CN116347138A - Display equipment and program information display method - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a display device and a program information display method, when the display device receives a control instruction sent by a user, the control instruction is responded to, operation parameters of program data of all channels are acquired, a target mode corresponding to the operation parameters is determined, and therefore the target mode is used for displaying the program information corresponding to the program data of all channels. It can be seen that the user only needs to send a control instruction to the display device through one designated key, and the display device can determine the target mode for displaying the program information from the plurality of modes by itself in response to the control instruction. The number of keys can be reduced, and the interaction times between the user and the display equipment can be simplified, so that the display efficiency of the program information is improved.

Description

Display equipment and program information display method

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of intelligent display equipment, in particular to display equipment and a program information display method.

Background

The display device refers to a terminal device capable of outputting a specific display screen, and may be a terminal device such as a smart television, a mobile terminal, a smart advertisement screen, and a projector. Taking intelligent electricity as an example, the intelligent television is based on the Internet application technology, has an open operating system and a chip, has an open application platform, can realize a bidirectional man-machine interaction function, and is a television product integrating multiple functions of video, entertainment, data and the like, and the intelligent television is used for meeting the diversified and personalized requirements of users.

In order to facilitate the user's grasp of the program information, the display device is configured to display a user interface corresponding to the program information. Under different operation scenes, namely corresponding to different operation parameters, the display equipment displays the program information by using different modes. Correspondingly, different modes correspond to different keys, and a user needs to send a control instruction to the display device through the keys corresponding to the modes so as to enable the display device to display program information by using the modes. For example, when the display device is currently under a TV channel and is a digital television (Digital Television, DTV) channel, the user may send control instructions to the display device via electronic program guide (Electrical Program Guide, EPG) keys to cause the display device to display EGP pages using EGP mode. For another example, the display device currently displays a desktop Launcher (host) homepage, and the user may send a control instruction to the display device through a live TV (live TV) button to cause the display device to display a television live channel using a television mode. For another example, the display device currently supports a live tab (live tab) tab, and the user may send a control instruction to the display device by designating a key, such as a tab key, to cause the display device to display a live tab page using a network mode. If the user sends a control instruction to the display device through a key which does not correspond to the current operation parameter of the display device, the display device cannot display the program information in a mode matched with the operation parameter, and therefore no response or incorrect display occurs.

It can be seen that, for a display device using different operation parameters, a user can only accurately determine the current operation parameter of the display device and send a control instruction to the display device through a key corresponding to the current operation parameter, so that the display device can display program information using a mode corresponding to the current operation parameter. Therefore, a plurality of keys are required to be set so as to meet the requirement of displaying program information when the display equipment uses different operation parameters. Moreover, the user needs to try each key one by one without knowing the current operating parameters of the display device until the display device can display the correct program information.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a display device and a program information display method, wherein a user only needs to send a control instruction to the display device through a designated key, and the display device can respond to the control instruction to automatically judge a target mode for displaying program information from a plurality of modes. The number of keys can be effectively reduced, the interaction times between the user and the display equipment can be simplified, and the display efficiency of the program information can be improved.

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

A display configured to display a user interface corresponding to program information, the program information being overview information of program data corresponding to each live channel;

a controller configured to:

receiving a control instruction sent by a user based on a designated key, wherein the control instruction is used for indicating to display the program information;

responding to the control instruction, and acquiring the running parameters of the display equipment currently used for displaying the program data;

determining a target mode corresponding to the operation parameter;

and displaying the program information by using the target mode.

In one implementation, the designated key corresponds to at least two modes for displaying the program information, wherein the at least two modes for displaying the program information correspond to different operating parameters.

In one implementation, the operating parameter includes a user mode, and the controller determines a target mode corresponding to the operating parameter, configured to:

identifying a current user pattern, the user pattern comprising a child pattern and a non-child pattern;

if the current user mode is the child mode, the target mode is a television live mode;

And if the current user mode is the non-child mode, the target mode is a general mode, and the general mode comprises a network live broadcast mode and the television live broadcast mode.

In one implementation, the operation parameter further includes a live tab, and if the current user mode is the non-child mode, the controller determines a target mode corresponding to the operation parameter, and is further configured to:

identifying whether a live tab exists currently;

if the live tab exists, the target mode is the network live mode;

and if the live tab does not exist, the target mode is the television live mode.

In one implementation, the controller displays the program information using the target mode, configured to:

if the target mode is a television live broadcast mode, acquiring information of a television live broadcast channel through a TV channel, and displaying the information of the television live broadcast channel;

and if the target mode is a network live broadcast mode, displaying a live tab page.

In one implementation, the operation parameters further include limitation information of a live TV function, and if the current user mode is the child mode, the controller determines a target mode corresponding to the operation parameters, and is further configured to:

Identifying whether there is currently a limit to live TV functionality;

if no restriction exists, judging that the target mode is a television live broadcast mode;

if there is a limit, the control instruction is not responded to, or an unavailable prompt is displayed.

