CN112653906B

CN112653906B - Video hot spot playing method on display equipment and display equipment

Info

Publication number: CN112653906B
Application number: CN202011487067.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙玉秀; 张欣
Original assignee: Vidaa Netherlands International Holdings BV; Vidaa USA Inc
Current assignee: Vidaa Netherlands International Holdings BV; Vidaa USA Inc
Priority date: 2020-12-16
Filing date: 2020-12-16
Publication date: 2023-07-18
Anticipated expiration: 2040-12-16
Also published as: CN112653906A

Abstract

The application provides a video hot spot playing method on display equipment and the display equipment. The controller of the display equipment can obtain the hot content in the video resource and the playing time point thereof from the server side while controlling the display to play the video resource; and the hot content is sequentially displayed at different positions of a progress bar of the video resource according to the playing time points of the hot content; and then, responding to a hotspot selection instruction input by a user, controlling the display to jump from the current display page to the display page corresponding to the target hotspot content selected by the user, and further realizing the playing of the video hotspot. According to the technical scheme, the hot content in the video can be provided for the user to select, the user can directly select the hot content to play, and the video positioning component on the progress bar does not need to be controlled for multiple times to select the video content. The operation process of video playing can be simplified, the operation time can be saved, and the experience of a user is improved.

Description

Video hot spot playing method on display equipment and display equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of display, in particular to a video hot spot playing method on display equipment and the display equipment.

Background

Currently, users can play media assets such as video using a display device. When playing live video, the video playing progress is not displayed generally; however, when video of the video-on-demand type is played, the display device can acquire information such as playing time of the video, and further, on a video playing page, a playing progress prompt synchronous with video playing, namely a progress bar and the like can be displayed, and a progress positioning control is arranged on the progress bar, wherein the real-time position of the progress positioning control is used for indicating the current playing time point of the video.

Under the condition of progress prompt when playing video, a user can slide the progress positioning control to different positions of the progress bar through operating a direction key on the remote controller, so as to watch the content at different time points in the video. However, with this approach, the user can only estimate by himself what point in time the intended target content appears, and then see the target content by continuously adjusting the position of the progress positioning control; if the user cannot estimate the point in time of the target content, then the position of the progress positioning control also needs to be continuously adjusted. The operation process is tedious and time-consuming, and the visual experience of the user using the display device is difficult to ensure.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a video hot spot playing method on display equipment and the display equipment, and aims to solve the problem that a user needs to perform complicated operation to find interesting contents on a video progress bar when the video resource is played by the display equipment at present.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a display device, comprising:

a display;

a controller configured to:

when a display is controlled to play video resources, acquiring hot content in the video resources and a playing time point of the hot content from a server side;

sequentially displaying the hot content on different positions of a progress bar of the video resource according to the playing time points of the hot content;

and responding to a hotspot selection instruction input by a user, and controlling the display to jump from the current display page to the display page corresponding to the target hotspot content.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to:

determining whether the video resource belongs to an on-demand type resource according to the media information of the video resource;

analyzing a resource positioning system URL address of the video resource under the condition that the video resource belongs to the on-demand type resource;

according to the analysis result, controlling a display to play the video resource;

And obtaining the hot content in the video resource and the playing time point thereof from the server side while controlling the display to play the video resource.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to:

controlling the display to display a virtual key area for selecting hot content on a play page of the display;

responding to a hot spot selection instruction input by a user by pressing a direction key of a remote controller, and controlling a virtual key in the virtual key area so as to select corresponding target hot spot content on the progress bar;

and controlling the display to jump from the current display page to the display page corresponding to the target hot content.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to:

responding to a hotspot selection instruction input by a user in a voice mode, and selecting corresponding target hotspot content on the progress bar;

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to:

responding to a hotspot selection instruction input by a user through a virtual remote controller of a mobile terminal, and selecting corresponding target hotspot content on the progress bar;

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to:

the method comprises the steps that when a display is controlled to play video resources, diversity information of the video resources is obtained from a server side;

and controlling a display to display the diversity information on a playing page of the video resource.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to:

before controlling a display to play a video resource, detecting whether the video resource is played or not;

controlling a display to display a continuous playing prompt under the condition that the video resource is played;

and responding to a playing instruction input by a user, controlling a display to continuously play the video resource or controlling the display to replay the video resource.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to:

and under the condition that the video resource does not belong to the on-demand type resource, controlling a display to only display the content of the video resource and not displaying a progress bar.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to:

and under the condition that the hot content in the video resource and the playing time point thereof are not acquired from the server side, controlling a display to display a prompt of the hot content acquisition error.

