WO2015058478A1

WO2015058478A1 - Rapid start ui system and rapid start method for electrical appliance

Info

Publication number: WO2015058478A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/072135
Authority: WO
Inventors: 吴佑伟; 刘波; 罗子扬
Original assignee: 深圳中微电科技有限公司
Priority date: 2013-10-24
Filing date: 2014-02-17
Publication date: 2015-04-30
Also published as: CN103514024B; CN103514024A

Abstract

The present invention is applicable to electrical appliance start technologies and provides a rapid start UI (User Interface) system for an electrical appliance. The electrical appliance has an OS (Operating System) with a rapid start mode and a common start mode; the rapid start UI system comprises a driver, a driving control unit, an MCU (Micro Control Unit), a display touch panel, a random access memory and a flash memory; the driving control unit is connected with the driver and the MCU respectively and controls the driver to work according to a command from the MCU; the MCU is connected with the display touch panel, the random access memory and the flash memory respectively and controls the rapid start mode and the common start mode to start according to a user-input command received by the display touch panel. The rapid start UI system can shorten cold start time.

Description

Quick start UI system of electric appliance and quick start method

Technical field

The invention belongs to the starting technology of an electric appliance, and particularly relates to a quick start UI system and a quick starting method of the electric appliance.

Background technique

Android is an open source mobile operating system based on the Linux platform announced by Google on November 5, 2007. The platform consists of the Linux operating system kernel, dalvik virtual machine, supporting library, application framework and application programs. Due to its good openness and powerful functions, the current Android operating system is widely used in battery-powered embedded devices such as mobile phones, and electrical devices and products that use AC power in digital TVs and other appliances are also used.

Electrical appliances under complex systems can have more functions, and multifunctional intelligent electrical appliances are also pursued by people. However, multi-functional and intelligent devices also bring a problem, and the cold start process of electrical appliances with complex systems. Complex, it takes a long time to configure the basic running information during the startup process, thus causing a long cold start time. For example, the complex operating system Android and Meego systems require a long boot wait time during the cold boot process. Similarly, in an electrical device using the Android system, there is also a problem that it takes a long time to perform a cold boot. If the user reconnects the power and then powers on the appliance with the Android system when the power is turned off, it will take longer to wait. How to start the appliance quickly is an urgent problem to be solved.

technical problem

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a quick start UI system and a quick start method for an electric appliance, aiming at solving the problem that the electric appliance requires a long waiting time during cold start.

Technical solution

The present invention is implemented in such a manner that a quick start UI system of an electric appliance has an OS operating system, and the OS operating system has a quick start mode and a normal start mode, and when the quick start mode is completed, on the electric appliance A preset basic function operation can be performed and an input/output interface of the electric appliance can be normally used; the quick start UI system includes a driver, a drive control unit, an MCU, a display touch panel, a random access memory, and a flash memory; the drive control The unit is respectively connected to the driver and the MCU, and controls the operation of the driver according to an instruction of the MCU; the flash memory stores a data resource of the operating system; and the MCU and the display touch respectively The control panel, the random access memory and the flash memory are connected, and the OS operating system is controlled to start in a quick start mode or a normal startup mode according to the instruction of the user input received by the display touch panel.

Further, the MCU is a multi-thread processor or a multi-core processor, wherein one core or at least one thread is used to process the fast startup mode, and other cores or other threads are used to process the normal startup mode.

Further, the drive control unit is a motor control unit, and the drive is a motor. Further, the quick start UI system further includes a frame buffer, and the frame buffer is connected to the MCU for writing display data of the quick start mode or the normal startup mode at the same time.

Further, the application interface used by the quick start mode is a professional graphics processing library program interface or a cross-platform computer vision library.

The invention also provides a method for starting a quick start UI system of an electric appliance, the electric appliance having an OS operating system, the OS operating system having a quick start mode and a normal start mode, when the quick start mode is completed, on the electric appliance A preset basic function operation can be performed and the input/output interface of the appliance can be used normally; the startup method includes the following steps:

Step 1: When the appliance is started, the OS operating system starts. When the Linux kernel of the MCU is booted to the final stage, the system initialization process is started, and at the same time, the OS operating system branches a thread to start the quick start mode.

Step 2: While the quick start mode is started, the normal startup mode is simultaneously started in the background of the OS operating system.

Further, when the normal startup mode is completed, the normal startup completion signal is sent to the quick start mode, and when the mode switching instruction is received, the quick start mode is switched to the normal startup mode.

Further, the fast start mode and the normal startup mode share a frame buffer device driver at startup, and the fast startup mode and the normal startup mode can be used in the frame buffer device driver when receiving a system idle instruction. Write data separately.