In one implementation, the operation parameters further include TV live channel information and electronic program guide EPG mode information, and if there is no limit to live TV functionality, the controller determines a target mode corresponding to the operation parameters, and is further configured to:

judging whether available television live channels exist currently or not;

if available television live channels exist, judging whether an EPG mode is supported, wherein if the EPG mode is supported, judging that the target mode is the EPG mode; if the EPG mode is not supported, judging that the target mode is the television mode;

if no available television live channel exists, searching for the available television live channel.

In one implementation, the controller searches for available tv live channels configured to:

displaying a channel searching page;

receiving a search instruction sent by the user;

and responding to the search instruction, and acquiring available live television channels through the TV channel.

In one implementation, the controller displays the user interface using the target mode, configured to:

the controller displays the user interface using the target mode, configured to:

if the target mode is an EPG mode, acquiring channel information of each available television live channel through the TV channel, and displaying an EPG page corresponding to the channel information;

and if the target mode is a television mode, acquiring the program data of available television live channels through the TV channel and displaying a user interface corresponding to the program data, or acquiring HDMI data through a full digital video and sound transmission interface HDMI and displaying a user interface corresponding to the HDMI data.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a display method of program information, applied to a display device, where the display is configured to display a user interface corresponding to program information, where the program information is overview information of program data corresponding to each live channel, and the method includes:

receiving a control instruction sent by a user based on a designated key, wherein the control instruction is used for indicating to display the program information;

Responding to the control instruction, and acquiring the running parameters of the display equipment currently used for displaying the program data;

determining a target mode corresponding to the operation parameter;

and displaying the program information by using the target mode.

According to the technical scheme, when the display equipment receives a control instruction sent by a user, the control instruction is responded, the running parameters of the program data of each channel are acquired, and the target mode corresponding to the running parameters is determined, so that the program information corresponding to the program data of each channel is displayed by using the target mode. It can be seen that the user only needs to send a control instruction to the display device through one designated key, and the display device can determine the target mode for displaying the program information from the plurality of modes by itself in response to the control instruction. The number of keys can be reduced, and the interaction times between the user and the display equipment can be simplified, so that the display efficiency of the program information 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 is a usage scenario of a display device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a hardware configuration block diagram of a control device in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a hardware configuration block diagram of a control device in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a hardware configuration diagram of a display device in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a software configuration diagram of a display device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart of a display device in response to a control instruction to display program information in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating determining a target mode based on a user mode according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic flow chart of further determining a target mode based on determining a live tv mode in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic flow chart of further determining a target mode based on determining a live tv mode in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of an EPG page in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a user interface of a tv live channel a in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a searching process of a live tv channel in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a channel search page in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of further determining a target mode based on determining a common mode in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a live tab page in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 16 is a logic block diagram of a display device displaying program information in response to a control instruction in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numbers in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements, unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the examples below do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present application. Merely as examples of systems and methods consistent with some aspects of the present application as detailed in the claims.

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 is a schematic diagram of a usage scenario of a display device according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, the display apparatus 200 may communicate with the server 300 through the internet, and a user may operate the display apparatus 200 through the control device 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 device 200 by inputting a control 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 control apparatus 100 may also be a mobile terminal, such as a mobile phone, where the communication between the mobile terminal and the display device 200 includes at least one of internet protocol communication or bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-range communication and long-range communication modes. The user may control the display device 200 by inputting user instructions through at least one of keys, voice input, control panel input, etc. on the mobile terminal. Fig. 2 exemplarily shows a block diagram of a configuration of the control apparatus 100, which is exemplified by a remote controller. As shown in fig. 2, the control device 100 includes a controller, a communication interface, a user input/output interface, a memory, and a power supply.

Fig. 3 exemplarily shows a block diagram of a configuration of the control apparatus 100, which is exemplified by a mobile terminal. As shown in fig. 3, the control device 100 includes at least one of a Radio Frequency (RF) circuit, a memory, a display unit, a camera, a sensor, an audio circuit, a wireless fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, wi-Fi) circuit, a processor, a bluetooth circuit, and a power supply.

Fig. 4 shows a hardware configuration block diagram of the display device 200 in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

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, 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 Wi-Fi 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 300 through the communicator 220.

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, 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.

Referring to FIG. 5, in some embodiments, the system is divided into four layers, from top to bottom, an application layer (referred to as an "application layer"), an application framework layer (Application Framework layer) (referred to as a "framework layer"), a An Zhuoyun row (Android run) and a system library layer (referred to as a "system runtime layer"), and a kernel layer, respectively.

In some embodiments, at least one application program is running in the application program layer, and these application programs may be a Window (Window) program of an operating system, a system setting program, a clock program, or the like; or may be an application developed by a third party developer. In particular implementations, the application packages in the application layer are not limited to the above examples.

The framework layer provides an application programming interface (application programming interface, API) and programming framework for application programs of the application layer. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions. The application framework layer corresponds to a processing center that decides to let the applications in the application layer act. Through the API interface, the application program can access the resources in the system and acquire the services of the system in the execution.