In a second aspect, the present application further provides a method for playing a video hot spot on a display device, including:

As can be seen from the foregoing, the technical solution of the present application provides a method for playing a video hot spot on a display device and a display device. The controller of the display equipment can obtain the hot content in the video resource and the playing time point thereof from the server side while controlling the display to play the video resource; and the hot content is sequentially displayed at different positions of a progress bar of the video resource according to the playing time points of the hot content; and then, responding to a hotspot selection instruction input by a user, controlling the display to jump from the current display page to the display page corresponding to the target hotspot content selected by the user, and further realizing the playing of the video hotspot. According to the technical scheme, the hot content in the video can be provided for the user to select, the user can directly select the hot content to play, and the video positioning component on the progress bar does not need to be controlled for multiple times to select the video content. The operation process of video playing can be simplified, the operation time can be saved, and the experience of a user is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained from these drawings without inventive effort.

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of a usage scenario of a display device according to some embodiments;

fig. 2 shows a hardware configuration block diagram of the control apparatus 100 according to some embodiments;

fig. 3 illustrates a hardware configuration block diagram of a display device 200 according to some embodiments;

FIG. 4 illustrates a software configuration diagram in a display device 200 according to some embodiments;

FIG. 5 illustrates a control flow diagram of controller 250 in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 6 illustrates a schematic diagram of one display page of display 260 in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 7 illustrates a second control flow diagram of a controller 250 according to some embodiments;

FIG. 8 illustrates a third control flow diagram of controller 250 according to some embodiments;

FIG. 9 illustrates a schematic diagram of a second type of display page of display 260 in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 10 illustrates a fourth control flow diagram of controller 250 according to some embodiments;

FIG. 11 illustrates a fifth control flow diagram of controller 250 according to some embodiments;

FIG. 12 illustrates a sixth control flow diagram for controller 250 according to some embodiments;

FIG. 13 shows a schematic diagram of a third display page of a display 260 in accordance with some embodiments;

fig. 14 illustrates a flowchart of a method of playing a video hot spot on a display device, in accordance with some embodiments.

Detailed Description

For purposes of clarity and implementation of the present application, the following description will make clear and complete descriptions of exemplary implementations of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings in which exemplary implementations of the present application are illustrated, it being apparent that the exemplary implementations described are only some, but not all, of the examples of the present application.

It should be noted that the brief description of the terms in the present application is only for convenience in understanding the embodiments described below, and is not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application. Unless otherwise indicated, these terms should be construed in their ordinary and customary meaning.

The terms "first," second, "" third and the like in the description and in the claims and in the above-described figures are used for distinguishing between similar or similar objects or entities and not necessarily for limiting a particular order or sequence, unless otherwise indicated. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances.

The terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a product or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to all elements explicitly listed, but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such product or apparatus.

The term "module" refers to any known or later developed hardware, software, firmware, artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, or combination of hardware or/and software code that is capable of performing the function associated with that element.

Fig. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of a usage scenario of a display device according to some embodiments. As shown in fig. 1, the display device 200 is also in data communication with a server 400, and a user can operate the display device 200 through the smart device 300 or the control apparatus 100.

In some embodiments, the control apparatus 100 may be a remote controller, and the communication between the remote controller and the display device includes at least one of infrared protocol communication or bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-range communication modes, and the display device 200 is controlled by a wireless or wired mode. The user may control the display apparatus 200 by inputting a user instruction through at least one of a key on a remote controller, a voice input, a control panel input, and the like.

In some embodiments, the smart device 300 may include any one of a mobile terminal, tablet, computer, notebook, AR/VR device, etc.

In some embodiments, the smart device 300 may also be used to control the display device 200. For example, the display device 200 is controlled using an application running on a smart device.

In some embodiments, the smart device 300 and the display device may also be used for communication of data.

In some embodiments, the display device 200 may also perform control in a manner other than the control apparatus 100 and the smart device 300, for example, the voice command control of the user may be directly received through a module configured inside the display device 200 device for acquiring voice commands, or the voice command control of the user may be received through a voice control apparatus configured outside the display device 200 device.

In some embodiments, the display device 200 is also in data communication with a server 400. The display device 200 may be permitted to make communication connections via a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and other networks. The server 400 may provide various contents and interactions to the display device 200. The server 400 may be a cluster, or may be multiple clusters, and may include one or more types of servers.

In some embodiments, software steps performed by one step execution body may migrate on demand to be performed on another step execution body in data communication therewith. For example, software steps executed by the server may migrate to be executed on demand on a display device in data communication therewith, and vice versa.

