurality of first key icons includes one key icon corresponding to each function. Thus, the same key icon may also be used if the same function corresponds to different applications. In summary, the key icons in the plurality of first key icons are used by different applications, and the same function corresponding to different applications can also use the same key icon, so that unification of the key icons corresponding to different applications is realized. The key icons in the prompt messages corresponding to different applications are unified, so that the prompt messages corresponding to different applications are simplified. The simplified prompt information can play a more visual prompt role for a user to control different applications.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of prompt messages corresponding to a plurality of applications provided by a related scheme;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of a scenario of an operation prompting method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a display device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a software structure diagram of a display device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a method for prompting operation according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a key icon on a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of prompt information corresponding to a plurality of applications provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a display device displaying prompt information according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a second flowchart of an operation prompting method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic flow chart of a display device according to an embodiment of the present application to obtain a second key icon and a fourth key icon;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a prompt message template according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a display device according to an embodiment of the present application.

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.

Currently, a television displays an Application (APP) corresponding to a video and a prompt message corresponding to the APP while playing the video. The prompt information is used for prompting a key (which may be called a control key corresponding to the application) to which the application can respond. The application may be referred to as an interactive application. The prompt information corresponding to different applications is different, for example, the styles of key icons included in the prompt information are different, and the layout styles of the prompt information are also different.

The application may be provided, for example, by a television channel. The background server of each television channel provides data support for the application provided by the television channel, for example, generates prompt information corresponding to the application, and acquires and processes instructions input by a user for the application. The prompt messages generated by the background servers of different television channels tend to be quite different. Therefore, the prompt information displayed by the television when switching different television channels is also various. Thereby causing the user to have an excessively complicated impression of prompt information and causing the user to more easily confuse the control keys corresponding to the respective applications.

Exemplary, fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of prompt information corresponding to a plurality of applications provided by a related solution. And the television responds to the first instruction input by the user and displays the video provided by the first television channel, the interface of the application A and the first prompt message. The interface of the application a may include other multimedia resources provided by the first television channel, such as historical video, hot spot video, and the like. As shown in fig. 1, the prompt message one includes a plurality of control keys (including a left direction key, a right direction key, a down direction key, and a confirm key (may be referred to as OK keys)) corresponding to the application a. The user can control the application a to execute corresponding operations by operating any one control key corresponding to the application a in the remote controller, for example, control the application a to replace the video played by the television with other videos provided by the first television channel.

Then, the television can respond to the second instruction input by the user to display the video provided by the second television channel, the interface of the application B and the prompt information II. As shown in fig. 1, the prompt message two includes a plurality of control keys (including) corresponding to the application B. The television can also respond to the instruction III input by the user to display the video provided by the third television channel, the interface of the application C and the prompt information III. As shown in fig. 1, the prompt message three includes a plurality of control keys (including a left direction key and a right direction key) corresponding to the application C. And the television responds to the fourth instruction input by the user, and displays the video provided by the fourth television channel, the interface of the application D and the prompt information. As shown in fig. 1, the prompt message four includes a plurality of control keys (including an up direction key and a down direction key) corresponding to the application D.

As shown in fig. 1, the layout patterns of four hints (i.e., hint one, hint two, hint three, and hint four) corresponding to the four applications are different. Specifically, the arrangement of the positions of the key icons in the four prompting messages is different, and the four prompting messages also comprise different contents. In addition, the four types of key icons included in the four prompt messages corresponding to the four applications are different.

In view of the foregoing, an embodiment of the present application provides an operation prompting method, when a first application corresponding to a first multimedia resource is displayed in response to a first operation, acquiring a second key icon corresponding to the first application from a plurality of first key icons. Further, the key icons corresponding to the applications may be obtained from the plurality of first key icons for different applications, that is, the key icons in the plurality of first key icons are used by different applications. Second, the functions corresponding to the plurality of first key icons are different, that is, the plurality of first key icons includes one key icon corresponding to each function. Thus, the same key icon may also be used if the same function corresponds to different applications. In summary, the key icons in the plurality of first key icons are used by different applications, and the same function corresponding to different applications can also use the same key icon, so that unification of the key icons corresponding to different applications is realized. The key icons in the prompt messages corresponding to different applications are unified, so that the prompt messages corresponding to different applications are simplified. The simplified prompt information can play a more visual prompt role for a user to control different applications.

The following describes an operation prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present application.