As shown in fig. 5, the application framework layer in the embodiment of the present application includes a manager (manager), a Content Provider (Content Provider), and the like, where the manager includes at least one of the following modules: an Activity Manager (Activity Manager) is used to interact with all activities that are running in the system; a Location Manager (Location Manager) is used to provide system services or applications with access to system Location services; a Package Manager (Package Manager) for retrieving various information about an application Package currently installed on the device; a notification manager (Notification Manager) for controlling the display and clearing of notification messages; a Window Manager (Window Manager) is used to manage bracketing icons, windows, toolbars, wallpaper, and desktop components on the user interface.

In the present embodiment, the program information refers to overview information of program data corresponding to each channel, and the program information includes, for example, overview information of program data of each channel, where the overview information of program data includes a channel name, a channel number, a program name, a program period, display parameters (such as sharpness, etc.), and the like. The user can quickly grasp the program data of each channel through the program information and select a preferred channel from among them for viewing.

In this embodiment, the display apparatus 200 corresponds to different operation parameters in different operation scenes, for example, in a network environment, in a non-network environment, in an operation scene where a user has a restriction on viewing a program, etc., so that the display apparatus 200 will correspond to different operation parameters to display program data matching the operation scene. The operation parameters of the display apparatus 200 refer to parameters for supporting the display of program data corresponding to each channel, including user mode, function restriction, channel information, and the like.

In the present embodiment, a mode in which the display apparatus 200 displays program information is referred to as a target mode, and the display apparatus 200 may display program information through a network mode, an EPG mode, or a television mode. The different modes correspond to different operation parameters of the display apparatus 200, and based on the different operation parameters of the display apparatus 200, the mode corresponding to the operation parameters needs to be selected to normally display the program information and display the program information according to the user's needs.

In general, each mode has its corresponding key through which a user can send a corresponding control instruction to the display apparatus 200, and the display apparatus 200 can determine the key used by the user and the mode corresponding to the key by identifying the key value carried in the control instruction, thereby displaying program information using the mode. Illustratively, the user sends a control instruction to the display device 200 through the EPG key, the control instruction carrying a key value corresponding to the EPG key, and the display device 200 determines that the key used by the user is the EPG key and determines that the mode corresponding to the EPG key is the EPG mode by identifying the key value, and further displays the program information using the EPG mode.

It can be seen that, in the conventional display process of the program information, the user is required to accurately determine the current operation scene and the operation parameters of the display device 200, and further determine the mode capable of normally displaying the program information based on the current operation scene and the operation parameters, so that based on the key corresponding to the mode, a control instruction is sent to the display device 200 to instruct the display device 200 to display the program information using the mode. Obviously, this manner of displaying the program information requires a great effort from the user, whether the display apparatus 200 can normally display the program information, and depending on whether the user can accurately determine the mode corresponding to the current operation scene and operation parameters of the display apparatus 200, once the user determines that there is a mistake, the display apparatus 200 cannot normally display the program information. To reduce the effort of the user, the user may sequentially try each key corresponding to the mode until the display apparatus 200 can normally display the program information. Obviously, this manner of displaying the program information requires multiple interactions between the user and the display device 200, so that the display device 200 can normally display the program information, and the display process of the program information is relatively complex and takes a relatively long time. Further, in either of the above modes for displaying the program information, a plurality of keys need to be provided, i.e., one key is provided for each mode, so that the display apparatus 200 displays the program information in the corresponding mode using a specific key value.

In order to solve the above problem, the embodiment of the present application provides a method for displaying program information, which may refer to the flow shown in fig. 6, specifically as follows:

s601, receiving a control instruction sent by a user based on a designated key, wherein the control instruction is used for indicating to display the program information.

In this embodiment, a designated key is configured to send a control instruction, where the designated key corresponds to at least two modes for displaying program information, and the at least two modes for displaying program information correspond to different operation parameters. By way of example, only one designated key is configured, which corresponds to all modes that the display device 200 can use. In this way, the user can send a control instruction to the display apparatus 200 through the designation key to control the display apparatus 200 to select an appropriate mode (i.e., a target mode) from among all modes to display program information. Alternatively, a plurality of designated keys are configured, each of which corresponds to a partial mode (at least two modes) of all modes that the display device 200 can use. In this way, the user can control the display apparatus 200 to select an appropriate mode (i.e., a target mode) from among all modes to display program information by sequentially attempting each of the designated keys.

In this embodiment, the designated key may refer to a specific key on the control device 100, such as a "TV" key, or a combination of a plurality of keys, such as a combination of the number keys "1", "2" and "3". The user transmits a control instruction to the display apparatus 200 by pressing a designation key, the control instruction being for instructing the display apparatus 200 to display program information in the present embodiment. In one implementation, if the designated key is a key, the control instruction carries a key value corresponding to the key, for example, the designated key is a "TV" key, and the control instruction carries a key value "TV" as identification information for identifying the control instruction by the display device 200. In another implementation, if the designated key is a key combination, the control instruction carries a combination key value corresponding to the key combination, for example, the designated key is a combination of digital keys "1", "2" and "3", and the control instruction carries key values "1", "2" and "3", where the key value combination is used as identification information for identifying the control instruction by the display device 200. It should be noted that the designated keys cannot be the same as keys that control other functions that the display device 200 may currently operate to avoid the problem of command confusion.

