TWI246055B - Multi-interface screen display system of multi-media equipment and display method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a multi-interface screen display system of multi-media equipment and a display method thereof. Firstly, an input receiving module is applied to receive function commands. Then, a functional driving module is applied to drive the corresponding function programs and execute the corresponding functions, and a function computing module is applied to immediately detect the current function driven and compute the total number of functions. Finally, an interface generating module is applied to generate interface frames, wherein the number of interface frames generated equals to the total number of functions, and examine the interface frame corresponding to each function at the same time.

Description

1246055 Case No. 92114732 Amended 5. Description of the invention (1) [Technical field to which the invention belongs] The present invention relates to a screen display system and a display method thereof, and particularly to a multi-interface screen display system for displaying multimedia information. And how to display it. [Prior art]

With the development of science and technology, multimedia technology is gradually maturing, and multimedia devices such as interactive television (I TV) are gradually moving towards people's lives. At the same time multimedia technology is also moving towards a lightweight and portable way. Many portable multimedia devices such as video converter boxes (STB), multimedia players (MMV), personal digital assistants (PDA), and handheld game consoles (GAME) have appeared on the market. Today's portable multimedia devices combine computing, telephone, fax, and network functions. Not only can it be used to manage personal information (such as contacts, plans, etc.), it can also be browsed on the Internet, send and receive Emai 1, play MP3s, browse pictures, videos and other functions. With so many functions +, how to present these functions to users and facilitate their flexible use is an important indicator for measuring multimedia devices. Today's multimedia devices can only perform one function at a time. If the user wants to perform another function, they can only choose to stop the current interface box before entering the next function interface. This method has certain limitations, especially in today's multi-function multimedia devices, there are many functions that can be performed simultaneously. For example, while listening to MP 3, users also want to browse pictures, browse movies, etc. It is said that these functions can be performed at the same time, but today's multimedia equipment cannot meet this requirement. Therefore, how to present the many functions of multimedia devices to users through multiple interfaces, so that the interaction between users and multimedia devices

Page 5 1246055 Case No. 92114732 Rev. V. Description of the invention (2) Mutual flexibility and effectiveness are the important development directions of today's multimedia equipment. [Summary of the Invention] In view of this, the present invention proposes a multi-interface screen display system of a multimedia device and a display method thereof in order to solve the above problems, which can simultaneously perform multiple functions and simultaneously display multiple functional interfaces, thereby enabling multimedia information performance Is more intuitive and also facilitates user interaction with multimedia devices.

Therefore, in order to achieve the above object, the multi-interface screen display system of the multimedia device provided by the present invention includes an input receiving module for receiving a function instruction input by a user; a function driving module which drives a corresponding one according to the function instruction. A function program that executes the corresponding function; a function calculation module that detects the current function driver in real time to record the total number of functions; and an interface generation module that crudely generates the same number of functions as the total number of functions Quantity of interface frames, and simultaneously determine the interface frame corresponding to each function.

In addition, the present invention further proposes a multi-interface screen display method of a multimedia device, which first receives a function instruction input by a user, and then drives a corresponding function program according to the function instruction, executes a corresponding function, and detects a current function driver in real time to calculate The total number of functions. Finally, according to the total number of functions, the same number of interface frames are generated, and the interface frames corresponding to each function are determined. According to the multi-interface screen display system and display method of the multimedia device provided by the present invention, it can perform multiple functions at the same time and display multiple functional interfaces at the same time, and the user can play MP 3 at the same time, browse pictures,

Page 6 1246055 Case No. 92114732 Rev. V. Description of the invention (3) Image and other functions. And in the process of multiple functions running at the same time, the currently active interface frame can be presented to the user with a larger interface ratio, so that the multimedia information performance is more intuitive, and it is convenient for the user to interact with the multimedia device. Enable multimedia devices to apply new functions to interpret the colorful application world. The detailed content and technology of the present invention are described below with reference to the drawings: [Embodiment]