The display device provided in the embodiment of the application may have various implementation forms, for example, may be a display device with a display, such as a television, a smart television, a laser projection device, an electronic whiteboard (electronic bulletin board), an electronic desktop (electronic table), and the like. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific form of the display device herein. In the embodiment of the application, a display device is taken as a television set as an example for schematic description.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an operation scenario between a display device and a control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 2, a user may operate the television 200 through the smart device 300 or the control apparatus 100.

In some embodiments, the control device 100 may be a remote control. The remote controller may control the television 200 in a wireless or wired manner. The user may control the television 200 by inputting user instructions through keys on a remote control, voice input, control panel input, etc.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the television 200 and the control device 100 may use an infrared protocol for communication, or may use other communication protocols for communication. The communication protocol between the television 200 and the control device 100 is not limited in the embodiments of the present application, and the following embodiments exemplify the use of infrared protocol communication between the television 200 and the control device 100.

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

In some embodiments, the television set 200 may not receive instructions using the above-described smart device 300 or the control apparatus 100, but receive control of the user through touch or gesture, or the like.

In some embodiments, the television 200 may further 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 television 200 for obtaining a voice command, or the voice command control of the user may be received through a voice control device configured outside the television 200.

Illustratively, fig. 3 shows a block diagram of a configuration of a control apparatus 100 provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 3, the control device 100 includes a controller 110, a communication interface 120, a user input/output interface 130, a memory, and a power supply. The control device 100 may receive an operation instruction input by a user, and convert the operation instruction into an instruction that the television 200 can recognize and respond to, and may mediate interactions between the user and the television 200.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a television according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 4, the television 200 includes at least one of a modem 210, a communicator 220 (which may also be referred to as a communication module 220), a detector 230, an external device interface 240, a controller 250, a display 260, an audio output interface 270, a memory, a power supply, and a user interface 280.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 includes: a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), a video processor, an audio processor, a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU), a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a Read-Only Memory (ROM), at least one of a first interface to an nth interface for input/output, a communication Bus (Bus), and the like.

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

The display 260 may be a liquid crystal display, an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) display, a projection device, and a projection screen.

The communicator 220 is a component for communicating with external devices according to various communication protocol types. For example: the communicator 220 may comprise at least one of a wireless network communication technology Wi-Fi module, a bluetooth module, a wired ethernet module, or other network communication protocol chip or a near field communication protocol chip, and an infrared module (e.g., an infrared receiver and an infrared transmitter). The television set 200 can establish transmission and reception of control signals and data signals with the control device 100 through the communicator 220.

The user interface 280 is operable to receive control signals for controlling the apparatus 100.

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 (High Definition Multimedia Interface, HDMI), analog or data high definition component input interface (which may be referred to as a component), composite video input interface CVBS, universal serial bus (Universal Serial Bus, USB) input interface (which may be referred to as a USB port), and 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 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 television set 200 and responds to operations or instructions input by a user through various software control programs stored on the memory. The controller 250 controls the overall operation of the television set 200. For example: in response to the first instruction triggering the display 260 to display the first multimedia resource, the controller 250 may control the display 260 to display the first multimedia resource and the first application corresponding to the first multimedia resource.

The user may input instructions on a user interface UI displayed on the display 260, and the user input interface receives the user-input instructions through the user interface UI.

A "user interface UI" 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 the display screen of the television 200, 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.

It will be appreciated that, in general, implementation of the functions of the television 200 requires software in addition to the hardware support described above.

In some embodiments, the system of the television 200 may be divided into four layers, from top to bottom, an application layer (simply "application layer"), an application framework (Application Framework) layer (simply "framework layer"), a system library layer (simply "system runtime layer"), and a kernel layer, respectively.

In some embodiments, at least one application is running in the application layer, which may include an application (e.g., browser application) hosted by the operating system, and may also include an application (e.g., first application) developed by a third party developer. In particular implementations, the application in the application layer is not limited to the above examples.

The application framework layer provides an application programming interface (application programming interface, API) and programming framework for applications. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions. The application framework layer corresponds to a processing center that decides to let the applications in the application layer act. Through the API interface, the application can access the resources in the system and obtain the services of the system in execution.

In some embodiments, the system runtime layer provides support for upper layers (i.e., application framework layers), and when the application framework layer is in use, the android operating system runs the C/C++ libraries contained in the system runtime layer to implement the functions to be implemented by the application framework layer.

