TWI753358B - Electronic device and control method - Google Patents

Abstract

A control method adapted for an electronic device coupling to a computer system is provided. The method includes identifying whether the electronic device is in a first mode or a second mode; communicating to a driver executed on a host of the computer system or a monitor device of the computer system, so as to obtain a setting configuration of the monitor device; generating a control interface displaying on touch screen of the electronic device according to the setting configuration; in response to a touch control operation applying on the control interface, generating a control request or a information request; controlling a setting of the monitor device corresponding to the control request according to the generated control request; and displaying a current obtained system information according to the generated information request.

Description

Electronic device and control method

The present invention relates to an electronic device, and more particularly, to an electronic device coupled to a computer system and a control method therefor.

With the advancement of the times, computer users will pay more and more attention to various settings of the computer system when using the computer system. In particular, various settings for the display (eg brightness, contrast or update frequency, etc.).

The general traditional practice is that the user controls various functions of the display by pressing a plurality of buttons on the display and manipulating the called On Screen Display (OSD) screen displayed on the screen of the display. set up.

However, the above-mentioned conventional method will cause the user to spend a lot of time in controlling the OSD screen, so that the various settings of the display can reach the desired setting value. In addition, in the conventional method, the OSD screen used to control various settings of the display will also cover the screen displayed on the original display, thereby reducing the user experience of the work originally performed on the computer system. and efficiency.

Based on this, how to improve the defects of the traditional technology, so that the computer system can efficiently control various settings of the display of the computer system without affecting the original screen of the work performed by the user, is a problem developed by those in the art. Target.

The present invention provides an electronic device and a control method therefor, so that the electronic device can efficiently control a plurality of settings of a display of a computer system and cause the electronic device to display system information of the computer system.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device suitable for controlling a coupled computer system. The electronic device includes a touch screen and a processor. The processor is used to identify that the electronic device is in the first mode or the second mode, wherein the processor is further configured to execute on the host of the computer system according to the first mode or the second mode The driver communicates with the computer system or communicates with the display of the computer system to obtain the setting configuration of the display, wherein the setting configuration includes a plurality of settings of the display. The processor is further configured to generate a control interface displayed on the touch screen according to the setting configuration, wherein the processor is further configured to detect whether a touch is applied to the control interface through the touch screen operate. In response to determining that the touch operation is applied to the control interface, the processor is further configured to generate a control request or an information request according to the touch operation, wherein in response to the generated control request, the processor is further used to control the setting of the display corresponding to the control request according to the control request, wherein in response to the generated information request, the processor is further used to display the currently obtained information according to the information request system information.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a control method suitable for an electronic device coupled to a computer system. The method includes: identifying that the electronic device is in a first mode or a second mode; according to the first mode or the second mode, communicating with a driver executed on a host of the computer system or communicating with communicating with the display of the computer system to obtain a setting configuration of the display, wherein the setting configuration includes a plurality of settings of the display; generating a control interface displayed on the touch screen according to the setting configuration ; In response to a touch operation applied to the control interface, a control request or an information request is generated according to the touch operation; In response to the generated control request, a corresponding part of the display is controlled according to the control request setting of the control request; and in response to the generated information request, displaying currently obtained system information according to the information request.

Based on the above, the electronic device and the control method provided by the embodiments of the present invention can display the corresponding control interface on the electronic device according to the configuration settings of the display of the computer system coupled to the electronic device, so as to display the corresponding control interface on the electronic device according to the application The display is controlled by a touch operation on the control interface, and the currently obtained system information can be displayed on the electronic device. In this way, the electronic device can provide a control interface for controlling the display without affecting/interrupting the work currently performed by the user, so as to allow the user to efficiently control the settings of the display and conveniently through the The electronic device obtains the system information corresponding to the computer system.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an electronic device and a coupled computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , in this embodiment, the electronic device 20 is coupled (electrically connected) to the computer system 10 . The computer system 10 includes a host 110 and a display 120 .

In one embodiment, the electronic device 20 is directly connected to the display 120 of the computer system 10 via the connection C1. In another embodiment, the electronic device 20 is directly connected to the host 110 of the computer system 10 via the connection C2. The connection C1 and the connection C2 are, for example, Universal Serial Bus (USB) connections.

