CN1777253A - Home network device dynamic condition display method - Google Patents
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The invention relates to the displaying method for the dynamic condition of family network devices, especially to the method of displaying the dynamic condition of the family network devices onto family network digital television screen. The characteristic of this displaying method is that the information of family network devices is saved into the memorizer of family network digital television, and the information of the family network devices is accessed by the list of devices, which includes Register Index and Null Index. In addition, the displaying method for the dynamic condition of family network devices includes: initialization phase, which initializes the list of devices; contrast phase, which contrasts the number of family network devices with 0; updating phase, which, according to the contrast result, updates the list of family network devices.
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Technical field
The present invention relates on family's network digital TV, show the home network device dynamic condition display method of the dynamic connection situation of Home Networking Device (home network device).
Background technology
Along with the degree of concern to domestic network system is more and more higher, with PLC, IEEE1394, basic fundamentals such as HomePNA are launched for the home-network protocols Study on standards on basis.And increasing household appliances consumer has the product more concern of home network function.Now, there are a greater variety of home network devices constantly introducing to the market.
From notebook, desktop computer, PDA, IT product such as Tablet PC, from TV, digital household appliances such as internetSTB are to TV, air-conditioning, washing machine, electric light, microwave oven, the white domestic appliances that refrigerator etc. are existing, the scope of home network device constantly enlarges.Now, people to can carry out above-mentioned household appliances unified management central apparatus--the concern of digital household appliances such as home server-Mediacenter-is presenting ever-increasing trend.And, recently,, be during the domestic network system at center is being popularized fast with TV along with coming on stage of digital TV.
The present invention is as the central apparatus that can control household appliances in this family, proposed a kind of in digital TV, the motion that shows the display packing that the picture of multiple household appliances dynamic connection state constitutes.
Fig. 1 is the pie graph of family's internal information/home appliance.
As shown in Figure 1, that so-called home network just is meant is shared, the information between control family internal information/home appliance, and the home appliance in the family is divided into information equipment, AV equipment, ordinary electrical home appliance equipment etc.Because these equipment sporadicly distribute within the family.Therefore, consider spatial information in the family, the situation that demonstrates them efficiently is extremely important for the user.That is, the picture position of these equipment can change according to the time, also can be according to connection status (on, off, the plug-out of equipment ...) and the time change.
But existing TV picture formation and User Interface (user interface) are not the connection status according to each equipment, with dynamically constituting the household appliances group.The TV picture only supports TV self function-picture to set now, sound volume setting, channel setting, On/Off control etc.Because these performances are performances of predefined, so it is merely able to the fixed position on picture, with fixing order performance.
Summary of the invention
In order to address the above problem, the present invention is by the dynamic connection status of change home network device, provide the digital TV picture performance of a kind of ratio more dynamically, home network device display packing efficiently.
The present invention to its objective is to the user provides a kind of HNDTV of making and can carry out home network central role in order to address the above problem, and the dynamic change of home network device connection status in the family is presented at display packing on the picture.
Another object of the present invention is can tackle the display packing efficiently that home network device changes fast for the user provides a kind of.
Further object of the present invention is for the user provides a kind of in fixing row, can efficiently show the method for home network device configuration information.
The present invention is to be the invention of purpose with display packing that household network equipment information in a kind of efficient demonstration HNDTV is provided.
To achieve these goals, the feature of home network device dynamic condition display method of the present invention is: in the information stores of the home network device memory area in family's network digital TV, utilize the information of equipment list visit home network device.The said equipment inventory comprises LOGIN directory (RegIdx) and zero catalogue (NullIdx).
And home network device dynamic condition display method comprises following several stages, and as feature: with the initialized initial phase of equipment list; The comparison phase that the number and 0 of home network device is compared; According to the comparative result in above-mentioned stage, upgrade the update stage of above-mentioned home network device inventory.
And, home network device dynamic condition display method of the present invention also comprises with the next stage, and as feature: in above-mentioned update stage, when the number of family's network equipment greater than 0 the time, with LOGIN directory+1 of the said equipment inventory, with the number-1 of home network device; When the number of family's network equipment is 0, with zero catalogue+1 of the said equipment inventory; When the number of all home network devices is 0, the stage that the demonstration of the home network device dynamic condition of home network Digital Television is upgraded.
Home network device dynamic condition display method of the present invention can be visited the detailed data library information of each equipment of storing in the memory of (access) HNDTV at an easy rate.
Home network device dynamic condition display method of the present invention can show the dynamic change of home network device connection status in the family on picture.