In some embodiments, the kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. The kernel layer contains at least one of the following drivers: audio drive, display drive, bluetooth drive, infrared drive, camera drive, wi-Fi drive, USB drive, HDMI drive, sensor drive, power supply drive, and the like.

Taking a communication module in the television 200 as an example, fig. 5 shows a system configuration diagram of a display device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 5, in order to enable the television 200 to display the first application corresponding to the first multimedia resource and the prompt information corresponding to the first application, not only the coordination of the infrared module of the television 200 and the display 260, but also the coordination of the first application included in the application layer, the input system included in the application framework layer, the UI framework and the presentation framework included in the system running layer, and the driver (including the infrared driver and the display driver) included in the kernel layer are required.

The process by which the television 200 displays a reminder will be described in connection with fig. 5. The infrared module in the television set 200 may receive the first operation transmitted by the communication module in the control device 100. The first operation is for triggering display of the first multimedia asset. The infrared module in the television 200 sends the first operation to the infrared driver in the kernel layer, which in turn forwards the first operation to the input system in the application framework layer. The input system generates a corresponding first event in response to the first operation and sends the first event to the browser application and the first application in the application layer. And the browser application responds to the first event, and a UI framework in the running layer of the control system draws and renders the interface of the first application to be displayed to obtain a rendered picture I. And synthesizing the rendered first picture by the display frame in the system running layer to obtain the interface of the first application. The presentation framework sends an interface of the first application to the display driver. The display driver drives the display 260 to display an interface of the first application.

And secondly, the first application responds to the first event and can send key information corresponding to the first application to the browser application. The browser application can determine prompt information to be displayed according to key information corresponding to the first application; and then the UI framework is controlled to draw and render the prompt information to be displayed, so as to obtain a rendered picture II. And synthesizing the rendered picture II by the display frame to obtain prompt information. The presentation framework sends the prompt to a display driver. The display driver display 260 displays the prompt.

The methods in the following embodiments may be implemented in a display device having the above-described hardware structure or software structure.

The following describes in detail the operation prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present application with reference to fig. 6. As shown in fig. 6, continuing to take a display device as an example of a television set for illustration, the operation prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present application may include the following S601-S604.

S601, responding to a first operation input by a user, and displaying a first multimedia resource and a first application corresponding to the first multimedia resource.

The user may send a first operation (e.g., a user's pressing operation of a key in a remote control) to the television set 200 through the control device 100. The first operation is for triggering the television 200 to display a first multimedia asset (e.g., a first video). Then, the television 200 displays the first multimedia resource and the interface of the first application corresponding to the first multimedia resource in response to the first operation.

In some embodiments, the first application may be used to expose at least one second multimedia resource. At least one second multimedia asset is different from the first multimedia asset. Thus, the user can change the multimedia asset displayed on the television 200 by controlling the first application, for example, changing the first multimedia asset displayed on the television to any one of the second multimedia assets.

Illustratively, the first operation may be for triggering the television set 200 to display the first television channel. In this case, the first multimedia asset may be a multimedia asset provided by a first television channel. In response to the first operation, the television 200 displays a first multimedia asset provided by a first television channel and a first application corresponding to the first television channel. The first application may be used to present at least one second multimedia asset provided by the first television channel such that the user replaces the multimedia asset under the first television channel displayed by the television set 200 by controlling the first application.

S602, acquiring a second key icon corresponding to a first application from a plurality of first key icons; the functions corresponding to the preset key icons are different.

When the television 200 displays the first application, the prompt information corresponding to the first application may also be displayed. The prompt information is used for prompting a key capable of controlling the first application (namely, a control key corresponding to the first application). In order to obtain the prompt information, the television 200 first obtains a second key icon corresponding to the first application from the plurality of first key icons. The key indicated by the second key icon corresponding to the first application may be a key for controlling the first application.

Illustratively, the television 200 may include a browser application. The browser application may obtain a second key icon corresponding to the first application from the plurality of first key icons stored in the television 200.

In some embodiments, the television 200 may first obtain key information corresponding to the first application. Then, the television 200 obtains a second key icon corresponding to the first application from the plurality of first key icons according to the key information corresponding to the first application and the key information corresponding to each of the plurality of first key icons. The key information corresponding to the second key icon belongs to the key information corresponding to the first application. The key information (including the key information corresponding to the first application and the key information corresponding to the first key icon) may be a key value (e.g., 0001, 0002) or a key character (e.g., up, down).