The electronic device 20 includes a processor 210 and a touch screen 220 . In one embodiment, the touch screen 220 can also be replaced by other forms of input/output devices. In another embodiment, the electronic device 20 may further include a wireless communication circuit unit 230 , and the electronic device 20 may be connected to the display 120 by a wireless connection through the wireless communication circuit unit 230 . or the host 110 . In this embodiment, the electronic device 20 is, for example, a Mini Display Control (Mini Display Control, MDC) device.

The processor 210 is a hardware (eg, a chip set, a processor, etc.) with computing capabilities, and is used to manage the overall operation of the electronic device 20 . In this embodiment, the processor 210 is, for example, a system on a chip (System on a Chip, SoC). The control method of this embodiment can be implemented by a programmed SoC. In addition, in other embodiments, the processor 210 is, for example, a one-core or multi-core central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), a microprocessor (micro-processor), or other programmable processing units (Programmable processor), Digital Signal Processor (DSP), Programmable Controller, Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC), Programmable Logic Device (PLD) or other similar devices, and the processor 210 can execute the firmware corresponding to the control method provided in this embodiment to implement the control method. In this embodiment, the processor 210 or the electronic device 20 includes a connection interface circuit having a USB interface or a Micro USB interface.

In this embodiment, the electronic device 20 can be connected to the USB interface of the host 110 or the display 120 through a USB cable, so as to transmit commands or requests to the host 110 or the display 120 , and receive relevant information/data from the host 110 or the display 120 . The instruction or request is, for example, an instruction or request conforming to the DDC/CI (Display Data Channel/Command Interface) agreement. The host 110 and the display 120 can perform corresponding setting operations or other operations according to the received commands or requests.

FIG. 2A is a flowchart of a control method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2A , in step S211 , the processor 210 identifies that the electronic device is in the first mode or the second mode. In this embodiment, the processor 210 can determine whether the electronic device 20 is in the first mode or the second mode according to the connection relationship between the electronic device 20 and the computer system 10 . The following description is made with reference to FIG. 2B .

FIG. 2B is a flowchart of step S211 of FIG. 2A according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2B , in step S2111 , the processor 210 determines that the electronic device 20 is directly connected to the display 120 or the host 110 of the computer system 10 .

In response to determining that the electronic device 20 is directly connected to the host 110 of the computer system 10, in step S2113, the processor 210 determines that the electronic device 20 is in the first mode; in response to determining that the electronic device 20 is directly connected to the computer system 10 of the display 120, in step S2112, the processor 210 determines whether the display is controlled through a driver program executed on the host.

In addition, in response to determining that the display is controlled by a driver program executed on the host, in step S2113, the processor 210 determines that the electronic device 20 is in the first mode; in response to determining that the display is not executed by the host The driver program on the device is used to control the display. In step S2114, the processor 210 determines that the electronic device 20 is in the second mode. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the driver is a driver corresponding to the display 120 , and the driver of the display 120 is installed in the host 110 and processed by the processor of the host 110 loaded and executed.

Specifically, when the processor 210 determines that the electronic device 20 is in the first mode, the processor 210 can know that the display needs to be controlled by the driver executed on the host. For example, various settings of the display are adjusted by sending relevant commands to the driver, so that the driver executes the setting operations corresponding to the commands. On the other hand, when the processor 210 determines that the electronic device 20 is in the second mode, the processor 210 can know that it can directly transmit relevant instructions to the display 120, so that the processor or the controller of the display 120 executes the corresponding command. The setting operation of the instruction further adjusts various settings of the display.

Please go back to FIG. 2A, then, in step S212, the processor 210 communicates with the driver running on the host of the computer system or with the display of the computer system according to the first mode or the second mode communicate to obtain the set configuration of the display.

Meanwhile, the processor 210 can also execute step S213 or step S214. More specifically, in step S213, in response to recognizing that the electronic device 20 is in the first mode, the processor 210 continuously obtains the current system information from the driver program executed on the host 110 of the computer system 10; in step S214 , in response to recognizing that the electronic device 20 is in the second mode, the current system information is continuously obtained from the display 120 .