Multimedia is a comprehensive and comprehensive information resource. It often refers to the diversity of information indicating media. Common forms include text, data, graphics, images, moving day, video, sound, and special effects. It can be used to achieve information dissemination. Any media resource. The organization and management of multimedia information, as well as the performance and interaction, are the focus of fierce competition in today's multimedia equipment. The present invention is a multi-interface screen display system and a display method for the multimedia device. First, the system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1, which is a diagram of a multi-interface screen display system of a multimedia device according to the present invention. The module architecture diagram is explained as follows:

(1) Input receiving module 1 10, which is used to receive user-entered function instructions. When the user selects a function instruction with a button or from a function list, these function instructions are transmitted to the input receiving module through the user interface. . The function instructions here are multimedia function instructions, including playing MP3, browsing pictures, playing videos, and browsing the web. (2) A function driving module 120, which drives a corresponding function program according to the function instruction and executes a corresponding function. (3) Function calculation module 130, which detects the current function driver in real time,

Page 7 1246055 Case No. 92114732 Rev. V. Description of Invention (4) Record the total number of current functions, that is, calculate the number of function programs that have been driven. (4) The interface generation module 140 generates a number of interface frames corresponding to the total number of functions according to the total number of current functions, and determines the interface frames corresponding to each function. This module calls an equal number of interface frames according to the number calculated by the function calculation module 130. At the same time, the position of each function in the interface frame is determined, so that when the function looks for files or other actions, it can make the ball accurate. The function program sent to the interface box performs the corresponding function operation.

The multimedia device may be an interactive TV (ITV), a video conversion box (STB), a multimedia player (MMV), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld game console (GAME), and the like. The above system may further include an interface adjustment module, which can adjust the size of the generated interface frame according to the system settings. When the user switches functions, this interface adjustment module first determines the currently active interface frame, then adjusts the currently active interface frame to the maximum size, and presents the currently active interface frame to the user with a larger interface ratio. Next, the process of the present invention will be described by using "Figure 2", which is a flowchart of the operation of the multi-interface screen display system of the multimedia device mentioned in the present invention, as follows:

First receive the function instruction input by the user (step 2 1 0), then drive the corresponding function program according to the function instruction, execute the corresponding function (step 2 2 0), detect the current function driver in real time to calculate the total number of functions (step 2 3 0). Finally, the same number of interface frames are generated according to the total number of functions, and the interface frames corresponding to each function are determined at the same time (step 2 40).

Page 8 1246055 Case No. 92Π4732 Amendment V. Description of the Invention (5) The media devices described in the present invention are interactive television (ITV), video conversion box (STB), multimedia player (MMV), personal digital assistant ( PDA), handheld game console (GAME), etc. In the following, MMV (MultiMedia Viewer) is taken as an example, and the present invention is described in detail in conjunction with "Figure 3", which is a flowchart of an embodiment of a multi-interface screen display system for a multimedia device according to the present invention. In the present invention, the MP3 decoder is installed outside the system, so that the data transmission speed can be prevented from being slow, and the multi-interface function can not only play MP3 and browse images at the same time, but also view images while browsing images. When MMV starts, the main function list (graphical user interface) will be displayed. The function list includes playing MP3, viewing pictures, viewing images, etc. The user can select the function to be driven according to the content of the function list. For example, the user selects a function instruction to play MP 3, the system receives the user's function instruction, and then executes the specified task. The playback function is driven after the user selects a song, etc. . Users can select various additional functions of the MP3 function according to the function list, such as copying files, deleting files, and repeatedly playing tracks. If the user selects the multi-interface function in the function list, the multi-interface function is activated. At this time, MMV can perform multiple functions at the same time according to the user's selection. For example, if the user chooses to browse the picture without interrupting MP 3 playback (step 3 1 0), the system receives the user's selected picture browsing function instruction (step 3 2 0), and then drives the picture browsing function (step 3 3 0) ), The system immediately calculates the number of function drivers at this time (step 3 40). After viewing the function driver of the picture, the system detects that the number of function drivers at this time is 2, and then generates two interface boxes respectively (Step 3 50), at the same time determine the location of the function, an interface box performs playback

Page 9 1246055 Case No. 92114732 Rev. V. Description of the invention (6) MP 3 function, the other is the function of browsing pictures. If the user continues to select the function instruction (step 360), such as viewing an image, then the user starts to receive the function instruction (step 320) and executes it again. The number of function drivers will increase as the user chooses, and more interface frames will be presented to the user on the screen. In the above process, the system defaults the main interface to be the MP3 interface frame initially selected, that is, the MP3 interface frame is currently active. When the user switches functions, the system will judge the currently active interface based on the user switching functions. Frame, and then automatically adjust the size of the interface frame to maximize the size of the interface frame that was previously active to facilitate user navigation.