It should be noted that, when the first application is executed for the first time, the television 200 may obtain key information corresponding to the first application and store the key information corresponding to the first application. When the television 200 does not run the first application for the first time, the locally stored key information corresponding to the first application is directly used. The first running of the first application by the tv set 200 may refer to the first running of the first application from the first start after the tv set 200 leaves the factory.

Illustratively, the television 200 starts running the first application in response to the first operation, and displays an interface of the first application. After the first application starts to run, the key information corresponding to the first application is sent to the browser application in the television 200. Then, the browser application may determine that the first key icon corresponding to the key information corresponding to the first application in the plurality of first key icons is the second key icon.

The television 200 may employ any digital television standard, for example, digital television national standard (Advanced Television Systems Committee, ATSC) 3.0. The first application may send key information corresponding to the first application to a browser application in the television 200 through any communication protocol (e.g., websocket) based on any protocol (e.g., ATSC3.0 protocol) specified by the digital television standard.

The first application is illustratively application a described above. The control key corresponding to the application a may include a left direction key, a right direction key, a down direction key and an OK key, and the key character corresponding to the application a may include: left indicating a left direction key, right indicating a right direction key, down indicating a down direction key, and enter indicating an OK key. Second, key characters corresponding to the plurality of first key icons may include: left, right, up, down, back and enter. The television 200 may determine a first key icon corresponding to left, right, down and enter, respectively, of the plurality of first key icons as a second key icon corresponding to the application a.

In some embodiments, the plurality of first key icons may be determined based on key icons on the remote control.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating key icons on a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 7, a plurality of key icons on the remote controller represent a left direction key, a right direction key, an up direction key, a down direction key, a back key, and an OK key on the remote controller, respectively. The plurality of first key icons stored by the television 200 may be the same as the plurality of key icons on the remote control.

It can be understood that if the plurality of first key icons are key icons on the remote controller and the second key icon corresponding to the first application belongs to the plurality of first key icons, it can be known that the second key icon corresponding to the first application is also a key icon on the remote controller. Furthermore, when the second key icon corresponding to the first application is displayed to the user, the control key corresponding to the first application can be more intuitively and clearly prompted to the user.

In some embodiments, after the television 200 stores the key information corresponding to the first application, the triggering operation of the user on any key may be received. And under the condition that the key information of any one key belongs to the key information corresponding to the first application, responding to the trigger operation, and sending the trigger operation to the first application.

S603, generating prompt information according to the second key icon.

After the television 200 obtains the second key icon corresponding to the first application, a prompt message including the second key icon may be generated.

In some embodiments, the television 200 may add the second key icon to a corresponding position in a preset alert information template (may be referred to as a UI alert interface) to obtain the alert information.

For example, the preset hint information template may be a pattern of removing a plurality of key icons from the picture shown in fig. 7. The preset prompt message template comprises positions corresponding to a left direction key, a right direction key, an upper direction key, a lower direction key, a return key and an OK key respectively. The television 200 may add a second key icon to the prompt message template at a location corresponding to the key represented by the second key icon.

In some embodiments, the layout pattern of the hint information may be a preset layout pattern, which may be determined based on a key layout pattern on the remote control (e.g., the key layout pattern on the remote control shown in fig. 7).

Illustratively, taking the example that the layout style of the prompt information is the key layout style on the remote controller shown in fig. 7, and the first application is the application a, the second key icon corresponding to the application a includes: a plurality of second key icons respectively representing a left direction key, a right direction key, a down direction key, and an OK key. As shown in fig. 8, the prompt message 80 corresponding to the application a includes: a plurality of second key icons respectively representing a left direction key, a right direction key, a down direction key, and an OK key.

It can be understood that if the layout style of the prompt information is the same as the layout style of the key on the actual remote controller, the user sees the prompt information just like seeing the remote controller, so the prompt information can prompt the user more intuitively and clearly about the control key corresponding to the first application.

S604, displaying prompt information.

The television 200 may display a reminder message on the interface of the first application. Second, the television 200 may also display the reminder information for a preset duration (e.g., 2 seconds or 3 seconds).

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 9, the television 200 displays the interface of the first multimedia resource and the application a, and also displays the prompt message 80 at the upper layer of the interface of the first application. The television 200 may be hidden after 3 seconds of display of the reminder 80.