In some embodiments, the user may send the control instruction to the display device 200 in other ways, and at this time, the same effect as limiting the number of keys may be achieved by controlling the number of pieces of the control instruction sent.

In one implementation, a user may input a specific gesture on the control apparatus 100 to send a control instruction to the display device 200, for example, the control apparatus 100 is a mobile phone, and the user inputs a "circle" gesture on the screen of the mobile phone to send a control instruction to the display device 200. In this implementation, the specified gesture corresponds to at least two modes for displaying program information, and the at least two modes for displaying program information correspond to different operating parameters. In this way, the display device 200 can recognize the control instruction by recognizing the gesture information carried in the instruction.

In one implementation, the user may send control instructions to the display device 200 by controlling the apparatus 100, or by sending a specified voice directly, such as sending a voice "navigate" to the display device 200 to send control instructions to the display device 200. In this implementation, the specified speech corresponds to at least two modes for displaying program information, and the at least two modes for displaying program information correspond to different operating parameters. In this way, the display device 200 can recognize the control instruction by recognizing the voice information carried in the instruction.

In this embodiment, different modes correspond to different operation parameters, so as to avoid the situation that the same operation parameter corresponds to multiple modes, thereby ensuring that the display device 200 can accurately determine the corresponding mode based on the current operation parameter, so as to provide a basis for the display device 200 to determine the target mode by itself.

S602, responding to the control instruction, and acquiring the running parameters of the display equipment currently used for displaying the program data.

The display device 200 receives the instruction transmitted by the user, and determines the instruction as a control instruction by recognizing a specified key value, gesture, voice, or the like from the received instruction. Based on the one-to-one correspondence of the operation parameters of the display apparatus 200 to the modes, the display apparatus 200 may determine the target mode based on the operation parameters, whereby, after recognizing that the received instruction is a control instruction, the display apparatus 200 first acquires the current operation parameters as a basis for the subsequent determination of the target mode in response to the control instruction.

S603, determining a target mode corresponding to the operation parameter.

In the present embodiment, there is a one-to-one correspondence between the operation parameters and the modes, and thus, after determining the current operation parameters of the display apparatus 200, the mode corresponding to the operation parameters, that is, the target mode, can be determined based on the one-to-one correspondence between the operation parameters and the modes.

In one implementation, the corresponding target mode may be determined at one time based on all operating parameters. Based on this implementation, in S602, all the current operation parameters of the display apparatus 200 need to be acquired at once. The correspondence between various operation parameters and modes is pre-stored in the display apparatus 200, so that the display apparatus 200 can directly determine the target mode based on the pre-stored correspondence and all current operation parameters of the display apparatus 200. Illustratively, the correspondence between the operation parameters and the modes pre-stored by the display device 200 includes: the operation parameters include a non-child mode and a live tab tag, and correspond to the network mode, after receiving and identifying the control command, the display device 200 responds to the control command to obtain all current operation parameters, and if all current operation parameters include the non-child mode and the live tab tag, the network mode can be directly determined to be the target mode based on a pre-stored correspondence.

In one implementation, the target mode may be determined step by way of investigation based on each operating parameter. Based on this implementation, in S602, the operation parameters required for each step of determination may be obtained step by step according to a preset determination sequence. A set of judgment logic including a judgment order and operation parameters required for each judgment are stored in advance in the display device 200. For example, the display apparatus 200 stores in advance a judgment logic in which the judgment order is that the user mode is first judged, then whether or not there is a corresponding function restriction is judged based on the user mode, and the target mode is determined based on the judgment result of the function restriction. The operation parameters required by each step of judgment in the judgment logic are user mode and function limitation in sequence. Based on the above-described decision logic, the target pattern may be determined step by step (the implementation is described in detail later, here exemplary in outline).

S604, displaying the program information by using the target mode.

After the display apparatus 200 determines a target pattern matching the current operation parameter by itself based on S603, program information may be displayed using the target pattern.

Based on the above-described display flow of the program information, the user can instruct the display apparatus 200 to display the program information only by sending a control instruction to the display apparatus 200 through a small number of designated keys. Accordingly, after receiving the control instruction, the display device 200 may determine the currently applicable target mode by itself based on the current operation parameter, and display the program information using the target mode, so as to ensure that the program information can be displayed normally and the program information meeting the user requirement can be displayed. Based on this, the user does not have to expend effort to judge the mode in which the display apparatus 200 is currently applicable, and the number of interactions with the display apparatus 200 is small.

The following describes in detail a second implementation manner disclosed in S603, namely a manner of gradually determining the target mode by way of investigation based on each operation parameter.

FIG. 7 illustrates a flow chart for determining a target pattern based on a user pattern, specifically as follows:

S701, identifying a current user mode, the user mode including a child mode and a non-child mode.

The display device 200 is configured to provide a different range of program data for different types of users. In this embodiment, the user types are classified according to the ages of the users, i.e., children and non-children. The user mode corresponds to a range of program data, and the range of program data that can be viewed by the user is different in different user modes. Thus, based on different types of users, it is necessary to select a corresponding user mode and view program data in the user mode. In this embodiment, the user mode corresponding to the child is a child mode, and the user mode corresponding to the non-child is a non-child. Obviously, the user can watch the program data with larger range and less content limitation in the non-children mode; the program data that the user can view in the child mode is limited, i.e., only the program data of the specified program content within the specified range can be seen.