More specifically, in step S213 , the processor 210 of the electronic device 20 sends an information request to the driver running on the host 110 , and the driver inquires the operating system of the computer system 10 for the current system information of the computer system 10 , and returns the obtained system information of the current host 110 to the processor 210 . In addition, in step S214, the processor 210 will send an information request to the display 120, and the display 120 (eg, the processor 1221 of the display 120) will send the already known part of the system information (eg, information related to the display 120). Display information) is directly returned to the processor 210, and other system information not known to the operating system processor 1221 running on the host 110 will be inquired. After obtaining other system information, the processor 1221 can return other system information to the processor 210 . It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the processor 210 may execute the above-mentioned step S213 or S214 through a fixed predetermined cycle. In another embodiment, the processor 210 may also perform step S213 or S214 according to the information request corresponding to the touch operation.

In this embodiment, the system information includes one or more of the following information: host information corresponding to multiple states of multiple devices of the host; display information corresponding to the multiple settings of the display; and Application information corresponding to one or more applications executing on the host.

The multiple states of the multiple devices in the host information are, for example, the fan speed of the host, the temperature of the hard disk, the temperature of the processor 111 of the host 110 , the total usage rate of the main memory, and the total usage rate of the processor 111 . , the temperature of the display card and the rotational speed of the fan of the display card, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, in other embodiments, the host information may also include other states of the above or other devices.

The multiple settings included in the display information are, for example, input interface, volume, brightness, contrast, color temperature, update frequency, resolution, aspect ratio, RGB value, and inverse blue light ratio, but the invention is not limited thereto. For example, in other embodiments, the display information may also include other information related to the setting of the display.

The application program information is, for example, Frame Per Second (FPS), memory occupancy rate, and CPU occupancy rate, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in other embodiments, the application information may also include other information related to the currently running application.

After obtaining the setting configuration, in step S215, the processor 210 generates a control interface displayed on the touch screen of the electronic device according to the setting configuration. Specifically, the processor 210 can learn a plurality of settings corresponding to the display 120 and a plurality of setting value ranges corresponding to the plurality of settings according to the setting configuration, and the processor 210 can generate the corresponding settings. A control interface for the plurality of settings and the plurality of setting value ranges (eg, the area 510 in the main function interface shown in FIG. 5 ), and the control interface is displayed on the touch screen 220 to allow the user to The plurality of settings can be adjusted by touch operations applied to the control interface. In addition, in this embodiment, the generated control interface includes a main function interface, a system information interface, an OSD control interface, and a designated software sub-picture interface. Wherein, the main function interface is used to control the multiple settings corresponding to the setting configuration; the system information interface is used to display the system information; the OSD control interface is used to control the screen of the display to display control function information; The sub-picture interface is used to display the sub-picture of the specified software. The details of the above-mentioned multiple interfaces will be described below with reference to FIG. 5 to FIG. 8 .

Next, in step S216 , the processor 210 detects through the touch screen 220 of the electronic device 20 whether a touch operation is applied to the control interface. In response to detecting that a touch operation is applied to the control interface, in step S217, the processor 210 generates a control request or an information request according to the touch operation. More specifically, the control interface of the processor 210 has different virtual buttons or/and control areas, and the processor 210 can identify the corresponding function according to the target virtual button or/and the target control area triggered by the touch operation, Further, a control request or an information request is generated according to the triggered triggered target virtual button or/and the corresponding function of the target control area.

In response to generating a control request, in step S218, the processor 210 controls the setting of the display corresponding to the control request according to the control request; in response to generating an information request, in step S219, the processor 210 according to the Information request to display the currently obtained system information.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a main function interface of a control interface displayed on an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5 , for example, it is assumed that the main function interface includes a first area 510 , a second area 520 and a third area 530 .

The first area 510 has a plurality of labels 511-515, and each label corresponds to a respective setting adjustment area (eg, the label 511 corresponds to the setting adjustment area 511-1). The setting adjustment area will have a plurality of virtual buttons/objects for adjusting the setting corresponding to the label. When different labels are triggered, the corresponding setting adjustment area will be displayed. For example, it is assumed that the label 511 of "brightness" is used to adjust the brightness setting of the display 120, and the label 511 is triggered, so that the setting adjustment area 511-1 corresponding to the label 511 is displayed. The setting adjustment area 511 - 1 corresponding to the label 511 has virtual objects 516 - 1 and 516 - 2 , virtual buttons 517 and 518 and a setting value display area 519 . The pattern of the virtual button 517 is "-", which is used to decrease the set value; the pattern of the virtual button 518 is "+", which is used to increase the set value; the virtual objects 516-1 and 516-2 are used to smoothly select/adjust the desired value. The set set value; the set value display area 519 is used to display the currently set set value of the corresponding label 511 (“XXX” is used to represent the current set value).