It is understood that the first multimedia resource may be any one of all multimedia resources included in the television 200, and the first application is an application (may be referred to as any one application) corresponding to any one of all multimedia resources. That is, any one application in the television 200 acquires a key icon corresponding to any one application from the plurality of first key icons. The unification of the key icons corresponding to different applications in the television 200 is realized. Secondly, the layout patterns of the prompt messages corresponding to any one application in the television 200 are all preset layout patterns, so that the unification of the layout patterns of the prompt messages corresponding to different applications in the television 200 is also realized. In summary, the layout patterns of the prompt messages corresponding to different applications are the same, and the key icons used in the prompt messages corresponding to different applications are all key icons in the plurality of first key icons, so that the prompt messages corresponding to different applications can be simplified. The simplified prompt information can play a more visual prompt role for a user to control different applications.

Further, if the layout patterns of the prompt messages corresponding to different applications are all key layout patterns on the remote controller, the key icons used in the prompt messages corresponding to different applications are all key icons on the remote controller. The user can see the prompt information just like the remote controller, so that the prompt information can play a more visual prompt role for the user to control different applications.

In some embodiments, the control key corresponding to the first application may be a part of all keys included in the control device 100. The prompt information may be used to prompt a key that is not capable of controlling the first application, in addition to a key that is capable of controlling the first application. Thus, the television set 200 may also obtain a fourth key icon from the plurality of third key icons. The key represented by the fourth key icon is not capable of controlling the first application (or the first application does not respond). And if the patterns of the third key icons are different from the patterns of the first key icons, the patterns of the fourth key icons are different from the patterns of the second key icons. Therefore, the user can distinguish the keys capable of controlling the first application from the keys incapable of controlling the first application through the prompt information.

Illustratively, in connection with fig. 6, as shown in fig. 10, S602 in an operation prompting method provided in an embodiment of the present application may include S901-S902, S603 may include S903-S904, and S604 may include S905.

And S901, acquiring key information corresponding to the first application.

S902, acquiring a second key icon corresponding to the first application from the plurality of first key icons according to key information corresponding to the first application and key information corresponding to each of the plurality of first key icons; the key information corresponding to the second key icon belongs to the key information corresponding to the first application.

It should be noted that, the specific process of S901-S902 may refer to the detailed description of the descriptions of S901-S902 in S602, which is not repeated herein in the embodiment of the present application.

S903, acquiring a fourth key icon from the plurality of third key icons; the fourth key icons are other key icons except the fifth key icon in the plurality of third key icons; the fifth key icon is a key icon corresponding to the first application in the plurality of third key icons.

The keys represented by the third key icons are the same as the keys represented by the first key icons, i.e., the functions corresponding to the third key icons are the same as the functions corresponding to the first key icons. The patterns of the plurality of third key icons and the patterns of the plurality of first key icons are different. The pattern includes at least one of color, line thickness, and line type (e.g., dotted line and solid line). For example, each of the plurality of first key icons is black or white in color and each of the plurality of third key icons is gray in color.

It should be noted that, the plurality of first key icons is used to represent enabled keys, that is, the keys represented by the application response plurality of first key icons. The first key icon may also be referred to as an ok class key icon. Second, the plurality of third key icons is used to represent inactive keys, i.e., the application does not respond to keys represented by the plurality of third key icons. The third key icon may also be referred to as a ng class key icon.

For example, the television 200 may acquire and store, for a plurality of keys included in the remote controller, a plurality of first key icons corresponding to the plurality of keys, and a plurality of third key icons corresponding to the plurality of keys. The first key icon and the third key icon corresponding to the same key are identical in shape, and the first key icon and the third key icon corresponding to the same key are different in style.

Illustratively, taking the plurality of keys included in the remote controller as an up direction key, a down direction key, a left direction key, a right direction key, a return key, and an OK key as an example, the television set 200 may store a plurality of first key icons and a plurality of third key icons corresponding to the plurality of keys. The plurality of first key icons and the plurality of third key icons corresponding to the plurality of keys are shown in table 1 below.