Fig. 2 shows a hardware configuration block diagram of the control apparatus 100 according to some embodiments. As shown in fig. 2, the control device 100 includes a controller 110, a communication interface 130, a user input/output interface 140, a memory, and a power supply. The control apparatus 100 may receive an input operation instruction of a user and convert the operation instruction into an instruction recognizable and responsive to the display device 200, and function as an interaction between the user and the display device 200.

In some embodiments, the communication interface 130 is configured to communicate with the outside, including at least one of a WIFI chip, a bluetooth module, NFC, or an alternative module.

In some embodiments, the user input/output interface 140 includes at least one of a microphone, a touchpad, a sensor, keys, or an alternative module.

Fig. 3 illustrates a hardware configuration block diagram of a display device 200 according to some embodiments.

In some embodiments, display apparatus 200 includes at least one of a modem 210, a communicator 220, a detector 230, an external device interface 240, a controller 250, a display 260, an audio output interface 270, memory, a power supply, a user interface.

In some embodiments the controller comprises a central processor, a video processor, an audio processor, a graphics processor, RAM, ROM, a first interface for input/output to an nth interface.

In some embodiments, the display 260 includes a display screen component for presenting a picture, and a driving component for driving an image display, for receiving an image signal from the controller output, for displaying video content, image content, and components of a menu manipulation interface, and a user manipulation UI interface, etc.

In some embodiments, the display 260 may be at least one of a liquid crystal display, an OLED display, and a projection display, and may also be a projection device and a projection screen.

In some embodiments, the modem 210 receives broadcast television signals via wired or wireless reception and demodulates audio-video signals, such as EPG data signals, from a plurality of wireless or wired broadcast television signals.

In some embodiments, communicator 220 is a component for communicating with external devices or servers according to various communication protocol types. For example: the communicator may include at least one of a Wifi module, a bluetooth module, a wired ethernet module, or other network communication protocol chip or a near field communication protocol chip, and an infrared receiver. The display apparatus 200 may establish transmission and reception of control signals and data signals with the control device 100 or the server 400 through the communicator 220.

In some embodiments, the detector 230 is used to collect signals of the external environment or interaction with the outside. For example, detector 230 includes a light receiver, a sensor for capturing the intensity of ambient light; alternatively, the detector 230 includes an image collector such as a camera, which may be used to collect external environmental scenes, user attributes, or user interaction gestures, or alternatively, the detector 230 includes a sound collector such as a microphone, or the like, which is used to receive external sounds.

In some embodiments, the external device interface 240 may include, but is not limited to, the following: high Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), analog or data high definition component input interface (component), composite video input interface (CVBS), USB input interface (USB), RGB port, or the like. The input/output interface may be a composite input/output interface formed by a plurality of interfaces.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 and the modem 210 may be located in separate devices, i.e., the modem 210 may also be located in an external device to the main device in which the controller 250 is located, such as an external set-top box or the like.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 controls the operation of the display device and responds to user operations through various software control programs stored on the memory. The controller 250 controls the overall operation of the display apparatus 200. For example: in response to receiving a user command to select a UI object to be displayed on the display 260, the controller 250 may perform an operation related to the object selected by the user command.

In some embodiments, the object may be any one of selectable objects, such as a hyperlink, an icon, or other operable control. The operations related to the selected object are: displaying an operation of connecting to a hyperlink page, a document, an image, or the like, or executing an operation of a program corresponding to the icon.

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

A CPU processor. For executing operating system and application program instructions stored in the memory, and executing various application programs, data and contents according to various interactive instructions received from the outside, so as to finally display and play various audio and video contents. The CPU processor may include a plurality of processors. Such as one main processor and one or more sub-processors.

In some embodiments, a graphics processor is used to generate various graphical objects, such as: at least one of icons, operation menus, and user input instruction display graphics. The graphic processor comprises an arithmetic unit, which is used for receiving various interactive instructions input by a user to operate and displaying various objects according to display attributes; the device also comprises a renderer for rendering various objects obtained based on the arithmetic unit, wherein the rendered objects are used for being displayed on a display.

In some embodiments, the video processor is configured to receive an external video signal, perform at least one of decompression, decoding, scaling, noise reduction, frame rate conversion, resolution conversion, image composition, and the like according to a standard codec protocol of an input signal, and obtain a signal that is displayed or played on the directly displayable device 200.

In some embodiments, the video processor includes at least one of a demultiplexing module, a video decoding module, an image compositing module, a frame rate conversion module, a display formatting module, and the like. The demultiplexing module is used for demultiplexing the input audio and video data stream. And the video decoding module is used for processing the demultiplexed video signal, including decoding, scaling and the like. And an image synthesis module, such as an image synthesizer, for performing superposition mixing processing on the graphic generator and the video image after the scaling processing according to the GUI signal input by the user or generated by the graphic generator, so as to generate an image signal for display. And the frame rate conversion module is used for converting the frame rate of the input video. And the display formatting module is used for converting the received frame rate into a video output signal and changing the video output signal to be in accordance with a display format, such as outputting RGB data signals.