The second area 520 includes a plurality of function virtual buttons 521 ˜ 524 . For example, the function virtual button 521 "system information" is used to switch the main function interface to the system information interface to display system information in the system information area 610; the function virtual button 522 "game mode 1" and the function virtual button 523 "game mode 2" It is used to switch the preset configuration of the monitors corresponding to different games that have been preset before, so that the user can quickly apply multiple preset settings in the preset configuration previously set; the function virtual button 524 is used for The main function interface is switched to the system information interface to display the OSD control area 710 , so that the user can directly control the OSD screen of the display through the OSD control area 710 .

The third area 530 includes a plurality of special virtual buttons 531 ˜ 533 . Each of the plurality of special virtual buttons is used to activate different special functions of the display 120 (eg, HDR mode or anti-tearing mode) or to display a sub-screen of a designated application/software.

For example, in one embodiment, in response to recognizing that the virtual button 518 is triggered, the processor 210 generates and sends a control request for increasing the brightness setting of the display to the display 120 to control the display 120 to increase the brightness. For another example, in another embodiment, it is assumed that the setting value of the current brightness setting is 100. In response to recognizing that the virtual button 518 is triggered, the processor 210 increases the setting value of the brightness setting corresponding to the display by one unit, and generates and sends a control request according to the increased setting value of the brightness setting (eg, 100+1=101). to the display 120 to instruct the display 120 to adjust the brightness setting to the set value (eg, 101) of the increased brightness setting.

6 is a schematic diagram of a system information interface of a control interface displayed on an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 , for example, in one embodiment, in response to the recognition that the function virtual button 522 of the second area 520 is triggered, the processor 210 generates an information request (S217: information request), as shown in FIG. 6 . As shown, according to the information request, the processor 210 switches the main function interface to the system information interface, so as to display the currently obtained system information in the system information area 610 according to the information request (S219). The system information interface includes a system information area 610 , a second area 620 and a third area 530 . It should be noted that after switching to the system information interface, the function virtual button 521 will be changed to a function virtual button 621, and the displayed content will be changed from "system information" to "main function area", so that the user can use The user can return to the main function interface by triggering the function virtual button 621 .

7 is a schematic diagram of an OSD control interface of a control interface displayed on an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5 and FIG. 7 , for example, in one embodiment, in response to the recognition that the function virtual button 524 of the second area 520 is triggered, the processor 210 generates a control request (S217: control request), as shown in FIG. 7 As shown, according to the control request, the processor 210 switches the main function interface to the OSD control interface, and transmits the control request for controlling the OSD screen of the display 120 to the display 120 . After receiving the control request, the display 120 will display the OSD image on the screen of the display 120 . The OSD control interface includes an OSD control area 710 , a second area 720 and a third area 530 . The OSD control area 710 includes a plurality of virtual buttons 711-712 and 731-734. The virtual button 711 is a cross-direction virtual button, which is used to correspondingly trigger the control operation of up, down, left, and right of the OSD screen; the virtual button 712 is a confirmation button, which is used to correspondingly trigger the confirmation operation of the OSD screen; the virtual buttons 731 to 733 are used for corresponding to enter different setting pages of the OSD screen (eg, setting pages corresponding to brightness, contrast, and color temperature); the virtual button 734 is a return button, which is used to correspondingly trigger the return operation of the OSD screen. It should be noted that, after switching to the OSD control interface, the function virtual button 524 will be changed to a function virtual button 721, and the displayed content will be changed from "OSD" to "main function area", so that the user can The main function interface can be returned to by triggering the function virtual button 721 .

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a designated software sub-screen interface of a control interface displayed on an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 8 , please refer to FIG. 5 and FIG. 8 , for example, in one embodiment, in response to the recognition that the virtual button 531 of the third area 530 is triggered and the virtual button 531 is used to instruct the display of the sub-screen of the specified software, the processing The processor 210 generates a control request ( S217 : control request), and as shown in FIG. 8 , according to the control request, the processor 210 switches the main function interface to the designated software sub-screen interface corresponding to the virtual button 531 . It should be noted that the generated control request is used to instruct to display the sub-picture of the specified software. The designated software and the corresponding screen or sub-screen can be preset. The designated software sprite interface includes a designated software sprite area 810 , a second area 520 and a third area 830 .