TABLE 1 Key icon list

The first key icon corresponding to the up direction key, the first key icon corresponding to the down direction key, the first key icon corresponding to the left direction key, the first key icon corresponding to the right direction key, the first key icon corresponding to the return key, and the first key icon corresponding to the OK key may be an up_ok.png picture, a down_ok.png picture, a left_ok.png picture, a right_ok.png picture, a back_ok.png picture, and an enter_ok.png picture, respectively. The third key icon corresponding to the up direction key, the third key icon corresponding to the down direction key, the third key icon corresponding to the left direction key, the third key icon corresponding to the right direction key, the third key icon corresponding to the return key, and the third key icon corresponding to the NG key may be an up_ng.png picture, a down_ng.png picture, a left_ng.png picture, a right_ng.png picture, a back_ng.png picture, and an enter_ng.png picture, respectively. The names of the pictures are named according to the key information of the keys corresponding to the pictures.

In some embodiments, the television 200 obtains the fourth key icon from the plurality of third key icons according to the key information corresponding to the first application and the key information corresponding to each of the plurality of third key icons. The key information corresponding to the fourth key icon is different from the key information corresponding to the first application. For example, the television 200 may determine that the third key icon corresponding to the key information not belonging to the key information corresponding to the first application among the plurality of third key icons is the fourth key icon.

Illustratively, television 200 may employ ATSC3.0. Based on the specifications of the ATSC3.0 protocol, television 200 performs the following steps: after a first application in the television 200 starts to run, sending key information corresponding to the first application to a browser application in the television 200; the browser application in the television 200 stores the key information corresponding to the first application into a first list (e.g., req_keys_list list); and the browser application acquires the second key icon corresponding to the first application from the plurality of first key icons and acquires the fourth key icon from the plurality of third key icons according to the first list. The second key icon and the fourth key icon are stored in a second list (e.g., total_keys_list).

Further, taking the first application as an application a as an example, as shown in fig. 11, a first list of the application a stores key information corresponding to the application a, and specifically includes left, right, down and enter. The television 200 selects a second key icon (including a picture named left_ok.png, a picture named right_ok.png, a picture named down_ok.png, and a picture named enter_ok.png) corresponding to the application a from among the plurality of first key icons according to the first list of the application a, and also selects a fourth key icon (including a picture named up_ng.png and a picture named back_ng.png) from among the plurality of third key icons. The second key icon and the second key icon are saved in a second list.

S904, generating prompt information according to the second key icon and the fourth key icon.

The television 200 may add the second key icon to a position corresponding to the key represented by the second key icon in the preset prompt message template, and further add the fourth key icon to a position corresponding to the key represented by the fourth key icon in the prompt message template, so as to obtain the prompt message.

Illustratively, taking the above-mentioned second list including the picture named left_ok.png, the picture named right_ok.png, the picture named down_ok.png, the picture named enter_ok.png, the picture named up_ng.png, and the picture named back_ng.png as an example, the television 200 may draw and render all the pictures in the second list in a preset hint information template (may be referred to as a UI hint interface) to generate hint information.

Illustratively, android as shown in fig. 5 is employed with television set 200 ^TM For example, the UI framework in the television 200 may draw and render all the pictures in the second list, to obtain a plurality of rendered key icon frames. The display frame in the television 200 can be used for synthesizing a plurality of rendered picture frames to obtain prompt information by establishing a layout ir_keys_layout.

The presentation framework can firstly acquire a UI Canvas (UI Canvas) corresponding to the prompt message template. The UI canvas may be simply referred to as a canvas. The UI canvas to which the hint information template corresponds may be referred to as a hint interface background canvas (BACK_GROUND). As shown in fig. 12, the UI canvas corresponding to the prompt message template includes a canvas of a plurality of keys in the remote controller, and specifically includes: a left hand KEY canvas, a right hand KEY canvas, an up hand KEY canvas, a down hand KEY canvas, a return KEY canvas (control_key), and an OK KEY canvas (ENTER). Then, the presentation framework may add the rendered plurality of key icon frames to corresponding ones of the UI canvases corresponding to the prompt information template.

S905, displaying a second key icon in the prompt information in a first display mode and displaying a fourth key icon in the prompt information in a second display mode; the first display mode and the second display mode are different.

For example, the first display mode may include a dynamic display (e.g., a blinking display) and the second display mode may include a static display.

For example, taking the first application as the application a, as shown in fig. 8, in the prompt message 80 corresponding to the application a, the plurality of second key icons respectively representing the left direction key, the right direction key, the down direction key and the OK key are all black, and the second key icon representing the OK key is white. The fourth key icons (including a plurality of fourth key icons respectively representing the up key and the back key) in the prompt message 80 are all gray.

