CN115348475B

CN115348475B - Display equipment and channel display method

Info

Publication number: CN115348475B
Application number: CN202210971646.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郝云英; 鲁亚凯
Original assignee: Vidaa Netherlands International Holdings BV
Current assignee: Vidaa Netherlands International Holdings BV
Priority date: 2022-08-12
Filing date: 2022-08-12
Publication date: 2023-11-24
Anticipated expiration: 2042-08-12
Also published as: CN115348475A

Abstract

Some embodiments of the application show a display device and a channel display method, the method includes responding to a user input instruction for switching channels, if the channel is detected to be a network channel, acquiring a website corresponding to the network channel; if the channel is detected to be a locked channel, switching a website corresponding to the network channel into a preset website, wherein the preset website corresponds to the preset page; loading the preset website and controlling the display to display the preset webpage. According to some embodiments of the application, a mode of loading a preset website to replace a website corresponding to an original network channel is adopted to provide control for playing of the network channel for a user so as to filter out network programs which do not accord with the age group of the user.

Description

Display equipment and channel display method

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of display devices, and in particular, to a display device and a channel display method.

Background

The television plays the network media asset mainly by using an application or a virtual channel, and the network media asset can be opened and watched through a third party application. For more convenient users to watch network channels, the television fuses the network channels into a channel list of the television for direct watching.

Parental lock control, i.e., parental control, is the ability of a parent to prevent a child from viewing channels unsuitable for his or her television during use or opening applications unsuitable for his or her use by locking some applications or channels. The traditional channel playing is realized by encoding and decoding the television code stream, and after the television channel is locked, the encoding and decoding module can directly control the playing logic of the channel. The playing control of the network channel is not controlled by the encoding and decoding module, the locking control of the network channel can not be realized, and the user experience is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

Some embodiments of the present application provide a display device and a channel display method, which provide a user with control over the playing of a network channel, so as to filter out network programs that do not conform to the age group of the user.

In a first aspect, some embodiments of the present application provide a display apparatus, including:

a display configured to: displaying a preset webpage;

a controller configured to:

responding to an instruction of channel switching input by a user, and acquiring a website corresponding to a channel if the channel type of the channel is detected to be a network channel;

if the locking state of the channel is a locking state, switching the website corresponding to the channel into a preset website, wherein the preset website corresponds to the preset webpage;

Loading the preset website and controlling the display to display the preset webpage.

In some embodiments, the controller is configured to:

controlling the display to display an unlocking interface, wherein the unlocking interface is arranged on the upper layer of the preset webpage;

responding to an instruction of inputting and confirming a password by a user, and checking the password;

after the password is checked successfully, switching the preset website to the website corresponding to the network channel;

and loading the website corresponding to the network channel, and controlling the display to display the content corresponding to the website.

In some embodiments, the controller is configured to:

if the channel type of the channel is a television channel, acquiring audio and video data corresponding to the channel;

and if the locking state of the channel is a locking state, sending a locking message to a coding and decoding module so that the coding and decoding module stops decoding the audio and video data.

In some embodiments, the controller is configured to:

controlling the display to display an unlocking interface;

and after the verification password is successful, sending a verification password success message to the encoding and decoding module so that the encoding and decoding module decodes the audio and video data.

In some embodiments, the unlocking interface includes a password memory control, the controller configured to:

and responding to the confirmation operation of the user on the password memory control, and sending the password memory message to a locking module so as to enable the locking module to release the locking state of the locking object, wherein the locking module comprises a television channel module, a signal source module, an application program module and a network channel module.

In a second aspect, some embodiments of the present application provide a channel display method, including:

responding to a command of a user for switching channels, and acquiring websites corresponding to the channels if the channel types of the channels are network channels;

if the locking state of the channel is a locking state, switching the website corresponding to the channel into a preset website, wherein the preset website corresponds to a stored preset webpage;

In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

controlling the display to display an unlocking interface;

In some embodiments, the unlocking interface includes a password memory control, the method further comprising:

Some embodiments of the present application provide a display device and a channel display method, in which a parent may lock a network channel, after the network channel is locked, a user switches to a locked network channel, and then switches an acquired website corresponding to the network channel to a preset website, and the display device loads not the website corresponding to the network channel but the preset website, and displays a preset webpage corresponding to the preset website, so as to achieve the purpose of locking the network channel. Some embodiments of the present application provide users with control over the playback of network channels to filter out network programs that do not fit their age groups.