In some embodiments, the audio processor is configured to receive an external audio signal, decompress and decode according to a standard codec protocol of an input signal, and at least one of noise reduction, digital-to-analog conversion, and amplification, to obtain a sound signal that can be played in the speaker.

In some embodiments, a user may input a user command through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on the display 260, and the user input interface receives the user input command through the Graphical User Interface (GUI). Alternatively, the user may input the user command by inputting a specific sound or gesture, and the user input interface recognizes the sound or gesture through the sensor to receive the user input command.

In some embodiments, a "user interface" is a media interface for interaction and exchange of information between an application or operating system and a user that enables conversion between an internal form of information and a form acceptable to the user. A commonly used presentation form of the user interface is a graphical user interface (Graphic User Interface, GUI), which refers to a user interface related to computer operations that is displayed in a graphical manner. It may be an interface element such as an icon, a window, a control, etc. displayed in a display screen of the electronic device, where the control may include at least one of a visual interface element such as an icon, a button, a menu, a tab, a text box, a dialog box, a status bar, a navigation bar, a Widget, etc.

In some embodiments, the user interface 280 is an interface (e.g., physical keys on a display device body, or the like) that may be used to receive control inputs.

In some embodiments, a system of display devices may include a Kernel (Kernel), a command parser (shell), a file system, and an application program. The kernel, shell, and file system together form the basic operating system architecture that allows users to manage files, run programs, and use the system. After power-up, the kernel is started, the kernel space is activated, hardware is abstracted, hardware parameters are initialized, virtual memory, a scheduler, signal and inter-process communication (IPC) are operated and maintained. After the kernel is started, shell and user application programs are loaded again. The application program is compiled into machine code after being started to form a process.

As shown in fig. 4, a system of display devices may include a Kernel (Kernel), a command parser (shell), a file system, and an application program. The kernel, shell, and file system together form the basic operating system architecture that allows users to manage files, run programs, and use the system. After power-up, the kernel is started, the kernel space is activated, hardware is abstracted, hardware parameters are initialized, virtual memory, a scheduler, signal and inter-process communication (IPC) are operated and maintained. After the kernel is started, shell and user application programs are loaded again. The application program is compiled into machine code after being started to form a process.

As shown in fig. 4, the system of the display device is divided into three layers, an application layer, a middleware layer, and a hardware layer, from top to bottom.

The application layer mainly comprises common applications on the television, and an application framework (Application Framework), wherein the common applications are mainly applications developed based on Browser, such as: HTML5 APPs; native applications (Native APPs);

the application framework (Application Framework) is a complete program model with all the basic functions required by standard application software, such as: file access, data exchange …, and the interface for the use of these functions (toolbar, status column, menu, dialog box).

Native applications (Native APPs) may support online or offline, message pushing, or local resource access.

The middleware layer includes middleware such as various television protocols, multimedia protocols, and system components. The middleware can use basic services (functions) provided by the system software to connect various parts of the application system or different applications on the network, so that the purposes of resource sharing and function sharing can be achieved.

The hardware layer mainly comprises a HAL interface, hardware and a driver, wherein the HAL interface is a unified interface for all the television chips to be docked, and specific logic is realized by each chip. The driving mainly comprises: audio drive, display drive, bluetooth drive, camera drive, WIFI drive, USB drive, HDMI drive, sensor drive (e.g., fingerprint sensor, temperature sensor, pressure sensor, etc.), and power supply drive, etc.

Currently, a user may play media assets such as video using the display device 200. When playing live video, the video playing progress is not displayed generally; however, when video of the video-on-demand type is played, the display device 200 may acquire information such as a playing duration of the video, and further may display a playing progress prompt synchronized with video playing, that is, a progress bar, etc., on a video playing page, where a progress positioning control is provided on the progress bar, and a real-time position of the progress positioning control is used to represent a current playing time point of the video.

Based on the above, the embodiments of the present application provide a method for playing a video hot spot on a display device and a display device, which can provide hot spot content in video for a user to select, and the user can directly select to play the hot spot content without having to control a video positioning component on a progress bar for multiple times to select the video content. The operation process of video playing can be simplified, the operation time can be saved, and the experience of a user is improved.

Fig. 5 illustrates a control flow diagram for controller 250 in accordance with some embodiments.

As in the previous embodiments, the display device 200 in the embodiment of the present application has the controller 250. The controller 250 may receive a control instruction from a user for the display device 200, may control some components or modules on the display device 200, and the like, for example, control the display 260 to display an image, and the like.