In this embodiment, the processor 210 transmits the control request to the driver program executed on the host 110 , so that the driver program transmits the image data corresponding to the sub-screen of the specified software to the electronic device 20 . The processor 210 may display the sub-picture of the specified software in the specified software sub-picture area 810 according to the received image data of the sub-picture of the specified software. For example, assuming that the designated software is instant messaging software and the screen displayed on the display 120 is a game screen, by specifying the software sub-screen area 810, the user can watch the real-time video without affecting the game screen displayed on the display 120. The screen of the messaging software. For another example, assuming that the specified software is video software and the screen displayed on the display 120 is a game screen, by specifying the software sub-screen area 810 , the user can watch the video without affecting the game screen displayed on the display 120 The sub-picture of the software (eg, the part of the video picture where the original video software is located). After switching to the designated software sub-screen interface, the virtual button 531 will be changed to a virtual button 831 and a “main function area” will be displayed, so that the user can return to the main function interface by triggering the virtual button 831 .

FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram of an electronic device directly connected to a display according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3A , in this embodiment, the display 120 includes a panel circuit unit 121 , an interface circuit unit 122 and an input/output interface 123 . The electronic device 20 is directly connected to the display 120 via the connection C1. For example, the electronic device 20 is directly connected to the display 120 through a USB cable inserted into a USB interface in the input/output interface 123 of the display 120 . The USB interface can be a USB Type A interface, a USB Type B interface, a USB Type C interface or a Micro USB interface. It is worth mentioning that, in the example of FIG. 3A , the processor 210 determines that the electronic device is directly connected to the display 120 .

The panel circuit unit 121 is used for displaying a picture according to the received image data. The interface circuit unit 122 is used for controlling various settings of the display 120 , controlling the panel circuit unit 121 and outputting image data to the panel circuit unit 121 . The image data can be received from the host 110 via the connection C3 or the connection C4. The connection C3 is, for example, a USB connection (or other forms of connection that can be used to transmit commands to the display 120 ). The connection C4 is, for example, a connection other than a USB connection (eg, an HDMI connection, etc.), and the connection C4 cannot be used to transmit commands to the display 120 .

The input/output interface 123 includes 2 interfaces that are compliant with multiple protocols. The protocols include, but are not limited to, Video Graphics Array (VGA) protocol, High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) protocol, Digital Visual Interface (DVI), USB protocol and other suitable protocols. agreement.

In this embodiment, the interface circuit unit 122 may include a Monitor Scalar (not shown), a processor 1221 and a connection interface circuit unit 1222 . Monitor Scalar can be integrated into the processor 1221 . Monitor Scalar is used to perform operations such as frequency doubling scanning or screen scaling, and can further process the image data received from the host, so that the processed image data output to the panel circuit unit 121 can conform to the set resolution or other settings. The processor 1221 is used to manage the overall operation of the display 120 . The connection interface circuit unit 1222 is used to manage multiple interfaces of the input/output interface 123 and various signals/data transmitted through the multiple interfaces. The processor 1221 can receive data or instructions from the host 110 or the electronic device 20 via the connection interface circuit unit 1222 and the input/output interface 123, and the processor 1221 can also transmit other data or The command is sent to the host 110 or the electronic device 20 .

In this embodiment, the processor 210 communicates with the processor 1221 to determine whether the processor 210 can directly send commands to the processor 1221 or needs to send commands/requests to the driver running on the host 110 to obtain all The settings of the display 120 configure and control various settings of the display 120 .

FIG. 2C is a flowchart of step S218 of FIG. 2A according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2C, step S218 includes steps S2181-S2185. Wherein, in response to the electronic device 20 being in the first mode, the processor 210 executes steps S2181-S2183 to complete the operation of step S218; in response to the electronic device 20 being in the second mode, the processor 210 executes steps S2184-S2185 to complete the step Operation of S218.

More specifically, in response to the electronic device 20 being in the first mode, in step S2181 , the control request is transmitted to the driver executed on the host 110 of the computer system 10 via the processor 210 of the electronic device 20 . program. Next, in step S2182, the driver that has received the control request generates a corresponding control command (also referred to as a first control command) according to the control request and the setting configuration. Next, in step S2183 , the driver transmits the first control command from the host 110 to the display 120 to control the setting of the display 120 .