Drawings

FIG. 1 illustrates an operational scenario between a display device and a control apparatus according to some embodiments;

fig. 2 shows a hardware configuration block diagram of the control device 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 schematic diagram of a system user interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 6 illustrates a schematic diagram of a user interface for entering a password provided in accordance with some embodiments;

Fig. 7 illustrates a schematic diagram of a parental control interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 8 illustrates a schematic diagram of a create password user interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 9 illustrates a schematic diagram of a confirmation password user interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

fig. 10 illustrates a schematic diagram of a parental control interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

fig. 11 illustrates a schematic diagram of a channel lock selection interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

fig. 12 illustrates a schematic diagram of a channel lock selection interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

fig. 13 illustrates a schematic diagram of a channel lock selection interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 14 illustrates a schematic diagram of a channel lock selection interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 15 illustrates a schematic diagram of a signal source user interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

fig. 16 illustrates a schematic diagram of a display television channel user interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 17 illustrates a schematic diagram of an unsearched user interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 18 illustrates a schematic diagram of a signal source user interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 19 illustrates a schematic diagram of a presentation network channel user interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 20 illustrates a schematic diagram of a signal source user interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 21 illustrates a schematic diagram of a user interface showing television channels and web channels provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 22 illustrates a flow of a channel display method provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 23 illustrates a schematic diagram of an unlock interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 24 illustrates a schematic diagram of a presentation network channel user interface provided in accordance with some embodiments;

fig. 25 illustrates a timing diagram for switching network locked channels or locked network channels provided in accordance with some embodiments;

fig. 26 illustrates a timing diagram for switching television channels or locking television channels provided in accordance with some embodiments.

Detailed Description

For the purposes of making the objects and embodiments of the present application more apparent, an exemplary embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which exemplary embodiments of the present application are illustrated, it being apparent that the exemplary embodiments described are only some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application.

It should be noted that the brief description of the terminology in the present application is for the purpose of facilitating understanding of the embodiments described below only 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 describing a particular sequential or chronological order, unless otherwise indicated. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances.

The terms "comprises," "comprising," 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 display device provided by the embodiment of the application can have various implementation forms, for example, a television, an intelligent television, a laser projection device, a display (monitor), an electronic whiteboard (electronic bulletin board), an electronic desktop (electronic table) and the like. Fig. 1 and 2 are specific embodiments of a display device of the present application.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an operation scenario between a display device and a control apparatus according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, a user may 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 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 device 200 by inputting user instructions through keys on a remote control, voice input, control panel input, etc.

In some embodiments, a smart device 300 (e.g., mobile terminal, tablet, computer, notebook, etc.) 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 display device may receive instructions not using the smart device or control device described above, but rather receive control of the user by touch or gesture, or the like.

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 device 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.

Fig. 2 exemplarily shows a block diagram of a configuration of the control apparatus 100 in accordance with an exemplary embodiment. 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.

As shown in fig. 3, the 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, a memory, a power supply, and a user interface.

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

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

The display 260 may be a liquid crystal display, an OLED display, a projection device, or a projection screen.

The display 260 further includes a touch screen, and the touch screen is used for receiving an action input control instruction such as sliding or clicking of a finger of a user on the touch screen.

The 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 device 200 may establish transmission and reception of control signals and data signals with the external control device 100 or the server 400 through the communicator 220.

A user interface, which may be used to receive control signals from the control device 100 (e.g., an infrared remote control, etc.).

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.

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.

The modem 210 receives broadcast television signals through a wired or wireless reception manner, and demodulates audio and video signals, such as EPG data signals, from a plurality of wireless or wired broadcast television signals.

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.

The controller 250 controls the operation of the display device and responds to the user's 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 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.

The 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.

A "user interface" is a media interface for interaction and exchange of information between an application or operating system and a user, which enables conversion between an internal form of information and a user-acceptable form. 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 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.

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.