With continued reference to fig. 8, if the first application is the application B, for example, the television 200 may generate the prompt information 81 corresponding to the application B. In the prompt message 81, a plurality of second key icons respectively representing a left direction key and a right direction key are black, and a plurality of second key icons respectively representing an OK key and a return key are white. In the prompt message 81, the fourth key icons respectively indicating the upper direction key and the lower direction key are gray.

Next, if the first application is the application C, for example, the television 200 may generate the prompt 82 corresponding to the application C. The second key icons of the prompt 82, which respectively represent the left direction key and the right direction key, are black, and the fourth key icons of the prompt 82, which respectively represent the up direction key, the down direction key, the OK key, and the return key, are gray.

Then, if the first application is the application D, the television 200 may generate the prompt 83 corresponding to the application D. In the prompt 83, a plurality of second key icons respectively indicating the upper direction key and the lower direction key are black. The fourth key icons of the prompt 83, which respectively indicate the left direction key, the right direction key, the OK key, and the return key, are all gray.

It can be seen that the layout patterns of the prompt messages of different applications are the same, and the key icons in the prompt messages of different applications are uniform.

The foregoing description of the solution provided in the embodiments of the present application has been mainly presented in terms of a method. To achieve the above functions, it includes corresponding hardware structures and/or software modules that perform the respective functions. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the elements and algorithm steps of the examples described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or combinations of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is implemented as hardware or computer software driven hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

The embodiment of the present application may divide functional modules of a display device (e.g., the television 200) according to the above method example, for example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated modules may be implemented in hardware or in software functional modules. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the modules is schematic, which is merely a logic function division, and other division manners may be implemented in actual implementation.

The embodiment of the application also provides a display device. As shown in fig. 13, the display device 1000 includes: a display 1001, a communicator 1002 and a controller 1003.

Wherein the display 1001 is configured to display a user interface. A communicator 1002 is configured to receive a first operation triggering display of a first multimedia asset.

A controller 1003 configured to: in response to the first operation, the display 1001 is controlled to display a first multimedia resource and a first application corresponding to the first multimedia resource; acquiring a second key icon corresponding to the first application from the plurality of first key icons; the functions corresponding to the preset key icons are different; generating prompt information according to the second key icon; the control display 1001 displays a prompt message.

In one possible implementation, the plurality of first key icons is determined based on key icons on the remote control.

In another possible implementation, the layout style of the prompt message is a preset layout style, and the preset layout style is determined based on the key layout style on the remote controller.

In another possible implementation, the controller 1003 is specifically configured to: acquiring a fourth key icon from the plurality of third key icons; and generating prompt information according to the second key icon and the fourth key icon.

The fourth key icons are other key icons except the fifth key icon in the plurality of third key icons; the fifth key icon is a key icon corresponding to the first application in the plurality of third key icons. The functions corresponding to the third key icons are the same as the functions corresponding to the first key icons. The patterns of the plurality of third key icons are different from the patterns of the plurality of first key icons; the format includes at least one of color, line thickness, and line type.

In another possible implementation, the controller 1003 is specifically configured to: the control display 1001 displays a second key icon in the prompt message in the first display mode and a fourth key icon in the prompt message in the second display mode; the first display mode and the second display mode are different.

In another possible implementation, the controller 1003 is specifically configured to: acquiring key information corresponding to a first application; acquiring a second key icon corresponding to the first application from the plurality of first key icons according to key information corresponding to the first application and key information corresponding to each of the plurality of first key icons; the key information corresponding to the second key icon belongs to the key information corresponding to the first application; acquiring a fourth key icon from the plurality of third key icons according to key information corresponding to the first application and key information corresponding to each of the plurality of third key icons; the key information corresponding to the fourth key icon is different from the key information corresponding to the first application.

Of course, the display device 1000 provided in the embodiments of the present application includes, but is not limited to, the above modules, for example, the display device 1000 may further include a memory. The memory may be used to store executable instructions of the writing display device 1000, and may also be used to store data generated by the display device 1000 during operation, such as key information corresponding to the first application, etc.

The embodiment of the application also provides a display device, which comprises: a processor and a memory; the memory is used for storing computer instructions, and when the display device runs, the processor executes the computer instructions stored in the memory, so that the display device executes the operation prompting method provided by the embodiment of the application.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores computer instructions, and when the computer instructions are executed on the display device, the display device can execute the operation prompting method provided by the embodiment of the application.