On the other hand, in response to the electronic device 20 being in the second mode, in step S2184, the processor 210 of the electronic device 20 generates a corresponding second control command according to the setting configuration and the control request. Next, in step S2185 , the processor 210 directly transmits the second control command from the electronic device 20 to the display 120 to control the display 120 . 3B and 3C are used for description below.

FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram of an electronic device directly issuing an instruction to a display according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the example of FIG. 3B , assuming that the processor 210 has determined that the electronic device 20 is in the second mode, the processor 210 can directly send an instruction to the processor 1221 to control the display 120 . Furthermore, the processor 210 also determines that the setting configuration of the display 120 and a plurality of settings for controlling the display 120 can be directly obtained from the display 120 . In this example, the processor 210 can generate a corresponding control command (also referred to as a second control command) according to the setting configuration and the control request, and directly communicate with the connection interface circuit unit 1222 via the input/output interface 123 Send the second control command to the processor 1221 (as shown by arrow A31). The processor 1221 can adjust the settings of the display corresponding to the second control instruction according to the second control instruction, and control the panel circuit unit 121 correspondingly (as shown by arrow A32 ), so as to achieve the effect of controlling the display 120 . In addition, the processor 210 can directly send an information request to the processor 1221 via the input/output interface 123 and the connection interface circuit unit 1222 (as indicated by arrow A31 ), and the processor 1221 can correspondingly send the same or another information request to the host 110 , to obtain part or all of the system information (as shown by arrow A33 ), and then return the system information corresponding to the information request to the processor 210 .

3C is a schematic diagram of an electronic device issuing an instruction to a display via a host according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the example of FIG. 3C , assuming that the processor 210 has determined that the electronic device 20 is in the first mode, the processor 210 needs to control the display 120 through the driver program executed on the host 110 . In addition, the processor 210 also determines that the configuration of the display 120 and a plurality of settings for controlling the display 120 need to be obtained through the driver. In this example, the processor 210 sends a control request to the connection interface circuit unit 1222 (as indicated by arrow A34 ) via the connection C1 and the input/output interface 123 , and communicates with the input/output via the connection interface circuit unit 1222 and the connection C3 The interface 112 sends the control request to the processor 111 (as indicated by arrow A35). After receiving the control request, the driver executed by the processor 111 may generate a first control command according to the control request and the setting configuration. Next, the driver transmits the first control command to the processor 1221 via the input/output interface 112, the connection C3, the input/output interface 123 and the connection interface circuit unit 1222 (such as an arrow). A36), so that the processor 1221 executes the first control instruction to adjust the settings of the display corresponding to the first control instruction, and correspondingly controls the panel circuit unit 121 (as shown by arrow A37), so as to achieve Controls the utility of the display 120 .

It should be noted that the information request can also be sent to the processor 111 via the instruction paths corresponding to the above-mentioned arrows A34 and A35. The processor 111 can send the system information corresponding to the received information request to the processor 210 via the input/output interface 112, the connection C3, the input/output interface 123 and the connection interface circuit unit 1222.

On the other hand, in this embodiment, the electronic device 20 can also be directly connected to the host 110 . The following description is made with reference to FIG. 4A .

4A is a schematic diagram of an electronic device directly connected to a host according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4A , in this embodiment, the electronic device 20 is directly connected to the host 110 via the connection C2 . For example, the electronic device 20 is directly connected to the host 110 through a USB cable inserted into a USB interface in the input/output interface 112 of the host 110 . The USB interface can be a USB Type A interface, a USB Type B interface, a USB Type C interface or a Micro USB interface. It is worth mentioning that, in the example of FIG. 4A , the processor 210 may determine that the electronic device 20 is directly connected to the host 110 .

4B is a schematic diagram of an electronic device issuing an instruction to a display via a host according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4B , it is assumed that the processor 210 has determined that the electronic device 20 is in the first mode. In addition, the processor 210 determines that the display 120 needs to be controlled through the driver program executed on the host 110 , and obtains the configuration of the display 120 and controls various settings of the display 120 . In this example, the processor 210 sends a control request to the processor 111 via the connection C2 and the input/output interface 112 (as indicated by arrow A41). After receiving the control request, the driver executed by the processor 111 may generate a first control command according to the control request and the setting configuration. Next, the driver transmits the first control command to the processor 1221 via the input/output interface 112, the connection C3, the input/output interface 123 and the connection interface circuit unit 1222 (such as an arrow). A42), so that the processor 1221 executes the first control instruction to adjust the settings of the display corresponding to the first control instruction, and correspondingly controls the panel circuit unit 121 (as shown by the arrow A43), so as to achieve Controls the utility of the display 120 .