Home network device dynamic condition display method of the present invention can promptly show the variation of home network device.
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Fig. 1 is the pie graph of family's internal information/home appliance;
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of equipment in the picture;
Fig. 3 is the variation along with equipment state, the state variation process chart of HNDTV;
Fig. 4 possesses AC, the schematic diagram of the home network device inventory constructive method of WM.
Embodiment
Embodiment to home network device dynamic condition display method of the present invention is elaborated below with reference to accompanying drawings.
The position of home appliance is by the decision of following several position decision key element.That is, when equipment is connected in the home network, when being in the state that can monitor/control, it has preferential DISPLAY ORDER than connection status not.And, when having the home appliance of a plurality of connections, consider the actual frequency of utilization of product, the home appliance that the home appliance that frequency of utilization is high is lower than frequency of utilization has preferential DISPLAY ORDER.
Connection status
* insert (Plug-in): equipment is in the state that is connected in the home network.
* pull up (Plug-out): equipment is in the state that does not have with home-network linkups.
* not-and registration (no-register): the determining positions factor that in home network, does not have the equipment of registration.
* equipment state (inserting＞pull up)
* equipment frequency of utilization equipment state classification
* insert: open, close
* pull up
The preferential order that shows of equipment that is connected in the performance of considering each distinct device and the characteristic decision home network.Aspect the characteristic of equipment, consider the convenience that the user operates, the many equipment of control and the supervision factor of giving priority in arranging for.
What table 1 showed is the preferential DISPLAY ORDER of home network device of vision T1 and the list of state.
[table 1]
| Equipment | Vision T1 |
| Air-conditioning | On |
| Washing machine | Off |
| Microwave oven | Plug-out |
| The Tian jin cabbage pickled in sweet and sour refrigerator | Plug-out |
| Refrigerator | Plug-out |
As shown in table 1, air-conditioning and washing machine are in the insertion state, and microwave oven, Tian jin cabbage pickled in sweet and sour refrigerator and refrigerator are in the state of pulling up.And for air-conditioning that is in the insertion state and washing machine, air-conditioning is an open mode, and washing machine is a closed condition.And for the microwave oven that is in the state of pulling up, Tian jin cabbage pickled in sweet and sour refrigerator and refrigerator, according to the order of last table, the frequency of utilization of equipment reduces successively.
Therefore, the preferential DISPLAY ORDER of the equipment of table 1 li demonstration is air-conditioning, washing machine, microwave oven, Tian jin cabbage pickled in sweet and sour refrigerator, refrigerator.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram that the interior home appliance of the picture of HNDTV constitutes embodiment.
As shown in Figure 2, the form and aspect of air-conditioning and washing machine are different with the form and aspect of microwave oven, Tian jin cabbage pickled in sweet and sour refrigerator and refrigerator.This is that microwave oven, Tian jin cabbage pickled in sweet and sour refrigerator and refrigerator are in the state of pulling up, so the form and aspect difference that shows on the picture of HNDTV because air-conditioning and washing machine are in the insertion state.
Table 2 shows is to constitute the control project of each home appliance of home network and list that can monitor item.
[table 2]
| Air-conditioning | Control: action/static, desired temperature, the cold air process, air quantity, wind direction, the opening/closing reservation monitors: present temperature, desired temperature, the cold air process, air quantity, wind direction |
| Washing machine | Control: move/suspend/stop (cancellation), washing process, open, reservation monitors: present washing process, carrying out state (suspends, rinsing .. in the washing), remaining time. |
| Microwave oven | Monitor: arrange process now, carry out state (in the sensing, add and pine for ...), remaining time |
| The Tian jin cabbage pickled in sweet and sour freezer | Monitor: keeping/maturation (=edible) process, state (intensity, remaining time) |
| Refrigerator | Monitor: operating condition |
Even the performance of each home appliance of formation home network and characteristic are for the different home appliances that are in equal state, the preferential order that shows of each equipment room has a significant impact.That is, for not only can monitoring, and the equipment that can control is because user's frequency of utilization height has high preferential DISPLAY ORDER.
As shown in table 2, air-conditioning and washing machine not only have function for monitoring, and have control performance.Microwave oven, Tian jin cabbage pickled in sweet and sour refrigerator and refrigerator only have monitor performance.
Therefore, air-conditioning, washing machine with control performance have the preferential DISPLAY ORDER higher than other several home appliances, when the frequency of utilization of air-conditioning is high, air-conditioning has high preferential DISPLAY ORDER than washing machine, and the equipment room priority is according to following order: air-conditioning＞washing machine＞microwave oven 〉=pepper Chinese cabbage refrigerator 〉=refrigerator.