S702, if the current user mode is the child mode, the target mode is a television live mode.

S703, if the current user mode is the non-child mode, the target mode is a general mode, and the general mode comprises a network mode and the live television mode.

The user may set a user mode, such as a child mode for children and a non-child mode for non-children while viewing program data, and typically the display device 200 is configured to set the non-child mode to a default user mode.

Based on the above distinction between the child mode and the non-child mode, the display device 200 may provide different user modes to the user by controlling the data source. If the data source comes from the network streaming media, the range of the program data is wider, the program content is richer, and the variability is stronger. Thus, if the data source comes from the network streaming media, the provision range of the program data and the content of the program data will be difficult to be limited. In contrast, if the data source is from a television satellite signal, the range of program data and the content of the program data may be limited by a relatively fixed program channel.

Thus, if the current user mode is the child mode, it can be determined that the target mode is a tv live mode, which in this embodiment refers to a mode for displaying program information of program data from tv live channels, which generally includes an EPG mode and a tv mode. If the current user mode is a non-child mode, it may be determined that the target mode is a general mode, i.e., a live tv mode, or a network mode, which in this embodiment refers to a mode for displaying program information of program data from a network streaming media.

The network mode, EPG mode in the tv live mode, and the selection of the tv mode may also be limited by the functions of the display device 200, which is specifically as follows:

for the current user mode being the child mode, after the display device 200 determines that the TV live mode can be adopted because the TV live mode includes the EPG mode and the TV mode, the final target mode may be further determined based on the operation parameters related to the function limitation of the display device 200, that is, the limitation information of the live TV function, referring to the flow shown in fig. 8, specifically as follows:

s801, whether the limitation of live TV functions exists at present is identified.

S802, if no limitation exists, judging that the target mode is a television live broadcast mode.

S803, if the limit exists, the control instruction is not responded, or an unavailable prompt is displayed.

The display apparatus 200 first recognizes whether it is currently in a network connection state, i.e., whether the display apparatus 200 can acquire program data from a network streaming media. In general, if the display apparatus 200 is already connected to the network at present, program data is preferentially acquired from the network streaming media, and at this time, the display apparatus 200 displays an internet homepage. In this embodiment, the television live mode corresponds to the program information of the program data of the displayed television live channel, and it is seen that if the program information is to be displayed using the television live mode, the display apparatus 200 must acquire the program data from the television satellite signal, that is, acquire the program data through the physical channel. Thus, the display apparatus 200 must have a function of switching a data channel from a network channel to a physical channel, i.e., a live TV function.

The live TV functionality of the display device 200 has some limited situations, such as unpaid, resulting in the live TV functionality being unavailable; or setting user authority to make live TV function unavailable, etc., and limiting information of live TV function in operation parameters of the display device 200 is that live TV function is limited; in contrast, the limit information of the live TV function is that the live TV function is not limited among the operation parameters of the display apparatus 200.

If the display apparatus 200 recognizes that the limit information of the live TV function is that the live TV function is limited from the operation parameters, it is explained that the display apparatus 200 cannot switch the data channel from the network channel to the physical channel, i.e., cannot acquire the program data through the physical channel, i.e., cannot display the program information using the TV live mode. At this time, since the display apparatus 200 can use neither the network live mode nor the tv live mode, the display apparatus 200 will not be able to display the program information. Accordingly, the display apparatus 200 may display a prompt message to the user to explicitly prompt the user that the program information cannot be displayed currently.

If the display apparatus 200 recognizes that the limit information of the live TV function is not limited from the operation parameters, it is explained that the display apparatus 200 may switch the data channel from the network channel to the physical channel, i.e., may acquire the program data through the physical channel, i.e., may display the program information using the live TV mode. At this time, it is necessary to further distinguish whether the EPG mode is used as the target mode or the television mode is used as the target mode.

The EPG mode is a basic function on a digital TV, and is used for displaying program information of a DTV signal channel searched by a TV channel in the current and future time periods to a user, so that the user can know the current program content of each DTV channel in advance and program arrangement in the future time period. The program information presented by the EPG mode corresponds to DTV program data, and thus, the EPG mode can be used only when the current data source of the display apparatus 200 is a DTV data source.

The television mode is also a basic function on a digital television, and is used for displaying program information of program data of a certain television live channel to a user, namely, directly displaying program content of the television live channel. The program information displayed by the television mode corresponds to program data such as television live channels (DTV channels, ATV channels) and HDMI.

If the display apparatus 200 recognizes that the limit information of the live TV function is that the live TV function is not limited from the operation parameters, the display apparatus 200 may further determine a final target mode based on the operation parameters of the display apparatus 200 related to the function limit, that is, the TV live channel information and the EPG mode information, with reference to the flowchart shown in fig. 9, as follows:

And S901, judging whether available television live channels exist currently.