In order to reduce the operations of frequently adjusting the video positioning component when the user views the video, in this embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 5, the controller 250 of the display device 200 needs to obtain, while playing the video resource, the hot content in the video resource and the playing time point thereof from the server side. The controller 250, when acquiring the video asset, acquires some media information of the video asset at the same time, where the media information includes a media asset ID number of the video asset, a provider of the video asset, a playing time of the video, a title of the video, and the like.

Because the video asset has a unique asset ID number, the controller 250 may also obtain, from the server, the hot content corresponding to the video asset and the time point of playing the hot content according to the asset ID number.

The hot content refers to content of a certain time point or content of a certain period of time in the concerned video resource, which is usually compared by the analyzed user according to some historical playing conditions of the video resource, and the playing time point is the time when the hot content starts to be played in the whole video resource. In the whole video resource, there is often more than one hot content, for example, the playing time point of the hot content 1 is 1 minute 47 seconds, the playing time point of the hot content 2 is 4 minutes 47 seconds, and so on.

Fig. 6 shows a schematic diagram of one display page of display 260 in accordance with some embodiments.

After receiving the hot content sent by the server and the playing time point thereof, the controller 250 sequentially displays the hot content at different positions of the progress bar of the video resource according to the playing time point thereof, as shown in fig. 6, wherein the first hot content is displayed at a position of 01:47 on the progress bar, and the second hot content is displayed at a position of 04:47 on the progress bar. The hot content is typically displayed in text form to prompt the user, such as "this is the first hot point" (first hot content) and "this is the second hot point" (second hot content) in fig. 6, etc.

In addition, in some embodiments, the video-on-demand type video stream may carry the hot content of the video itself, and when the display device 200 plays such video resources, the controller 250 may directly extract the hot content in the video stream and sequentially display the hot content at different positions of the progress bar according to the playing time point thereof. The displayed content can also be shown with reference to fig. 6.

After the hot content is displayed, the user can select any one of the hot content as the target hot content according to the own requirement. The user selecting the target hot content may be considered as having sent a hot selection instruction to the controller 250.

The controller 250 receives and responds to the hot spot selection instruction, and controls the display 260 to jump from the current display page to the display page corresponding to the target hot spot content.

Fig. 7 illustrates a second control flow diagram of controller 250 according to some embodiments.

In general, video resources may be classified as live type resources or on-demand type resources, where live type resources may be regarded as real-time play content, and the play content cannot be previewed or fast-forwarded; the on-demand type resource is not content played in real time, and operations such as fast forward, fast backward and the like can be performed during playing.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7, since the controller 250 cannot operate on the play content when the live asset is played, the controller 250 determines, before playing the video asset, whether the video asset belongs to the on-demand type asset according to the media information of the video asset. In general, the live type resource may be regarded as a resource without media information, and only in the case where media information of the video resource is not acquired, the controller 250 may consider that the video resource is a live type resource, or the video resource does not belong to an on-demand type resource, and at this time, the controller 250 may directly control the display 260 to display specific content of the video resource without displaying a progress bar.

In the case where the video asset belongs to an on-demand type asset, the controller 250 needs to resolve the URL address of the asset location system of the video asset. Typically, the URL contains several parameters, and the controller 250 may obtain each parameter in the URL after parsing the URL. Then, the controller 250 controls the display 260 to play the video resource according to each parameter in the parsing result; and, while controlling the display 260 to play the video asset, acquiring the hot content in the video asset and the playing time point thereof from the server side. As described in the above embodiment, the controller 250 may also obtain, from the server, the hot content corresponding to the video resource and the playing time point thereof according to the asset ID number of the video resource.

To avoid the display of the progress bar or the hot content obscuring the video content viewed by the user, in some embodiments, the controller 250 may actively hide the progress bar and the hot content while the video asset is playing normally. When the user selects to pause playing the video, the controller 250 controls the display 260 to display a progress bar and hot content to the user on the paused page; and when the user has no control operation for a certain period of time or the user selects to continue playing the video, the controller 250 controls the progress bar and the hot spot content on the display 260 to disappear.

Fig. 8 illustrates a third control flow diagram of controller 250 according to some embodiments.