It should be noted that the information request can also be sent to the processor 111 via the instruction path corresponding to the above-mentioned arrow A41. The processor 111 can send the system information corresponding to the received information request to the processor 210 via the input/output interface 112, the connection C3, the input/output interface 123 and the connection interface circuit unit 1222.

In conclusion, the electronic device and the control method provided by the embodiments of the present invention can display the corresponding control interface on the electronic device according to the configuration settings of the display of the computer system coupled to the electronic device, so as to The display is controlled according to the touch operation applied on the control interface, and the currently obtained system information can be displayed on the electronic device. In this way, the electronic device can provide a control interface for controlling the display without affecting/interrupting the work currently performed by the user, so as to allow the user to efficiently control the settings of the display and conveniently through the The electronic device obtains the system information corresponding to the computer system.

10: Computer System 20: Electronics 110: Host 120: Display 121: Panel circuit unit 122: Interface circuit unit 1221: Processor 1222: Connection interface circuit unit 123, 112: input/output interface 111: Processor C1～C4: Connection 210: Processor 220: touch screen 230: Wireless communication circuit unit S211, S212, S213, S214, S215, S216, S217, S218, S219: flow steps of the control method S2111, S2112, S2113, S2114: flow steps of step S211 S2181, S2182, S2183, S2184, S2185: process steps of step S218 A31～A37, A41～A43: Arrow 510, 520, 530, 610, 620, 710, 720, 810, 830, 519: Area 511-515: Labels/Virtual Objects 516-1, 516-2, 517, 518, 521 to 524, 531 to 533, 621, 721, 711, 712, 731 to 734, 831: virtual buttons/objects

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an electronic device and a coupled computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2A is a flowchart of a control method according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2B is a flowchart of step S211 of FIG. 2A according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2C is a flowchart of step S218 of FIG. 2A according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram of an electronic device directly connected to a display according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram of an electronic device directly issuing an instruction to a display according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3C is a schematic diagram of an electronic device issuing an instruction to a display via a host according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4A is a schematic diagram of an electronic device directly connected to a host according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4B is a schematic diagram of an electronic device issuing an instruction to a display via a host according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a main function interface of a control interface displayed on an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a schematic diagram of a system information interface of a control interface displayed on an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 7 is a schematic diagram of an OSD control interface of a control interface displayed on an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a designated software sub-screen interface of a control interface displayed on an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

S211, S212, S213, S214, S215, S216, S217, S218, S219: flow steps of the control method