S902, if available television live channels exist, judging whether an EPG mode is supported, wherein if the EPG mode is supported, judging that the target mode is the EPG mode; if the EPG mode is not supported, the target mode is determined to be the television mode.

S903, if there is no available tv live channel, searching for the available tv live channel.

As can be seen from the above, the program data of the program information displayed in the live tv mode is derived from the satellite tv signal, i.e. the live tv channel. The display device 200 plays the program data in the form of tv live broadcast, and first needs to acquire the program data from the tv satellite signal, that is, acquire each tv live broadcast channel, and the program data corresponding to each tv live broadcast channel, which may be referred to as channel searching. If channel information of each live television channel is obtained and available program data (the program data is not null and can be decoded and played normally) of each live television channel is obtained, the channel searching is successful, that is, the available live television channel exists, and in the corresponding operation parameters of the display device 200, the live television channel information is the available live television channel.

In some embodiments, whether the channel searching has been performed may be determined based on the historical channel searching information, and the display device 200 may perform the channel searching process by itself when the display device is turned on and the tv live broadcast function is performed, and only when the obtained channel searching result is that channel information of each tv live broadcast channel is obtained, and available program data (the program data is not null and may be decoded and played normally) of each tv live broadcast channel is obtained, and is stored in the database as the channel searching result. The display device 200 may directly obtain the channel searching result from the database, and accordingly, if the channel searching result is obtained from the database, it is indicated that the display device 200 has completed the channel searching.

Further, when it is determined that there is a live tv channel available, it is necessary to determine whether the display apparatus 200 supports the EPG mode, and when the display apparatus 200 supports the EPG mode, since the EPG mode can display more abundant program information than the tv mode, thereby determining the EPG mode as a target mode and displaying the program information using the EPG mode, the display result is an EPG page as shown in fig. 10. The EPG page includes channel information (DT 29 1080i, DT29 576 p) for each DTV channel, the programming of each DTV channel at each time period (10:00-11:00).

If the display apparatus 200 does not support the EPG mode, it is determined that the target mode is the TV mode, that is, program data of available TV live channels is directly acquired through a TV channel and a user interface corresponding to the program data is displayed, or HDMI data is acquired through an HDMI channel and a user interface corresponding to the HDMI data is displayed. The display result is shown in fig. 11, for example, program data corresponding to the tv live channel a is displayed.

If the display apparatus 200 determines that there is no available tv live channel, i.e., no channel searching is performed, a channel searching process needs to be performed to obtain the available tv live channel. The search may be performed with reference to the flow shown in fig. 12, specifically as follows:

s1201, a channel search page is displayed.

S1202, receiving a search instruction sent by the user.

And S1203, responding to the search instruction, and acquiring available television live channels through the TV channel.

If the display apparatus 200 determines that there is no tv live channel available, a channel search page as shown in fig. 13 is directly displayed, on which a prompt such as "no tv live channel found", "automatic channel scan of cable and antenna channels is started", or the like is displayed. And simultaneously display a scan option and a switch data source option, the user may send a search instruction to the display device 200 by selecting the scan option to instruct the display device 200 to search for available tv live channels. If the search result of the display apparatus 200 is that no tv live channel is found yet, the user may send a data source switching instruction to the display apparatus 200 by selecting the switch data source option, and after the display apparatus 200 switches the data source, send a search instruction to the display apparatus 200 again by selecting the scan option to instruct the display apparatus 200 to search for an available tv live channel until the display apparatus 200 searches for an available tv live channel. After the display device 200 searches for an available tv live channel, S902 is performed, which will not be described herein.

For the current user mode being the non-child mode, after the display device 200 determines that the universal mode can be adopted, the scene used by the universal mode may be further subdivided based on the operation parameter related to the function limitation of the display device 200, that is, the live tab, referring to the flow shown in fig. 14, specifically as follows:

s1401, identifying whether a live tab exists currently.

S1402, if the live tab exists, the target mode is the network live mode.

S1403, if the live tab does not exist, the target mode is the television live mode.

The display apparatus 200 first recognizes whether it is currently in a network connection state, i.e., whether the display apparatus 200 can acquire program data from a network streaming media. If the display apparatus 200 is not currently connected to the network, the display apparatus 200 cannot acquire program data from the network streaming media, i.e., the display apparatus 200 can acquire program data only through the television satellite signal, i.e., the display apparatus 200 can select only the television live mode as the target mode. If the display apparatus 200 is already connected to the network at present, the display apparatus 200 may acquire program data through the network streaming media, whereby it can be judged that the display apparatus 200 has a data source base in a general mode, and it is necessary to further judge which one of the general modes the display apparatus 200 selects as a target mode.

When the display device 200 is in the network connection state and after entering the network main page, the tag column on the network main page will display a plurality of tags, each tag is used for indicating the classification corresponding to the program data, the page corresponding to each tag is the tag page, and the tag page will display the program information of each program data corresponding to the tag indication classification.