In some embodiments, the video asset obtained by the controller 250 may be previously seen by the user but not seen by the user, at which time the controller 250 may provide the user with a resume function, i.e., resume play from the position where the last play was interrupted. Thus, as shown in fig. 8, the controller 250 needs to detect whether the video asset is played before controlling the display 260 to play the video asset; in the event that the video asset is played, the control display 260 displays a follow-up cue. The replay prompt is used for prompting whether the user needs replay or replay. After the user views the prompt, the user can input a playing instruction according to the own requirement. In response to the play instruction, the controller 250 controls the display 260 to continue playing the video asset from the last interrupted position if the user selects the resume play, and controls the display 260 to resume playing the video asset if the user selects the resume play. Then, while the display 260 plays the video resource, the controller 250 obtains the hot content in the video resource and the playing time point thereof from the server side; sequentially displaying the hot content on different positions of a progress bar of the video resource according to the playing time points of the hot content; finally, in response to the hotspot selection instruction input by the user, the display 260 is controlled to jump from the current display page to the display page corresponding to the target hotspot content.

Similarly, before playing the video asset, the controller 250 may determine whether the video asset belongs to an on-demand type asset according to the media information of the video asset. For specific operation reference is made to the content of the previous embodiments.

Fig. 9 shows a schematic diagram of a second type of display page of display 260 in accordance with some embodiments.

In some embodiments, to facilitate user selection of specific hot content, the display device 200 in embodiments of the present application also provides a virtual keypad for the user to display on the display 260. As shown in fig. 9, a virtual key with an upward direction may be disposed above a progress bar of the video resource, and the user may input a hot spot selection instruction to the controller 250 by pressing an "up direction key" on the remote controller, and the controller 250 may also move a selection focus on the display 260 to the virtual key with an upward direction in response to the hot spot selection instruction, and further control the virtual key area to display virtual keys with a rightward direction and a leftward direction, which simultaneously correspond to the "right direction key" and the "left direction key" on the remote controller, respectively, and the user selects hot spot contents on the display 260. The user may continuously press the right direction key and the left direction key on the remote controller according to his own needs, further input the hot spot selection instruction to the controller 250 again, and the controller 250 responds to the hot spot selection instruction again to control the selection focus to move to the right direction key or the left direction key in the virtual key area, thereby selecting the target hot spot content on the display 260 according to the needs of the user.

For example, after the user invokes the virtual key and presses the "right direction key," the controller 250 selects the first hot content to play on the display 260.

Fig. 10 illustrates a fourth control flow diagram of controller 250 according to some embodiments.

As shown in fig. 10, if the user controls the display device 200 through the remote controller and the playing page as shown in fig. 9 is displayed on the display 260, the controller 250 needs to obtain the hot content in the video resource and the playing time point thereof from the server side while controlling the display 260 to play the video resource, and sequentially display the hot content on different positions of the progress bar of the video resource according to the playing time point thereof. The control display 260 then displays a virtual keypad for selecting hot content on its play page. And then, in response to a hot spot selection instruction input by the user through pressing the direction key of the remote controller, controlling the virtual key in the virtual key area, and further selecting corresponding target hot spot content on the progress bar, wherein the specific operation process can refer to the content of the embodiment of the virtual key operation content in the foregoing fig. 9. Finally, the controller 250 controls the display 260 to jump from the current display page to the display page corresponding to the target hot content.

In addition, if the user does not use the virtual key on the display 260, the user may press the "down direction key" on the remote controller to issue a control command to the controller 250, and the controller 250 returns the virtual key area to the original state, i.e. only the virtual key in the upward direction is displayed above the progress bar.

Fig. 11 illustrates a fifth control flow diagram of controller 250 according to some embodiments.

In some embodiments, a voice module is provided in the display apparatus 200, and a user may directly control the operation of the display apparatus 200 by inputting voice. As shown in fig. 11, the controller 250 obtains the hot content and the playing time point thereof in the video resource from the server side while controlling the display 260 to play the video resource, and sequentially displays the hot content at different positions of the progress bar of the video resource according to the playing time point thereof. And then, responding to a hotspot selection instruction input by a user in a voice mode, and selecting corresponding target hotspot content on the progress bar. As an example, the hotspot selection instruction input in the voice manner may be "play the first hotspot content" or "play the second hotspot content" and so on.

After receiving the voice command, the voice module processes the voice command into a message, the message is transmitted to the controller 250 through the bottom layer interface, and the controller 250 controls the display 260 to jump from the current display page to the display page corresponding to the target hot content according to the message.

In some embodiments, the user may also install a virtual remote control on the mobile terminal and then control the display device 200 using the virtual remote control. The mobile terminal may be, for example, a smart device such as a smart phone or a tablet computer. The virtual remote controller may be provided with a direction key as the physical remote controller or with control keys related to selection of hot content, such as a "hot play key" and a "next hot play key". When the virtual remote controller is also provided with the direction key, the user can refer to the contents of the foregoing embodiments through the process of controlling the display apparatus 200 by the direction key. When the virtual remote controller sets a control key related to selection of the hot content, the user can directly select the corresponding hot content on the display 260 by pressing the corresponding key. For example, a user may press a "hot spot play key" to select a first hot spot content on display 260, and press a "next hot spot play key" to select a second hot spot content on display 260, etc.