In some embodiments, the playing control of the television channel is implemented by encoding and decoding the television code stream, and when the television channel is locked, the encoding and decoding module directly controls the playing logic of the channel. The playing control of the network channel is not controlled by the encoding and decoding module, the locking control of the network channel can not be realized, and the user experience is poor.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the embodiments of the present application provide a display device 200, and the structure and functions of each part of the display device 200 may be referred to the above embodiments. In addition, on the basis of the display device 200 shown in the above embodiment, the present embodiment further improves some functions of the display device 200, and the controller 250 performs the following steps:

the controller 250 performs: receiving user input to enter an instruction to enter a parental control interface, the control display 260 displays the parental control interface.

The user may press a menu key of the control apparatus 100 to enter the setting interface after entering the channel playing interface, or may select a setting control to enter the setting interface in the startup homepage. The user may select a system control in the setup interface, and in response to a user entered instruction, the system user interface is displayed, as shown in fig. 5. Parental control controls 51 are included in fig. 5 that may prevent a child from viewing certain content. The user selects the parental control 51 and, in response to an instruction entered by the user, displays a user interface for entering a password as shown in fig. 6. After detecting the user input password and confirming or detecting the user input password of the last bit, checking the password input by the user and the password stored at the preset address, and if the check is successful, displaying a user interface as shown in fig. 7.

In some embodiments, if it is detected that the user is the first time the parental control 51 is selected, a user interface is displayed that creates a password as shown in fig. 8, and after detecting that the user entered the password and confirming or detecting that the user entered the last digit of the password, a user interface is displayed that confirms the password as shown in fig. 9, the user may confirm the correctness of the password by entering the password again. The display device stores the password input by the user to a preset address.

In some embodiments, the parental control interface includes a lock switch control and a channel lock control. The user may change the parental control function on and off by selecting the lock switch control. When the parental control function is closed, the channel lock control is in a non-selectable state; when the parental control function is turned on, the channel lock control is in a selectable state.

Illustratively, the user interface as shown in FIG. 7 includes a lock switch control 71, a lock time control 72, a channel lock control 73, a content lock control 74, a channel lock control 75, an application lock control 76, and a revert to default state control 77. The currently locked switch is in an off state, and the locked time control 72, the channel lock control 73, the content lock control 74, the channel lock control 75 and the application lock control 76 are in a gray state, i.e. are in a non-selectable state. When the user selects the lock switch control 71 and presses the confirm key of the control device 100, the current lock switch is changed to the on state, and the lock time control 72, the channel lock control 73, the content lock control 74, the channel lock control 75, and the application lock control 76 are all in the selectable state, as shown in fig. 10.

The controller 250 performs: and receiving an instruction of selecting the channel lock control by the user input, and controlling the display to display a channel lock selection interface. The channel lock selection interface comprises a channel list control, a blocking all channels control and a channel control.

In some embodiments, in which the lock switch is in the on state in fig. 10, the user selects the channel lock control 73 and presses the confirm key of the control device 100, and in response to an instruction input by the user, the controller 250 controls the display 260 to display a channel lock selection interface, as shown in fig. 11. The channel lock selection interface shown in fig. 11 includes a channel list control 111, a block all channels control 112, a unblock all channels control 113, a first channel control 114, and a second channel control 115. The first channel and the second channel are channels in the currently selected channel list, namely, the first channel and the second channel are channels in the analog channel list. The user may select a different channel list by pressing the left and right keys of the control device 100 after selecting the channel list control 111. The channel list includes a simulated channel list, an antenna channel list, a cable channel list, and a network channel list.

The controller 250 performs: and receiving an instruction of selecting and blocking all channel controls from user input, and locking the channels in the currently selected channel list.

In some embodiments, in fig. 11, the user selects the block all channels control 112 and presses the confirm key of the control device 100, setting the channels in the analog channel list to the locked state in response to the user's instruction, as shown in fig. 12.

In some embodiments, the channel information of the same channel list is stored at the same address, and the step of locking the channel of the currently selected channel list includes:

acquiring a storage address of channel information of a currently selected channel list;

and setting the locking flag bits in the channel information of the storage address to a first preset value, wherein the locking flag bits represent that the current channel is locked for the first preset value.