As shown in fig. 15, the network main page has a tag field above, where the tag field includes a "For You" (For You) tag For indicating program data classified by a corresponding user, and correspondingly, a tag page corresponding to the "For You" tag is a For You tab tag page, where the For You tab tag page includes program information of the program data classified by the user; a Live tag for indicating program data corresponding to Live category, and a corresponding tag page corresponding to the Live tag is a Live tab tag page, and the Live tab tag page includes program information of program data of each Live category; a "movie" tag for indicating program data corresponding to the movie category, and a corresponding tag page corresponding to the "movie" tag is a movie tab tag page, which includes program information of the program data of each movie category; a "Shows" tab for indicating program data corresponding to the Shows category, and the tab page corresponding to the "Shows" tab is a show tab page, where the show tab page includes program information of the program data of each show category; an "Apps" tag for indicating program data corresponding to the application category, and correspondingly, a tag page corresponding to the "Apps" tag is an app tab tag page, where the app tab tag page includes program information of the program data of each application category; the "Library" tag is used for indicating program data corresponding to the book classification, and correspondingly, a tag page corresponding to the "Library" tag is a Library tab tag page, and the Library tab tag page includes program information of the program data of each book classification. The tab bar in the web home page of the display device 200 is not limited to the above tab, and the tab specifically included in the tab bar is configured according to actual requirements.

The display device 200 can only display the tab page corresponding to the tab contained in the tab bar, i.e., the display device 200 cannot display the tab page corresponding to the tab not contained in the tab bar. In this embodiment, the network mode refers to displaying program information in the form of a live tab page, and whether the display apparatus 200 can use the network mode as the basis for determining the target mode is whether the live tab is included in the tab field (operation parameter) of the display apparatus 200, that is, whether the live tab page can be displayed. Thus, after recognizing the non-child mode, the display apparatus 200 first recognizes whether the live tab is included in the operation parameters to further determine the target mode based on the recognition result.

Based on the restrictions of different countries and regions on the live data source provided by the display device 200, part of international and regional support rights to provide live data for the display device 200 through network streaming media, and correspondingly, a live tab is in a tag column of the display device 200, that is, an operation parameter of the display device 200 includes the live tab. Some countries and regions do not support the authority to provide live data sources to the display device 200 through network streaming media, and at this time, the tag field of the display device 200 will not have live tabs, i.e. the operation parameters of the display device 200 do not include live tabs. Accordingly, if the display apparatus 200 recognizes that there is a live tab in the operation parameter, the display apparatus 200 displays a live tab page, that is, the display apparatus 200 may determine that the target mode is the network live mode, and display program information through the live tab page. If the display apparatus 200 does not recognize the live tab in the operation parameters, the display apparatus 200 cannot display the live tab page, i.e., the display apparatus 200 may determine that the target mode is the tv live mode.

When the display apparatus 200 determines that the target mode is the network live mode, a live tab page as shown in fig. 15 may be displayed, in which program information of each network live channel (a data source of program data is from a network streaming media) may be displayed, and program information of a television live channel (a data source of program data is from a television satellite signal), that is, program information (EPG information) of each DTV program searched by the display apparatus 200 may be displayed. The live tab page can facilitate the user to see the program information of the main stream live channels (the network live channel and the television live channel) on the network main page, such as the channel name of each live channel, the currently played program content, the program schedule of a future period, and the like, so that the user can plan the program viewing plan based on the program information.

As can be seen from the above, the tv live mode includes an EPG mode and a tv mode, and therefore, when the display device 200 determines that the target mode is the tv live mode, steps S801 to S803, S901 to S903, and S1201 to S1203 may be adopted to determine the target mode, and display program information using the target mode, which is not described herein.

A complete example is given for the above flow, and referring to the logic block diagram shown in fig. 16, the specific execution flow is as follows:

the user transmits a control instruction to the display device 200 based on a designated key "TV key", the control instruction carrying the key value "TV". The display apparatus 200 receives an instruction transmitted by a user and recognizes a key value "TV" from the instruction to determine the instruction as a control instruction, and in response to the control instruction, turns on a flow of self-judgment of a target mode and display of program information using the target mode.

The display apparatus 200 performs step 1 to determine whether the current user mode is the child mode. The display device 200 may make a judgment based on pre-stored setting information of the user mode. If the mode is not the child mode, namely the non-child mode, executing the step 2, and judging whether live tab exists in the operation parameters; if the mode is child mode, step 3 is executed to determine whether live TV functionality is limited.

When the display device 200 executes step 2, comprehensive judgment can be performed according to the background, the current area where the display device 200 is located, the user account number, and the like, and when the display requirement of the live tab is met, the live tab exists in the operation parameters (in the tab field of the network main page), otherwise, the live tab does not exist.

If the live tab exists, step 4 is executed to determine that the target mode is the live mode, that is, the live tab page is displayed, for example, as shown in fig. 15, and the flow is ended.

If the live tab does not exist, step 5 is executed to determine whether a channel has been searched, i.e. whether an available television live channel exists. The judgment can be made based on the program information stored in the database, if the program information exists, the searching is indicated, and if the program information does not exist, the searching is not indicated.

If so, step 6 is performed to determine whether the EPG mode is supported, which may be based on the overall attribute of the display device 200. If it is determined that the EPG mode is supported, step 7 is performed to determine that the target mode is the EPG mode, jump to the TV channel, and display an EPG page, for example, an EPG page as shown in fig. 10, and end the flow. If it is determined that the EPG mode is not supported, step 8 is executed to determine that the target mode is the TV mode, jump to live TV, and show TV or HDMI program data, such as a TV live channel page as shown in fig. 11.