Beneficial effect

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the beneficial effects that: when the OS operating system is initialized, entering the quick start mode at the same time can quickly turn on the electric appliance, and the quick start mode has the basic operation function of the electric appliance, and is started in the OS operating system. After the completion, you can switch to the normal startup mode, you can operate all the functions of the appliance, saving the boot time and bringing convenience to the user's life.

DRAWINGS

1 is a structural block diagram of a quick start UI system of an electric appliance of the present invention;

2 is a display touch panel diagram of a quick start UI system;

3 is a flow chart of a quick start method of an electric appliance;

4 is a flow chart of a program for writing a frame buffer device when the quick start mode is started;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of read/write of the drive control program when the OS operating system is started.

Embodiments of the invention

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

The quick start UI system of the electric appliance of the invention has two start modes, a quick start mode and a normal start mode, and the user can quickly enter the basic function operation of the electric appliance during the booting by the quick start mode, and can also enjoy the OS operating system. New features. After the normal startup mode is started in the background, the interface in the quick start mode can be switched to the interface in the normal startup mode in the display touch panel, and all the functions of the electrical appliance can be operated at this time.

As shown in FIG. 1 , a quick start UI system of an electric appliance, the electric appliance has an OS operating system, and the OS operating system has a quick start mode and a normal start mode, and when the quick start mode is completed, the electric appliance can be The preset basic function operation is performed and the input/output interface of the appliance can be used normally, and some new functions provided by the OS operating system can also be experienced; the quick start UI system includes the driver 13, the drive control unit 12, and the MCU 11 Displaying the touch panel 14, the random access memory 15 and the flash memory 16; the drive control unit 12 is respectively connected to the driver 13 and the MCU 11, and controls the operation of the driver 13 according to the instruction of the MCU 11; The flash memory 16 stores the data resources of the OS operating system 17, and the OS operating system 17 runs on the MCU 11; the MCU 11 is connected to the display touch panel 14, the random access memory 15, and the flash memory 16, respectively. The startup of the quick start mode and the normal startup mode is controlled according to an instruction of the user input received by the display touch panel 14. The normal startup mode is a common startup mode of an electrical device, and can operate all functions of the electrical device; the basic function of the electrical appliance can be operated in the quick start mode and a new functional experience of the OS operating system, the quick start mode The startup speed is much faster than the normal startup mode.

The quick start mode and the normal startup mode are both run under the same OS operating system and the same processor. When the OS operating system 17 starts to start, the quick start mode interface has been displayed, and the ordinary The startup mode continues to run in the background, and the human-machine interface can be operated in the quick start mode, and the input/output device can also be used in the quick start mode. The OS operating system 17 may be an Android operating system, a MeeGo operating system, or the like. Preferably, the driver 13 is a motor, and corresponding to the drive control unit 12 is a motor control unit.

In combination with the above embodiments, the MCU 11 is a multi-threaded processor or a multi-core processor in which one core or at least one thread is used to handle the work of the fast start mode, and other cores or other threads are used to handle the work of the normal boot mode. In a single-core operating system, the fast-start mode is not smooth during startup, because all boot processes are multiplexed by the MCU 11 at the same time. The OS operating system 17 in a single core system can hinder data transfer in the fast start mode upon startup. Choose dual-core processor or multi-core processor or multi-threaded processor and SMP (Symmetric The Multi-Processing (symmetric multiprocessing system) kernel solves this problem well, ensuring that the system reserves enough resources for the fast-start mode to run while it is booting.

In combination with the above embodiments, the quick start UI system further includes a frame buffer, and the frame buffer is connected to the MCU for respectively and simultaneously writing display data of the fast start mode or the normal startup mode. . The fast start mode and the normal boot mode must receive a shared target or total system performance when writing display data to the frame buffer. Once a startup mode is being written, another startup mode needs to wait for the original program. It can be written when the control is completed.

The quick start UI system also includes an input/output interface that can be activated in the fast start mode. The input/output interface is used to drive programs and share the same MCU and share the same operating system. The quick start mode and the normal startup mode share the input/output interface.

The application interface used in the quick start mode can be a professional graphics processing library program interface (OpenGL, Open Graphics Library), cross-platform computer vision library (OpenCV, Open Source Computer Vision Library) or other graphics database.

As shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, the present invention further provides a method for starting a quick start UI system of an electric appliance, the electric appliance having an OS operating system, the OS operating system having a quick start mode and a normal start mode, in the fast When the startup mode is completed, the preset basic function operation can be performed on the appliance and the input/output interface of the appliance can be normally used; the startup method includes the following steps:

Step 1: When the appliance is started, the OS operating system starts. When the Linux kernel of the MCU is booted to the final stage, the system initialization (init) process is started, and at the same time, the OS operating system branches a thread to start the quick start mode, thereby The response startup time of the fast startup mode is guaranteed to be unaffected by the background program operation.

When the quick start mode is started, the frame buffer acquires frame buffer synchronization state data and drives and controls each display data in the quick start system.

The input/output interface and the electrical equipment can perform basic operational control and operation when the quick start mode startup is completed. The input/output interface is an interface between the MCU and the driving device, and the functions of the input/output interface include setting a motor frequency, detecting a motor frequency, detecting a state of the display touch panel, and inputting a button, driving a PWM signal, and controlling A/D, D/A, SPI, I2C signals, etc.

When the normal startup mode is completed, an instruction is sent to the quick start mode, and the quick start mode can be switched to the normal startup mode. The display touch interface is as shown in FIG. 2. When the normal startup mode 22 is completed in the background, the advanced mode 25 is illuminated, and the advanced mode 25 can be switched from the quick start mode 21 to the normal startup mode 22.

The fast start mode and the normal boot mode share a frame buffer device driver at startup, and the fast start mode and the normal boot mode can be separately written into a frame buffer device driver when a system idle instruction is received. data.

The quick start mode and the normal boot mode share an input/output device driver that is allowed to be input from an input/output device driver upon receiving a shared target or system total command Write or read data.

As shown in Figure 2, the front page of the display interface in the quick start mode can be used to operate the motor and the pre-stored program by touching the corresponding function keys. The user can also select more functions through the quick start mechanical menu 23 or the normal start mode sub menu 24. When the appliance is turned on, the startup time of the quick startup mode is much shorter than the startup time of the normal startup mode. After the startup of the quick startup mode is completed, the basic functions of the appliance can be operated without waiting for the startup of the normal startup mode. , saving waiting time and improving user satisfaction. When the startup of the normal startup mode is completed, the button of the advanced mode 25 is illuminated to remind the system that the startup is completed, and the user can freely select the system mode in which the appliance works.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the protection of the present invention. Within the scope.

Claims

A quick start UI system for an electric appliance, the electric appliance having an OS operating system, wherein the OS operating system has a quick start mode and a normal start mode, and when the quick start mode is completed, the electric appliance can be pre-prepared The basic function is operated and the input/output interface of the electric appliance can be normally used; the quick start UI system includes a driver, a drive control unit, an MCU, a display touch panel, a random access memory and a flash memory; the drive control unit respectively The driver and the MCU are connected, and the operation of the driver is controlled according to an instruction of the MCU; the data resource of the OS operating system is stored in the flash memory; and the MCU and the display touch panel are respectively The random access memory is connected to the flash memory, and the OS operating system is controlled to start in a quick start mode or a normal startup mode according to the instruction of the user input received by the display touch panel.
The quick start UI system of an electric appliance according to claim 1, wherein the MCU is a multi-thread processor or a multi-core processor, wherein one core or at least one thread is used to process the fast start mode, and other cores or Other threads are used to handle the normal startup mode.
A quick start UI system for an appliance according to claim 1, wherein said drive control unit is a motor control unit and said drive is a motor.
A quick start UI system for an appliance according to claim 1, wherein said quick start UI system further comprises a frame buffer, said frame buffer being connected to said MCU for not simultaneously writing a quick start Display data for mode or normal startup mode.
The quick start UI system of the appliance according to claim 1, wherein the application interface used by the quick start mode is a professional graphics processing library program interface or a cross-platform computer vision library.
A method for starting a quick start UI system of an electric appliance, the electric appliance having an OS operating system, wherein the OS operating system has a quick start mode and a normal start mode, and when the quick start mode is completed, on the electric appliance A preset basic function operation can be performed and the input/output interface of the appliance can be used normally; the startup method includes the following steps:

Step 1: When the appliance is started, the OS operating system starts. When the Linux kernel of the MCU is booted to the final stage, the system initialization process is started, and at the same time, the OS operating system branches a thread to start the quick start mode.

Step 2: While the quick start mode is started, the normal startup mode is simultaneously started in the background of the OS operating system.
The startup method according to claim 6, wherein the normal startup completion signal is sent to the quick start mode when the normal startup mode is completed, and the fast startup mode is switched to when the mode switching instruction is received. Normal startup mode.
The booting method according to claim 6, wherein the fast boot mode and the normal boot mode share a frame buffer device driver at startup, the fast boot mode and the Normal startup mode can write data to the frame buffer device driver separately.