In some embodiments, a channel list flag may be set in the channel information, the channel list flag of the same channel list channel is the same, and the step of locking the channel of the currently selected channel list includes:

traversing the channel list flag bit of the channel;

judging whether the channel list flag bit of the channel is a first preset value or not;

if the channel list flag bit of the channel is a first preset value, determining that the channel belongs to a currently selected channel list, and setting the locking flag bit of the current channel to be the first preset value;

If the channel list flag bit of the channel is not the first preset value, continuing to judge whether the channel list flag bit of the next channel is the first preset value.

The controller 250 performs: and receiving an instruction of selecting and removing all channel locking controls from the user input, and removing the locking state of the channels in the currently selected channel list.

In some embodiments, in fig. 12, the user selects the remove all channels lock control 113 and presses the confirm key of the control device 100, setting the channels in the analog channel list to the unlocked state in response to the user's instruction, as shown in fig. 11.

In some embodiments, the channel information of the same channel list is stored at the same address, and the step of unlocking the channel in the currently selected channel list includes:

and setting the locking flag bits in the channel information of the storage address to a second preset value, wherein the locking flag bits are the second preset value and represent that the current channel is unlocked.

Traversing the channel list flag bit of the channel;

if the channel list flag bit of the channel is a first preset value, determining that the channel belongs to a currently selected channel list, and setting the locking flag bit of the current channel to be a second preset value;

if the channel list flag bit of the channel is not the first preset value, continuing to judge whether the channel list flag bit of the next channel is the second preset value.

The controller 250 performs: and receiving an instruction of selecting a channel control input by a user, and locking the channel.

In some embodiments, in fig. 11, the user selects the first channel control 114 and presses the confirmation key of the control device 100, setting the first channel to the locked state in response to the user's instruction, as shown in fig. 13.

The step of locking the channel comprises:

and setting the locking flag bit of the channel to a first preset value.

The controller 250 performs: and receiving an instruction of selecting the channel control again from the user input, and releasing the locking state of the channel.

In some embodiments, in fig. 13, the user selects the first channel control 114 and presses the confirmation key of the control device 100, setting the first channel to the unlocked state in response to the user's instruction, as shown in fig. 11.

The step of releasing the locked state of the channel includes:

and setting the locking flag bit of the channel to a second preset value.

In some embodiments, channels may also be locked by way of a channel lock. The parental control interface includes a channel lock control.

The controller 250 performs: receiving a user input of an instruction to select a channel lock control, the control display 260 displays a channel lock selection interface, the channel lock selection interface including a network channel control and a television channel control.

In some embodiments, in which the lock switch is in the on state in fig. 10, the user selects the channel lock control 74 and presses the confirm key of the control device 100, and in response to an instruction input by the user, the controller 250 controls the display 260 to display the channel lock selection interface, as shown in fig. 14. The channel lock selection interface shown in fig. 14 includes a network channel control 141 and a television channel control 142. The user may lock all channels under the network channel and/or television channel by selecting the network channel control 141 and/or television channel control 142 and pressing the confirm key of the control device 100. It should be noted that if there is no network channel or television channel currently, the channel lock selection interface does not display the network channel control or television channel control 142.

According to the application, the channels can be independently controlled in a parental lock manner, the single channel list can be controlled in a parental lock manner, and the single network channel or television channel can be controlled in a parental lock manner, so that the fine control of parents on the channels is realized.

Because the network channel is fused with the television channel, the network channel occupies the current television channel, and the signal source (source) display can be displayed differently according to the program category contained in the current channel list in order to better control the network channel without affecting the use of the display device 200.

A television channel is a branch of a physical or virtual channel at one of the television stations or television networks. The playing of the television channel is realized by the encoding and decoding of the television code stream. The network channel is played in a mode of loading a website by the browser and is operated as a live broadcast signal, and the display equipment cannot pause the playing of the video corresponding to the current website.