If no channel is searched, step 9 is performed to jump to a TV channel and display a channel search page, for example, a channel search page as shown in fig. 13, so that the user performs a related operation of searching channels on the channel search page. And after searching for available tv live channels, step 6 is performed.

When the display apparatus 200 performs step 3, if the live TV function is not limited, step 5 is performed; if the live TV functionality is limited, step 10 is performed, i.e. an unavailable prompt is displayed, e.g. "limit" etc., and the flow is ended.

According to the technical scheme, when the display equipment receives a control instruction sent by a user, the control instruction is responded, the running parameters of the program data of each channel are acquired, and the target mode corresponding to the running parameters is determined, so that the program information corresponding to the program data of each channel is displayed by using the target mode. It can be seen that the user only needs to send a control instruction to the display device through one designated key, and the display device can determine the target mode for displaying the program information from the plurality of modes by itself in response to the control instruction. The number of keys can be reduced, and the interaction times between the user and the display equipment can be simplified, so that the display efficiency of the program information is improved.

The foregoing detailed description of the embodiments is merely illustrative of the general principles of the present application and should not be taken in any way as limiting the scope of the invention. Any other embodiments developed in accordance with the present application without inventive effort are within the scope of the present application for those skilled in the art.

Claims (10)

1. A display device, characterized by comprising:

a display configured to display a user interface corresponding to program information, the program information being overview information of program data corresponding to each live channel;

a controller configured to:

receiving a control instruction sent by a user based on a designated key, wherein the control instruction is used for indicating to display the program information;

responding to the control instruction, and acquiring the running parameters of the display equipment currently used for displaying the program data;

determining a target mode corresponding to the operation parameter;

and displaying the program information by using the target mode.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the designated key corresponds to at least two modes for displaying the program information, wherein the at least two modes for displaying the program information correspond to different operating parameters.

3. The display device of claim 1, wherein the operating parameter comprises a user mode, and wherein the controller determines a target mode corresponding to the operating parameter, configured to:

identifying a current user pattern, the user pattern comprising a child pattern and a non-child pattern;

If the current user mode is the child mode, the target mode is a television live mode;

and if the current user mode is the non-child mode, the target mode is a general mode, and the general mode comprises a network live broadcast mode and the television live broadcast mode.

4. A display device according to claim 3, wherein the operating parameters further comprise a live tab, and if the current user mode is the non-child mode, the controller determines a target mode corresponding to the operating parameters, and is further configured to:

identifying whether a live tab exists currently;

if the live tab exists, the target mode is the network live mode;

and if the live tab does not exist, the target mode is the television live mode.

5. The display device of claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to display the program information using the target mode, and is configured to:

if the target mode is a television live broadcast mode, acquiring information of a television live broadcast channel through a TV channel, and displaying the information of the television live broadcast channel;

and if the target mode is a network live broadcast mode, displaying a live tab page.

6. The display device of claim 3, wherein the operating parameters further include constraint information for a live TV function, and wherein if the current user mode is the child mode, the controller determines a target mode corresponding to the operating parameters, and is further configured to:

identifying whether there is currently a limit to live TV functionality;

if no restriction exists, judging that the target mode is a television live broadcast mode;

if there is a limit, the control instruction is not responded to, or an unavailable prompt is displayed.

7. The display device of claim 6, wherein the operating parameters further comprise television live channel information and electronic program guide EPG mode information, and wherein if no limit of live TV functionality exists, the controller determines a target mode corresponding to the operating parameters is further configured to:

judging whether available television live channels exist currently or not;

if available television live channels exist, judging whether an EPG mode is supported, wherein if the EPG mode is supported, judging that the target mode is the EPG mode; if the EPG mode is not supported, judging that the target mode is the television mode;

If no available television live channel exists, searching for the available television live channel.

8. The display device of claim 7, wherein the controller searching for available tv live channels is configured to:

displaying a channel searching page;

receiving a search instruction sent by the user;

and responding to the search instruction, and acquiring available live television channels through the TV channel.

9. The display device of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to display the user interface using the target mode, configured to:

if the target mode is an EPG mode, acquiring channel information of each available television live channel through the TV channel, and displaying an EPG page corresponding to the channel information;

and if the target mode is a television mode, acquiring the program data of available television live channels through the TV channel and displaying a user interface corresponding to the program data, or acquiring HDMI data through a full digital video and sound transmission interface HDMI and displaying a user interface corresponding to the HDMI data.

10. A display method of program information, characterized by being applied to a display device, the display being configured to display a user interface corresponding to program information, the program information being overview information of program data corresponding to each live channel, the method comprising:

Receiving a control instruction sent by a user based on a designated key, wherein the control instruction is used for indicating to display the program information;

responding to the control instruction, and acquiring the running parameters of the display equipment currently used for displaying the program data;

determining a target mode corresponding to the operation parameter;

and displaying the program information by using the target mode.

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