For example, the computer readable storage medium may be ROM, RAM, compact disk read-Only (CD-ROM), magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, etc.

The embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product containing computer instructions that, when executed on a display device, enable the display device to perform the operation prompting method provided by the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiment of the application also provides a device (for example, the device may be a chip system) which includes a processor for supporting the display device to implement the operation prompting method provided by the embodiment of the application. In one possible design, the apparatus further includes a memory for storing program instructions and data necessary for the display device. When the device is a chip system, the device can be formed by a chip, and can also comprise the chip and other discrete devices.

From the foregoing description of the embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, only the above-described division of functional modules is illustrated, and in practical application, the above-described functional allocation may be performed by different functional modules, that is, the internal structure of the apparatus (e.g., the first control device, the regional controller) is divided into different functional modules, so as to perform all or part of the functions described above. The specific working processes of the above-described system, apparatus (e.g., first control device, area controller) and unit may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, which are not described herein again.

In several embodiments provided herein, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, apparatuses (e.g., first control device, zone controller) and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the above-described embodiments of the apparatus (e.g., first control device, regional controller) are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the modules or units is merely a logical functional division, and there may be additional divisions in actual implementation, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate units may or may not be physically separate, and units shown as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in software functional units.

The integrated units, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as stand-alone products, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied essentially or in part or all of the technical solution or in part in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: flash memory, removable hard disk, read-only memory, random access memory, magnetic or optical disk, and the like.

The foregoing is merely specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think about changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and the changes and substitutions are intended to be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

1. A display device, the display device comprising:

a display configured to display a user interface;

a communicator configured to receive a first operation triggering display of a first multimedia resource;

a controller configured to:

controlling the display to display the first multimedia resource and a first application corresponding to the first multimedia resource in response to the first operation;

acquiring a second key icon corresponding to the first application from a plurality of first key icons; the functions corresponding to the preset key icons are different;

generating prompt information according to the second key icon;

and controlling the display to display the prompt information.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of first key icons are determined based on key icons on a remote control.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the layout pattern of the hint information is a preset layout pattern that is determined based on a key layout pattern on a remote controller.

4. A display device according to any of claims 1-3, characterized in that the controller is specifically configured to:

acquiring a fourth key icon from the plurality of third key icons; the fourth key icon is other key icons except the fifth key icon in the third key icons; the fifth key icon is a key icon corresponding to the first application in the third key icons; the functions corresponding to the third key icons are the same as the functions corresponding to the first key icons, and the patterns of the third key icons are different from the patterns of the first key icons; the format includes at least one of color, line thickness, and line type;

and generating the prompt information according to the second key icon and the fourth key icon.

5. The display device of claim 4, wherein the controller is specifically configured to:

Controlling the display to display the second key icon in the prompt information in a first display mode, and displaying the fourth key icon in the prompt information in a second display mode; the first display mode and the second display mode are different.

6. The display device of claim 4, wherein the controller is specifically configured to:

acquiring key information corresponding to the first application;

acquiring a second key icon corresponding to the first application from the plurality of first key icons according to the key information corresponding to the first application and the key information corresponding to each of the plurality of first key icons; the key information corresponding to the second key icon belongs to the key information corresponding to the first application;

acquiring a fourth key icon from the plurality of third key icons according to key information corresponding to the first application and key information corresponding to each of the plurality of third key icons; the key information corresponding to the fourth key icon is different from the key information corresponding to the first application.

7. A method of operation prompting, the method comprising:

Responding to a first operation input by a user, and displaying a first multimedia resource and a first application corresponding to the first multimedia resource;

acquiring a second key icon corresponding to the first application from a plurality of first key icons; the functions corresponding to the preset key icons are different;

generating prompt information according to the second key icon;

and displaying the prompt information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of first key icons are determined based on key icons on a remote control.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the layout pattern of the hint information is a preset layout pattern that is determined based on a key layout pattern on a remote control.

10. The method of any one of claims 7-9, wherein generating a prompt from the second key icon comprises:

acquiring a fourth key icon from the plurality of third key icons; the fourth key icon is other key icons except the fifth key icon in the third key icons; the fifth key icon is a key icon corresponding to the first application in the third key icons; the functions corresponding to the third key icons are the same as the functions corresponding to the first key icons, and the patterns of the third key icons are different from the patterns of the first key icons; the format includes at least one of color, line thickness, and line type;

And generating the prompt information according to the second key icon and the fourth key icon.