The controller 250 performs: receiving an instruction of opening a signal source user interface input by a user;

in some embodiments, the user may press a signal source key of the control device 100 under the current user interface, inputting an instruction to open the signal source user interface. The user may also select the signal source control to input an instruction to open the signal source user interface upon launching the home page.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 performs: responding to an instruction of opening a signal source user interface input by a user, and detecting whether a network channel list can be acquired;

in some embodiments, the step of detecting whether the network channel list is available comprises:

detecting whether the display device is in a networking state;

if the display equipment is in a networking state, sending a request for acquiring a network channel list to a server;

if the network channel list sent by the server is received, determining that the network channel list can be acquired;

if the display device is not in a networking state, determining that a network channel list cannot be acquired;

if the network channel list sent by the server is not received, determining that the network channel list cannot be acquired;

the controller 250 performs: detecting whether television channel information can be acquired;

in some embodiments, the step of detecting whether television channel information is available comprises: detecting whether a television signal source is accessed;

if the access of the television signal source is detected, determining that the television channel information can be acquired;

if no television signal source access is detected, it is determined that television channel information cannot be acquired.

And if the fact that the network channel list can not be acquired and the television channel information can be acquired is detected, controlling the display to display a signal source user interface, wherein the signal source user interface comprises a television channel control.

In some embodiments, if a network channel list is not available and television channel information is available, a signal source user interface, as shown in fig. 15, is displayed, including television channel control 151. The user may select the television channel control 151 and, in response to a user entered instruction, the controller 250 controls the display 260 to display a user interface as shown in fig. 16 if the user has previously searched for channels. The content of the television channel under the current television channel is shown in fig. 16, along with a list of channels under the television channel. If the user has not previously searched, the controller 250 controls the display 260 to display the user interface as shown in fig. 17, the user interface of fig. 17 includes a start search control 171, the user may select the start search control 171, the display device starts searching in response to an instruction input by the user, and the search result is displayed, i.e., the controller 250 controls the display 260 to display the user interface as shown in fig. 16.

And if the network channel list can be acquired and the television channel information cannot be acquired, controlling the display to display a signal source user interface, wherein the signal source user interface comprises a television channel control and a network channel control.

If the user selects the network channel control, the live content of the network channel can be directly played. If the user wants to search channels, the channel can not be realized through the network channel control. Therefore, in order not to influence the channel searching behavior of the user, a television channel control capable of searching channels needs to be provided for the user.

In some embodiments, if a network channel list is available and television channel information is not available, a signal source user interface is displayed as shown in fig. 18, including a television channel control 181 and a network channel control 182. The user may select television channel control 181 and in response to a user entered instruction, controller 250 controls display 260 to display a user interface as shown in fig. 17. The user may select the network channel control 182 and in response to a user entered instruction, the controller 250 controls the display 260 to display a user interface as shown in fig. 19. The content of the network channel under the current network channel is shown in fig. 19, along with a list of channels under the network channel.

And if the network channel list which can be acquired and the television channel information can be acquired are detected, controlling the display to display a signal source user interface, wherein the signal source user interface comprises a television network channel control.

When the network channel list which can be acquired and the television channel information can be acquired are detected, combining the television channel control and the network channel control into one television network channel control, and selecting the television network channel control can display the television channel and the network channel in the same channel list.

In some embodiments, if a web channel list is available and television channel information is available, a signal source user interface, such as that shown in fig. 20, is displayed, including television web channel control 201. The user may select television network channel control 201 and in response to a user entered instruction, controller 250 controls display 260 to display a user interface as shown in fig. 21. Channel content for the current television channel or network channel is shown in fig. 21, along with a list of channels for the television channel and network channel. Wherein television channels and network channels can be distinguished by icons in the channel list. For example: the icons of the television channels may be displayed by television diagrams and the icons of the network channels may be displayed by selecting either the unique icons of the network channels or the thumbnail of the current program of the network channels.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 performs: responding to an instruction of opening a signal source user interface input by a user, and acquiring a channel list;

detecting whether a television channel and a network channel exist in the channel list;

in some embodiments, a channel type flag may be set in the channel information, with different channel types corresponding to different channel type flags. For example: the channel type flag bit of the television channel is a third preset value, and the channel type flag bit of the network channel is a fourth preset value.

The step of detecting whether a television channel exists in the channel list comprises the following steps:

detecting whether a channel type flag bit of a channel in a channel list is a third preset value or not;

if the channel type flag bit of the channel is a third preset value, determining that a television channel exists in the channel list;

and if the channel type flag bits of all the channels are not the third preset value, determining that no television channel exists in the channel list.