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An electronic device suitable for controlling a coupled computer system, comprising: a touch screen; and a processor, wherein the processor is used to identify that the electronic device is in a first mode or a second mode, wherein the The processor determines that the electronic device is in the display by determining that the electronic device is directly connected to the display or the host of the computer system, and by determining whether the display is controlled through a driver executed on the host. a first mode or the second mode, wherein the processor is further configured to communicate or communicate with the driver executing on the host of the computer system according to the first mode or the second mode communicating with the display of the computer system to obtain a setting configuration of the display, wherein the setting configuration includes a plurality of settings of the display, wherein the processor is further configured to be based on the setting configuration generating a control interface displayed on the touch screen, wherein the processor is further configured to detect whether a touch operation is applied to the control interface through the touch screen, wherein the response is to determine that the control interface is applied with a touch operation. the touch operation, the processor is further configured to generate a control request or an information request according to the touch operation, wherein in response to the generated control request, the processor is further configured to control the control request according to the control request The setting of the display corresponding to the control request, wherein in response to the generated information request, the processor is further configured to The information request is to display currently obtained system information in the control interface. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein when the recognizing that the electronic device is in the first mode or the second mode of operation, the processor determines that the electronic device is directly connected to the The display or the host of a computer system, wherein in response to determining that the electronic device is directly connected to the host of the computer system, determining that the electronic device is in the first mode, wherein in response to determining that the electronic device is in the first mode The device is directly connected to the display of the computer system, and the processor determines whether the display is controlled through the driver executed on the host, wherein in response to determining that the display is controlled through the driver executed on the host the driver program to control the display, it is determined that the electronic device is in the first mode, wherein in response to determining that the display is not controlled through the driver program executed on the host, it is determined that the electronic device is in the first mode the second mode. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein before displaying the currently obtained system information in the control interface, in response to recognizing that the electronic device is in the first mode, the processor continuously The current system information is obtained from the driver running on the host of the computer system, wherein the processor continuously obtains the current system information from the display in response to recognizing that the electronic device is in the second mode of the system information. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein in the operation of controlling the display according to the control request to control the setting corresponding to the control request, wherein the electronic device is in a state in response to the control request. In the first mode, the processor transmits the control request to the driver executing on the host of the computer system, wherein the driver is generated according to the control request and the setting configuration a corresponding first control command, wherein the first control command is transmitted from the host to the display to control the setting of the display, wherein in response to the electronic device being in the second mode, the The processor generates a corresponding second control command according to the setting configuration and the control request, and transmits the second control command to the display to control the display. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the control interface comprises: a main function interface for controlling the plurality of settings corresponding to the setting configuration; a system information interface for displaying the system information, wherein the system information includes one or more of the following information: host information corresponding to a plurality of states of a plurality of devices of the host; display information corresponding to the plurality of settings of the display; Application program information of one or more application programs of the host; an On Screen Display (OSD) control interface for controlling the on-screen display control function of the display; and Specify the sub-picture interface of the software to display the sub-picture of the specified software. A control method, suitable for an electronic device coupled to a computer system, the method comprising: recognizing that the electronic device is in a first mode or a second mode, comprising: determining, by a processor of the electronic device, the The electronic device is directly connected to the display or host of the computer system, and determines whether the electronic device is in the first mode or the first mode by judging whether the display is controlled by a driver program executed on the host. Two modes; according to the first mode or the second mode, communicate with the driver running on the host of the computer system or communicate with the display of the computer system to obtain the A setting configuration of a display, wherein the setting configuration includes a plurality of settings of the display; a control interface displayed on the touch screen is generated according to the setting configuration; in response to a touch applied to the control interface operation, generating a control request or information request according to the touch operation; in response to the generated control request, controlling the setting of the display corresponding to the control request according to the control request; and in response to the generated control request In the information request, the currently obtained system information is displayed in the control interface according to the information request. The control method according to claim 6, wherein the step of identifying that the electronic device is in the first mode or the second mode comprises: judging that the electronic device is directly connected to the computer system monitor or the host; in response to determining that the electronic device is directly connected to the host of the computer system, determining that the electronic device is in the first mode; and in response to determining that the electronic device is directly connected to the computer system of the display, determining whether the display is controlled through the driver running on the host, wherein in response to determining that the display is controlled through the driver running on the host, determining that the display is controlled The electronic device is in the first mode; and in response to determining that the display is not controlled via the driver program executed on the host, determining that the electronic device is in the second mode. The control method according to claim 6, wherein before the steps in the control interface before displaying the currently obtained system information, the method further comprises: in response to recognizing that the electronic device is in the first a mode that continuously obtains the current system information from the driver running on the host of the computer system; and continuously obtains from the display in response to recognizing that the electronic device is in a second mode Current said system information. The control method according to claim 6, wherein the step of controlling the setting of the display corresponding to the control request according to the control request comprises: in response to the electronic device being in the first a mode that transmits the control request to the driver executed on the host of the computer system, wherein the driver generates a corresponding first control command according to the control request and the setting configuration, wherein the first control command The setting transmitted from the host to the display to control the display; and in response to the electronic device being in the second mode, generating a corresponding first configuration according to the setting configuration and the control request two control commands, and transmit the second control command to the display to control the display. The control method according to claim 6, wherein the control interface comprises: a main function interface for controlling the plurality of settings corresponding to the setting configuration; a system information interface for displaying the system information, wherein the system information includes one or more of the following information: host information corresponding to a plurality of states of a plurality of devices of the host; display information corresponding to the plurality of settings of the display; Application program information of one or more application programs of the host; an On Screen Display (OSD) control interface for controlling the on-screen display control function of the display; and a designated software sub-screen interface for displaying Subscreen of the specified software.

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