Alternatively, if the virtual remote controller has both the direction key and the control key thereon, the user can control the display apparatus 200 in the above two ways.

Fig. 12 illustrates a sixth control flow diagram for controller 250 according to some embodiments.

As shown in fig. 12, if the user controls the display device 200 using the virtual remote controller, the controller 250 acquires the hot content in the video asset and the time point of the play thereof from the server side while controlling the display 260 to play the video asset, and sequentially displays the hot content on different positions of the progress bar of the video asset according to the time point of the play thereof. Then, corresponding target hot spot content can be selected on the progress bar in response to a hot spot selection instruction input by a user through a virtual remote controller of the mobile terminal; the control display 260 jumps from the current display page to the display page corresponding to the target hot content. The hot spot selection instruction may be a control instruction sent by the user by pressing a direction key and/or a control key of the virtual remote controller.

As in the previous embodiments, to avoid the display of the progress bar or the hot content from obscuring the video content viewed by the user, the controller 250 may actively conceal the progress bar and the hot content. In some embodiments, the user may also actively call out the progress bar and the hot content when the video resource is playing normally according to his own needs. The active call-out mode may be that a user inputs a hot spot display instruction by operating a key of a remote controller or a virtual remote controller, etc., and then the controller 250 responds to the hot spot display instruction to display a progress bar and hot spot content when the video resource is normally played; alternatively, the user inputs a voice control instruction for displaying a hot spot, such as "display progress" or "display hot spot", etc., to the display device 200, and the controller 250 displays a progress bar and hot spot content in response to the voice control instruction when the video asset is normally played. Then, if the user does not have further control operations for a certain time, the controller 250 may actively hide the progress bar and the hot content again.

Fig. 13 shows a schematic diagram of a third display page of a display 260 in accordance with some embodiments.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 may also obtain diversity information of the video asset from the server side while controlling the display 260 to play the video asset. Then, the display 260 is controlled to display diversity information on a playing page of the video resource, specifically, as shown in fig. 13, there is an option of diversity selection (Select ep) under the progress bar, after the user selects the option, the user can see all diversity information related to the video resource on the display 260, for example, the video resource is a fourth Episode of the tv show XX, and then the diversity information includes all Episode contents of the tv show XX such as the first Episode, the second Episode … …, and the like.

In some embodiments, if the controller 250 does not acquire the hot content in the video resource and the playing time point thereof from the server side, the control display 260 displays a prompt of the hot content acquisition error, so as to prompt the user that there is no hot recommended content currently, and the prompt content is displayed for a short time, for example, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, and the like, so that the user is not affected to watch the video resource normally.

In addition, in some embodiments, a player (layer) module may be further installed in the display device 200, and the player module is used for playing self-contained media resource video belonging to a manufacturer, such as a video resource, among applications on the display device 200, where the involved applications may include: free, sport, art, store, launcher, search, etc. In this case, the controller 250 may also be in the player module, and when the user plays the video resource through some applications, the player module may be started from the applications, and thus the controller 250 starts to work, and still all the control flows in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented.

As can be seen from the above, in the display device 200 provided in the embodiments of the present application, the controller 250 may obtain the hot content in the video resource and the playing time point thereof from the server side while controlling the display 260 to play the video resource; and the hot content is sequentially displayed at different positions of a progress bar of the video resource according to the playing time points of the hot content; and then, in response to a hotspot selection instruction input by the user, the display 260 is controlled to jump from the current display page to the display page corresponding to the target hotspot content selected by the user, so that the playing of the video hotspot is realized. According to the technical scheme, the hot content in the video can be provided for the user to select, the user can directly select the hot content to play, and the video positioning component on the progress bar does not need to be controlled for multiple times to select the video content. The operation process of video playing can be simplified, the operation time can be saved, and the experience of a user is improved.

Fig. 14 illustrates a flowchart of a method of playing a video hot spot on a display device, in accordance with some embodiments. The method may be applied to the controller 250 described in the foregoing embodiment, and as shown in fig. 14, the method may include the following steps:

In step S101, the display 260 is controlled to play the video resource, and at the same time, the hot content in the video resource and the playing time point thereof are obtained from the server side.

Step S102, the hot content is displayed on different positions of a progress bar of the video resource in sequence according to the playing time point of the hot content.

In step S103, in response to the hotspot selection instruction input by the user, the display 260 is controlled to jump from the current display page to the display page corresponding to the target hotspot content.