The step of detecting whether there is a network channel in the channel list includes:

detecting whether a channel type flag bit of a channel in a channel list is a fourth preset value;

if the channel type flag bit of the channel is a fourth preset value, determining that a network channel exists in the channel list;

And if the channel type flag bits of all the channels are not the fourth preset value, determining that no network channel exists in the channel list.

And if the television channels are in the channel list but no network channels are in the channel list, controlling the display to display a signal source user interface, wherein the signal source user interface comprises a television channel control.

And if the channel list has no television channel but has a network channel, controlling the display to display a signal source user interface, wherein the signal source user interface comprises a television channel control and a network channel control.

And if the television channels and the network channels exist in the channel list, controlling the display to display a signal source user interface, wherein the signal source user interface comprises a television network channel control.

Some embodiments of the present application display different channels according to the channel list containing channel types, which is convenient for the user to operate.

After the channels are completely locked and the channel list is opened, the steps performed by the controller 250 are as shown in fig. 22.

The controller 250 performs step S2201: receiving an instruction of switching channels input by a user;

in some embodiments, after detecting that the user opens the channel content of the television channel, the network channel, or the television/network channel, the instruction to switch channels may be entered by pressing a direction key or a channel up/down key of the control device 100.

The controller 250 executes step S2202: detecting whether the channel type of the channel is a network channel or not in response to a user input instruction for switching the channel;

in some embodiments, the step of detecting whether the channel type of the channel is a network channel comprises:

acquiring a channel type flag bit of the channel;

detecting whether a channel flag bit of the channel is a fourth preset value;

if the channel type flag bit of the channel is a fourth preset value, the channel is a network channel;

and if the channel type flag bit of the channel is not a fourth preset value, the channel is not a network channel.

If the channel type of the channel is a network channel, the controller 250 performs step S2203: acquiring a website corresponding to the network channel;

when switching to the network channel, the controller 250 sends a request for audio/video data corresponding to the channel to the server, and the server sends a URL (uniform resource locator ) corresponding to the channel to the controller 250, so that the controller 250 can acquire the website corresponding to the network channel.

The controller 250 performs step S2204: detecting whether the locking state of the channel is a locking state;

In some embodiments, the step of detecting whether the locked state of the channel is a locked state comprises:

acquiring a locking flag bit of the channel;

detecting whether a locking flag bit of the channel is a first preset value or not;

if the locking flag bit of the channel is a first preset value, the channel is a locking channel;

and if the locking flag bit of the channel is not a first preset value, the channel is not a locking channel.

If it is detected that the lock state of the channel is the lock state, the controller 250 performs step S2205: switching the website corresponding to the network channel into a preset website, wherein the preset website corresponds to the preset webpage;

in some embodiments, the preset website may be a local URL, where the local URL corresponds to a stored black screen webpage, and the local URL corresponds to a stored picture that may be set by the user. The local URL corresponds to a default video, or may be a video set by the user.

In some embodiments, if the locked state of the channel is detected to be a locked state, the controller 250 sends a request for acquiring a website to the server again, and the server detects that the controller sends a website request for the second time, then sends a preset website to the server, and after receiving the preset website, the controller switches the website corresponding to the original network channel to the preset website. The preset website is correspondingly stored as a default picture or video of the server.

The controller 250 performs step S2206: loading the preset website and controlling the display to display the preset webpage.

If the locked state of the channel is detected as an unlocked state, the controller 250 performs: and loading the website corresponding to the network channel, and controlling the display to display the content corresponding to the website.

When the display is controlled to display the preset webpage or after the display is controlled to display the preset webpage, the display is controlled to display an unlocking interface, and the unlocking interface is arranged on the upper layer of the preset webpage.

In some embodiments, the user-set password may be numbers, letters, and/or symbols. The unlocking interface includes a number control and a deletion control, and the unlocking interface may further include a confirmation control, an alphabetic control, and/or a symbolic control.

In some embodiments, the unlock interface is shown in FIG. 23, where FIG. 23 includes password entry boxes 231, numeric controls 232 of 0-9, delete control 233, and focus 234 indicating any control is selected.

The controller 250 performs: receiving a command of inputting a password and confirming the password by a user, and checking the password input by the user;

in some embodiments, the step of verifying the user entered password comprises:

Comparing the password input by the user with the password stored in the preset address;

if the password input by the user is the same as the password stored in the preset address, the password verification is successful;

if the password input by the user is different from the password stored in the preset address, the password verification fails.

In some embodiments, the user may change the location of the focus 234 to select a different number control 232 in fig. 23, and add the number corresponding to the number control 232 to the password input box 231 after pressing the confirm key of the control device 100. When it is detected that the user inputs the last password into the password input box 231, the password input by the user is checked.

If the verification password is successful, the controller 250 performs: switching the preset website to the website corresponding to the network channel;

in some embodiments, the controller stores the acquired website corresponding to the network channel in a preset position, and when the user is detected to unlock, acquires the website corresponding to the network channel from the preset position, so as to achieve the purpose of switching the preset website into the website corresponding to the network channel.

The controller 250 performs: and loading the website corresponding to the network channel, and controlling the display to display the content corresponding to the website.

In some embodiments, the unlock interface further includes a password memory control, and the controller 250 performs: and receiving the confirmation operation of the user on the password memory control, and sending the password memory message to the locking module so as to enable the locking module to release the locking state of the locking object.

In some embodiments, after receiving the confirmation operation of the user on the password memory control, the password memory information is transmitted to all locking modules, so that the locking modules unlock the locking objects inside the locking modules, and the user can directly display the unlocked content after using the locking modules. When the display device is powered on again, the locking module is restored to the locking state, so that the password memory is limited to the current starting-up behavior.

In some embodiments, after receiving the confirmation operation of the user on the password memory control, the password input by the user is sent to all locking modules in the form of a file. After the user uses the locking module, the locking module can automatically call the password file which is transmitted into the locking module so as to finish password verification and achieve the aim of unlocking. After the display device is turned off, the password file in the locking module is lost, so that the password memory is limited to the current starting-up behavior.

In some embodiments, a global flag bit is set, and all locking modules can monitor the change condition of the global flag bit. And when the user does not input the password or does not select the password memory control after inputting the password, setting the global flag bit as a first preset value. And after receiving the confirmation operation of the user on the password memory control, setting the global flag bit to a second preset value. When the locking module monitors that the global flag bit is changed to a second preset value, unlocking the locking object in the locking module, so that a user can directly display unlocked content after using the locking module. And when the display equipment is started again, the global flag bit is restored to a first preset value, so that the password memory is limited to the current starting-up behavior.

In some embodiments, the locking module includes a television channel module, a signal source module, an application module, and a network channel module.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 23, the unlock interface further includes a password memory control 235, which the user can move the position of the focus 234 to select the password memory control 235 and control the display 260 to display in a selected state by pressing a confirm key of the control device 100. Password memory control 235 is selected for all locking actions of the current boot to be considered unlocked. After inputting the correct password and selecting the password memory, a user interface as shown in fig. 24 is displayed, wherein the locked channels are changed to the unlocked state, and the user does not need to input the password again after watching the next locked channel. If the password memory control 235 is in the unselected state, only the current content is unlocked.

In some embodiments, after the user inputs the password, the current use permission is the current operation of the current user, and the user wants to use other functions such as channel switching and source switching, so that no lock is added in application use. According to the embodiment of the application, all locking behaviors of the starting machine at this time can be considered to be unlocked by selecting the password memory control. When the user is powered off, the lock is restarted, all the set lock states are recovered, and when the user is used again, the user is required to input the password again. The embodiment of the application can avoid frequent unlocking of the user and improve the user experience.

In some embodiments, when a certain network channel is played, the currently played network channel may also be locked. After the locking operation of the current network channel is completed, the controller 250 performs steps S2205 to S2206.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 25, the controller 250 runs a User Interface (UI) layer and a browser. After receiving the network locking channel sent by the user or locking the currently played network channel, the user interface layer switches the website corresponding to the network channel into a preset website and loads the preset website through the browser so as to achieve the purpose of displaying the preset webpage. The user interface layer displays an unlock interface. The user interface layer detects the password input by the user and verifies the password. After the inspection is finished, the display of the unlocking interface is canceled, the preset website is switched to the website corresponding to the network channel, and the website corresponding to the network channel is loaded through the browser. And the browser acquires the audio and video data of the current network program from the network channel server and finishes playing.

If the channel type of the channel is not a network channel, the controller 250 performs step S2207: detecting whether the channel type of the channel is a television channel;

in some embodiments, the step of detecting whether the channel type of the channel is a television channel comprises:

acquiring a channel type flag bit of the channel;

detecting whether a channel type flag bit of the channel is a third preset value;

if the channel type flag bit of the channel is a third preset value, the channel type of the channel is a television channel;

if the channel type flag bit of the channel is not a third preset value, the channel type of the channel is not a television channel.

If the channel type of the channel is a television channel, the controller 250 performs step S2208: acquiring audio and video data corresponding to the television channel;

the controller 250 performs step S2209: detecting whether the locking state of the channel is a locking state;

acquiring a locking flag bit of the channel;

If the locked state of the channel is the locked state, the controller 250 performs step S2210: and sending the locking message to a coding and decoding module so that the coding and decoding module stops decoding the audio and video data.

In some embodiments, the playback interface displays a black screen interface without content playback when the codec module stops decoding the audio-video data.

In some embodiments, after the codec module stops decoding the audio/video data, the display 260 is controlled to display an unlock interface, where the unlock interface is disposed on an upper layer of the play interface.

if the verification password is successful, the controller 250 performs: and sending a verification password success message to the encoding and decoding module so that the encoding and decoding module decodes the audio and video data.

If the locked state of the channel is an unlocked state, a message is sent to the codec module to enable the codec module to decode the audio/video data, or after a preset time of any message sent by the controller 250 is not received, the codec module automatically decodes the audio/video data.

In some embodiments, when playing a certain television channel, it is also possible to: and locking the currently played television channel. After the locking operation of the current television channel is completed, the controller 250 performs step S2210.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 26, the controller 250 runs a User Interface (UI) layer. After receiving the locking information sent by the user interface layer, the encoding and decoding module stops decoding the audio and video data of the current television channel and sends the locking information to the user interface layer. And after receiving the locking message sent by the encoding and decoding module, the user interface layer displays an unlocking interface. And the user interface layer checks the password input by the user after receiving the password input by the user, and sends a check success message to the encoding and decoding module after the check is successful. And the encoding and decoding module decodes the audio and video data of the current television channel after receiving the verification success message so as to play the audio and video data of the current television program.

Some embodiments of the present application provide a channel display method, the method being applicable to a display device, the display device comprising a display and a controller configured to: responding to an instruction of channel switching input by a user, and acquiring a website corresponding to a network channel if the channel is detected to be the network channel; if the channel is detected to be a locked channel, switching a website corresponding to the network channel into a preset website, wherein the preset website corresponds to the preset webpage; loading the preset website and controlling the display to display the preset webpage. According to some embodiments of the application, a preset website is loaded to replace a website corresponding to an original network channel, so that control over the playing of the network channel is provided for a user, and network programs which do not accord with the age group of the user are filtered.

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 application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will 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 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 configured to: displaying a preset webpage;

a controller configured to:

responding to an instruction of channel switching input by a user, and acquiring a website corresponding to the channel if the channel type of the channel is a network channel;

loading the preset website and controlling the display to display the preset webpage;

the unlocking interface is arranged on the upper layer of the preset webpage and comprises a password memory control;

And responding to the confirmation operation of the user on the password memory control, sending the password memory message to a locking module so as to enable the locking module to release the locking state of the locking object, wherein the password memory message received by the locking module is set to be lost along with the shutdown of the display equipment, so that the confirmation operation of the user on the password memory control is limited to the current startup behavior, and the locking module comprises a television channel module, a signal source module, an application program module and a network channel module.

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

controlling the display to display the unlocking interface;

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

4. A display device according to claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to:

controlling the display to display an unlocking interface;

5. A channel display method, comprising:

loading the preset website and controlling a display to display the preset webpage;

and responding to the confirmation operation of the user on the password memory control, sending the password memory message to a locking module so as to enable the locking module to release the locking state of the locking object, wherein the password memory message received by the locking module is set to be lost along with the shutdown of the display, so that the confirmation operation of the user on the password memory control is limited to the current starting-up behavior, and the locking module comprises a television channel module, a signal source module, an application program module and a network channel module.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

and if the locking state of the channel is detected to be the locking state, sending a locking message to a coding and decoding module so that the coding and decoding module stops decoding the audio and video data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

controlling the display to display an unlocking interface;