In the present invention, suppose that the number of home network device is limited in the family.This is owing to be subjected to the influence of the resource-constraineds such as memory in the HNDTV.That is, in HNDTV of the present invention, except having the channel information that existing TV has, broadcast message etc., the information of also having appended home network device.The information of the home network device that increases can be in fixed area the certain space memory access.
Fig. 3 is along with the home appliance state variation, the state variation process chart of HNDTV.
As shown in Figure 3, the present invention has defined the row of the regular length that is called as equipment list (Device List) in order to visit the home network information of such storage.Here, the fixing reason of the length of equipment list is owing to suppose that the number of home network device is limited cause within the family.
Below, home appliance state variation handling process is described.As shown in Figure 3, if air-conditioning enters the insertion state from pulling up state, this air-conditioning status change notification is arrived in the equipment state storage area of HNDTV.Change according to this, the zero catalogue (NullIdx) of air-conditioning slave unit inventory moves on to LOGIN directory (RegIdx), and this positional information is presented on the HNDTV picture.
When equipment state changed, equipment list reconstituted.For this reason, each equipment list has can memory device id, the information such as address of the memory of the detailed status information of physical device.
Fig. 4 shows is the schematic diagram of equipment list constructive method with home network of air-conditioning, washing machine.For the ease of understanding Fig. 4, suppose that home network device only is made of air-conditioning and washing machine.What Fig. 4 showed is if these equipment are not registered on home network, does not have the flow chart of registration till the process of constitution equipment inventory from judging.
For the ease of the number of understanding Fig. 4, suppose the air-conditioning of registering on home network is 2, and the number of washing machine is 1.The A-stage of equipment list is that LOGIN directory and zero catalogue all are 0.Because the air-conditioning number of registration is 2, the air-conditioning number is 2.
Because the air-conditioning number is greater than 0, answer is "yes" in the logical operation of air-conditioning number, and therefore, air-conditioning information is delivered in the LOGIN directory of equipment list, and the number of LOGIN directory increases+1, and the air-conditioning number reduces 1, becomes 1.Because the air-conditioning number still greater than 0, repeats said process.Therefore, LOGIN directory increases once more+and 1, the air-conditioning number reduces 1, becomes 0.
Because the air-conditioning number is 0, the answer of above-mentioned logical operation is " no ", then, carries out the logical operation of washing machine number.Because the washing machine number is greater than 0, washing machine information is delivered in the LOGIN directory of equipment list, and therefore, LOGIN directory increases+1, and the washing machine number reduces 1, becomes 0.
The washing machine number becomes 0, and the answer of logical operation is " no ", and 2 air-conditionings of registration and the information of 1 washing machine all are delivered in the LOGIN directory of equipment list, and the picture that upgrades HNDTV shows, finishes the equipment list procedure for displaying.
Above-mentioned display method is by judge whether home network device is registered, the method that shows on family's network digital TV.Therefore, said method is equally applicable to show the insertion (opening/closing) of the home network device of registration, the stage of pulling up.
By above-mentioned description, the related work personnel can carry out various change and modification fully in the scope that does not depart from this invention technological thought.
Therefore, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the content on the specification, must determine its technical scope according to interest field.
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1, a kind of home network device dynamic condition display method utilizes the home network Digital Television to show the current intelligence of an above home network device, it is characterized in that:
In the information stores of the home network device memory area in the above-mentioned home network Digital Television, utilize the information of equipment list visit home network device; The said equipment inventory comprises LOGIN directory (RegIdx) and zero catalogue (NullIdx).
2, home network device dynamic condition display method as claimed in claim 1 comprises:
With the initialized initial phase of equipment list;
The comparison phase that the number and 0 of home network device is compared;
According to the comparative result in above-mentioned stage, upgrade the update stage of above-mentioned home network device inventory.
3, home network device dynamic condition display method as claimed in claim 2 also comprises:
In above-mentioned update stage, when the number of family's network equipment greater than 0 the time, the LOGIN directory of the said equipment inventory is increased+1, with the stage of the number-1 of home network device.
4, home network device dynamic condition display method as claimed in claim 2 also comprises:
In above-mentioned update stage, when the number of family's network equipment is 0, with the stage of zero catalogue+1 of the said equipment inventory.
5, home network device dynamic condition display method as claimed in claim 2 also comprises:
In above-mentioned update stage, when the number of all home network devices is 0, the stage that the demonstration of the home network device dynamic condition of home network Digital Television is upgraded.
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