Although the present invention is disclosed above with the foregoing preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Therefore, anyone skilled in the art can make some modifications and retouches without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention is defined by the scope of the attached patent application as / 隹 〇 1

Page 10 1246055 _ Case No. 92114732_ year month day amendment ___ Brief description of the drawing Figure 1 is a module architecture diagram of a multi-interface screen display system for a multimedia device according to the present invention; Figure 2 is a reference to the present invention The operation flowchart of the multi-interface screen display system of the multimedia device; and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the embodiment of the multi-interface screen display system and the display method of the multimedia device of the present invention. [Illustration of Symbols] 1 1 0 Input receiving module 1 2 0 Function driving module 1 3 0 Function calculation module 1 4 0 Interface generation module Step 2 1 0 Receive user-entered function instructions

Step 2 2 0 Drive the corresponding function program according to the function instruction and execute the corresponding function. Step 2 3 0 Detect the current function driver in real time to calculate the total number of functions. Step 2 40 Generate the same number of interface frames based on the total number of functions. At the same time, determine the interface box corresponding to each function. Step 3 1 0 Display the function list. Step 3 2 0 Receive a function instruction from the user. Step 3 3 0 Drive the corresponding function. Step 3 4 0 Calculate the number of function drivers at this time. Step 3 5 0 Generate the corresponding function. Number of interface boxes

Step 3 6 0 Continue selecting features

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Claims (1)

1246055 Case No. 92114732 Amended on June 6, Patent Application Scope 1, a multi-interface screen display system for multimedia equipment, including: an input receiving module for receiving user-inputted functional instructions; a function driving module, which The corresponding function program is driven according to the function instruction to execute the corresponding function; a function calculation module, which detects the current function driver in time to record the total number of functions, and an interface generation module, which generates There are the same number of interface frames as the total number of functions, and the interface frames corresponding to each function are determined at the same time. 2. The multi-interface screen display system for multimedia equipment as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the multimedia equipment is: · interactive television (ITV), video conversion box (STB), multimedia player (MMV), personal digital Any of Assistant (PDA), Handheld Game Machine (GA M E). 3. The multi-interface screen display system for a multimedia device as described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the function instruction is a multimedia function instruction, which is any one of playing MP3, browsing pictures, and viewing images. 4. The multi-interface screen display system for multimedia equipment described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, which further includes an interface adjustment module for adjusting the size of the generated interface frame. 5. Multi-interface display of multimedia equipment as described in item 4 of the scope of patent application The screen display system, wherein the adjustment module adjusts the currently active interface frame to the maximum size. ’6. A multi-interface screen display method for a multimedia device, including the following steps: Page 12 1246055 Case No. 92114732 _Year Month Revision_ VI. The scope of patent application receives the function instruction input by the user; according to the function instruction, the corresponding function program is driven and the corresponding function is executed; the current function driver is detected in real time to calculate The total number of functions; and based on the total number of functions, the same number of interface frames are generated, and the interface frames corresponding to each function are determined. 7. The multi-screen display method for multimedia devices as described in item 6 of the scope of the patent application, where the multimedia devices are: interactive television (ITV), video conversion box (STB), multimedia player (MMV), personal Any of a digital assistant (PDA) and a handheld game console (GA M E). 8. The multi-interface screen display method of a multimedia device as described in item 6 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the function instruction is a multimedia function instruction, which is any one of playing MP3, viewing pictures, and viewing images. 9. The multi-screen display method of a multimedia device as described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, which further includes the step of adjusting the size of the generated interface frame, including: detecting the current active interface frame; and adjusting the interface frame size to make the current active The interface frame size is adjusted to the maximum. Page 13