Therefore, the method for playing the video hot spot on the display device can provide hot spot content in video for users to select, and the users can directly select the hot spot content to play.

Since the controller 250 cannot operate the play content when the live broadcast type resource is played, the on-demand type resource can perform operations such as fast forward, fast backward, etc. when the on-demand type resource is played. Thus, in some embodiments, the method further comprises: determining whether the video resource belongs to an on-demand type resource according to the media information of the video resource; analyzing a resource positioning system URL address of the video resource under the condition that the video resource belongs to the on-demand type resource; controlling the display 260 to play the video resource according to the parsing result; and, while controlling the display 260 to play the video resource, acquiring the hot content in the video resource and the playing time point thereof from the server side.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: in the case that the video asset does not belong to the on-demand type asset, i.e., belongs to the live type asset, the control display 260 displays only the content of the video asset and does not display the progress bar.

In this embodiment of the present application, as an example, the user may select the hot content on the display 260 to play, for example, by calling up a virtual key area on the display 260 with a remote control, or by inputting a control command with voice, or by selecting with a virtual remote control on the mobile terminal.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: the control display 260 displays a virtual key area for selecting hot content on a play page thereof; responding to a hot spot selection instruction input by a user by pressing a direction key of a remote controller, and controlling a virtual key in the virtual key area so as to select corresponding target hot spot content on the progress bar; and controlling the display 260 to jump from the current display page to the display page corresponding to the target hot content.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: responding to a hotspot selection instruction input by a user in a voice mode, and selecting corresponding target hotspot content on the progress bar; and controlling the display 260 to jump from the current display page to the display page corresponding to the target hot content.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: responding to a hotspot selection instruction input by a user through a virtual remote controller of a mobile terminal, and selecting corresponding target hotspot content on the progress bar; and controlling the display 260 to jump from the current display page to the display page corresponding to the target hot content.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: while controlling the display 260 to play the video resource, acquiring diversity information of the video resource from the server side; the control display 260 displays the diversity information on a play page of the video asset.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: before controlling the display 260 to play the video asset, detecting whether the video asset is played; in the case that the video asset is played, controlling the display 260 to display a continuation cue; in response to a play instruction input by the user, the display 260 is controlled to continuously play the video resource, or the display 260 is controlled to replay the video resource.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and under the condition that the hot content in the video resource and the playing time point thereof are not acquired from the server side, controlling the display 260 to display a prompt of the hot content acquisition error.

Since the method for playing video hot spots on a display device in the embodiment of the present application may be applied to the controller 250 in the foregoing embodiment, the content of the foregoing embodiment may be referred to for other content of the method for playing video hot spots on a display device in the embodiment of the present application, and will not be described herein.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some or all of the technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit of the corresponding technical solutions from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

The foregoing description, for purposes of explanation, has been presented in conjunction with specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the embodiments to the precise forms disclosed above. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles and the practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the embodiments and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

Claims

1. A display device, characterized by comprising:

a display;

a controller configured to:

before controlling a display to play video resources, determining whether the video resources belong to on-demand type resources according to media information of the video resources; the media information comprises at least one of a media asset ID number, a video asset provider name, a video asset playing time and a video asset title;

controlling the display to acquire and play the video resource according to the URL address;

when the display is controlled to play the video resource, acquiring hot content in the video resource and a playing time point thereof from a server side;

the hot content is displayed on different positions of a progress bar of the video resource in turn according to the playing time point of the hot content,

responding to a video switching instruction input by a user, and controlling the display to switch from a current video to a next video;

responding to a control instruction input by a user and used for suspending playing, controlling the display to be in a state of suspending playing, and displaying a suspending state identifier and a first virtual key on a display page;

Responding to a starting instruction input by a user through a first direction key of a remote controller, controlling the display to enter a virtual key control mode, and displaying a second virtual key on the display page; the first direction key is associated with the first virtual key; the second virtual key is associated with a second direction key of the remote controller, and the second virtual key is used for prompting a user to select the hot content according to the second direction key;

responding to a hot spot selection instruction input by a user through a second direction key of the remote controller, not switching to the next video, and controlling the display to jump from a display page of a current video resource to a display page corresponding to target hot spot content of the current video resource;

responding to an exit instruction input by a user through a third-direction key of a remote controller, controlling the display to exit the virtual key control mode, and controlling the display to display the first virtual key on the display page;

and responding to a video switching instruction input by a user, and controlling the display to display a display page of the next video.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

3. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

4. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

5. The display device of any one of claims 1-4, wherein the controller is further configured to:

6. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

7. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

8. A method for playing a video hot spot on a display device, comprising: