CN113438539A - Digital television program recording method and display equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The method comprises the steps that in the process that a user watches a current digital television program, when the fact that the digital television program needs to be recorded is determined, signal resources corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded are received and stored at a designated position, in the recording process, in response to the playing operation of playing a non-digital television program by the user, the current digital television program is stopped being played, the non-digital television program is played, and meanwhile, the signal resources corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded are continuously received and stored. Therefore, by applying the technical scheme provided by the application, the digital television program can be continuously recorded while the non-digital television program is watched.

Description

Digital television program recording method and display equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of intelligent televisions, in particular to a digital television program recording method and display equipment.

Background

With the increasing ease of use and diversity of television and multimedia content required by television users, televisions that support PVR (digital Video Recorder) functions are widely used in homes.

At present, a single Tuner television commonly available in the market can only record in a digital television service scene, and does not support recording of digital television programs in a third-party application service scene, so that a user can only watch and record while watching the digital television service scene, and if the user wants to watch non-digital television programs applied by a third party in the recording process, the recording service of recording the current digital television program stops when the user opens the third-party application, which causes recording interruption.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the present application provides a method and a display device for recording a digital television program, so as to continuously record the digital television program while watching a non-digital television program.

Specifically, the method is realized through the following technical scheme:

according to a first aspect of the present application, there is provided a display device including:

a display;

a controller coupled to the display for performing:

in the process of watching a current digital television program by a user, when the digital television program is determined to be required to be recorded, receiving a signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded and storing the signal resource at an appointed position, in the recording process, responding to the playing operation of playing a non-digital television program by the user, stopping playing the current digital television program, playing the non-digital television program, and simultaneously continuously receiving and storing the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded.

According to a second aspect of the present application, there is provided a method for recording a digital television program, the method comprising:

in the process of watching a current digital television program by a user, when the digital television program is determined to be required to be recorded, receiving a signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded and storing the signal resource at an appointed position, in the recording process, responding to the playing operation of playing a non-digital television program by the user, stopping playing the current digital television program, playing the non-digital television program, and continuously receiving and storing the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded.

According to the technical scheme, in the process of watching the current digital television program by a user, when the digital television program is determined to be required to be recorded, the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded is received and stored at the appointed position, and in the recording process, the playing of the current digital television program is stopped in response to the playing operation of the non-digital television program played by the user, the non-digital television program is played, and meanwhile, the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded is continuously received and stored. Therefore, the implementation manner of the signal resource for recording the digital television program and the implementation manner of the non-digital television program for playing the third application are two implementation manners which are not mutually influenced. Therefore, by applying the technical scheme provided by the application, the digital television program can be continuously recorded while the non-digital television program is watched.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of an operational scenario between a display device and a control apparatus according to some embodiments;

a block diagram of a hardware configuration of adisplay device 200 according to some embodiments is illustrated in fig. 2;

a block diagram of the hardware configuration of thecontrol device 100 according to some embodiments is illustrated in fig. 3;

a schematic diagram of a software configuration in adisplay device 200 according to some embodiments is illustrated in fig. 4;

FIG. 5 illustrates an icon control interface display diagram of an application in thedisplay device 200, according to some embodiments;

FIG. 6 illustrates a flow diagram for a first implementation of digital television program recording according to some embodiments;

a second implementation flow diagram of digital television program recording according to some embodiments is illustrated in fig. 7.

Detailed Description

To make the objects, embodiments and advantages of the present application clearer, the following description of exemplary embodiments of the present application will clearly and completely describe the exemplary embodiments of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings in the exemplary embodiments of the present application, and it is to be understood that the described exemplary embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments.

All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the exemplary embodiments described herein without inventive step, are intended to be within the scope of the claims appended hereto. In addition, while the disclosure herein has been presented in terms of one or more exemplary examples, it should be appreciated that aspects of the disclosure may be implemented solely as a complete embodiment.

It should be noted that the brief descriptions of the terms in the present application are only for the convenience of understanding the embodiments described below, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application. These terms should be understood in their ordinary and customary meaning unless otherwise indicated.

The terms "first," "second," "third," and the like in the description and claims of this application and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between similar or analogous objects or entities and are not necessarily intended to limit the order or sequence of any particular one, Unless otherwise indicated. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments described herein are, for example, capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein.

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

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

The term "remote control" as used in this application refers to a component of an electronic device (such as the display device disclosed in this application) that is typically wirelessly controllable over a relatively short range of distances. Typically using infrared and/or Radio Frequency (RF) signals and/or bluetooth to connect with the electronic device, and may also include WiFi, wireless USB, bluetooth, motion sensor, etc. For example: the hand-held touch remote controller replaces most of the physical built-in hard keys in the common remote control device with the user interface in the touch screen.

The term "gesture" as used in this application refers to a user's behavior through a change in hand shape or an action such as hand motion to convey a desired idea, action, purpose, or result.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an operation scenario between a display device and a control apparatus according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, a user may operate thedisplay device 200 through themobile terminal 300 and thecontrol apparatus 100.

In some embodiments, thecontrol apparatus 100 may be a remote controller, and the communication between the remote controller and the display device includes an infrared protocol communication or a bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-distance communication methods, etc., and thedisplay device 200 is controlled by wireless or other wired methods. The user may input a user command through a key on a remote controller, voice input, control panel input, etc. to control thedisplay apparatus 200. Such as: the user can input a corresponding control command through a volume up/down key, a channel control key, up/down/left/right moving keys, a voice input key, a menu key, a power on/off key, etc. on the remote controller, to implement the function of controlling thedisplay device 200.

In some embodiments, mobile terminals, tablets, computers, laptops, and other smart devices may also be used to control thedisplay device 200. For example, thedisplay device 200 is controlled using an application program running on the smart device. The application, through configuration, may provide the user with various controls in an intuitive User Interface (UI) on a screen associated with the smart device.

In some embodiments, themobile terminal 300 may install a software application with thedisplay device 200 to implement connection communication through a network communication protocol for the purpose of one-to-one control operation and data communication. Such as: themobile terminal 300 and thedisplay device 200 can establish a control instruction protocol, synchronize a remote control keyboard to themobile terminal 300, and control thedisplay device 200 by controlling a user interface on themobile terminal 300. The audio and video content displayed on themobile terminal 300 can also be transmitted to thedisplay device 200, so as to realize the synchronous display function.

As also shown in fig. 1, thedisplay apparatus 200 also performs data communication with theserver 400 through various communication means. Thedisplay device 200 may be allowed to be communicatively connected through a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and other networks. Theserver 400 may provide various contents and interactions to thedisplay apparatus 200. Illustratively, thedisplay device 200 receives software program updates, or accesses a remotely stored digital media library, by sending and receiving information, as well as Electronic Program Guide (EPG) interactions. Theserver 400 may be a cluster or a plurality of clusters, and may include one or more types of servers. Other web service contents such as video on demand and advertisement services are provided through theserver 400.

Thedisplay device 200 may be a liquid crystal display, an OLED display, a projection display device. The particular display device type, size, resolution, etc. are not limiting, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that thedisplay device 200 may be modified in performance and configuration as desired.

Thedisplay apparatus 200 may additionally provide an intelligent network tv function of a computer support function including, but not limited to, a network tv, an intelligent tv, an Internet Protocol Tv (IPTV), and the like, in addition to the broadcast receiving tv function.

A hardware configuration block diagram of adisplay device 200 according to an exemplary embodiment is exemplarily shown in fig. 1.

In some embodiments, at least one of thecontroller 250, thetuner demodulator 210, thecommunicator 220, thedetector 230, the input/output interface 255, thedisplay 275, theaudio output interface 285, thememory 260, thepower supply 290, theuser interface 265, and theexternal device interface 240 is included in thedisplay apparatus 200.

In some embodiments, adisplay 275 receives image signals originating from the first processor output and displays video content and images and components of the menu manipulation interface.

In some embodiments, thedisplay 275, includes a display screen assembly for presenting a picture, and a driving assembly that drives the display of an image.

In some embodiments, the video content is displayed from broadcast television content, or alternatively, from various broadcast signals that may be received via wired or wireless communication protocols. Alternatively, various image contents received from the network communication protocol and sent from the network server side can be displayed.

In some embodiments, thedisplay 275 is used to present a user-manipulated UI interface generated in thedisplay apparatus 200 and used to control thedisplay apparatus 200.

In some embodiments, a driver assembly for driving the display is also included, depending on the type ofdisplay 275.

In some embodiments,display 275 is a projection display and may also include a projection device and a projection screen.

In some embodiments,communicator 220 is a component for communicating with external devices or external servers according to various communication protocol types. For example: the communicator may include at least one of a Wifi chip, a bluetooth communication protocol chip, a wired ethernet communication protocol chip, and other network communication protocol chips or near field communication protocol chips, and an infrared receiver.

In some embodiments, thedisplay apparatus 200 may establish control signal and data signal transmission and reception with theexternal control apparatus 100 or the content providing apparatus through thecommunicator 220.

In some embodiments, theuser interface 265 may be configured to receive infrared control signals from a control device 100 (e.g., an infrared remote control, etc.).

In some embodiments, thedetector 230 is a signal used by thedisplay device 200 to collect an external environment or interact with the outside.

In some embodiments, thedetector 230 includes a light receiver, a sensor for collecting the intensity of ambient light, and parameters changes can be adaptively displayed by collecting the ambient light, and the like.

In some embodiments, thedetector 230 may further include an image collector, such as a camera, etc., which may be configured to collect external environment scenes, collect attributes of the user or gestures interacted with the user, adaptively change display parameters, and recognize user gestures, so as to implement a function of interaction with the user.

In some embodiments, thedetector 230 may also include a temperature sensor or the like, such as by sensing ambient temperature.

In some embodiments, thedisplay apparatus 200 may adaptively adjust a display color temperature of an image. For example, thedisplay apparatus 200 may be adjusted to display a cool tone when the temperature is in a high environment, or thedisplay apparatus 200 may be adjusted to display a warm tone when the temperature is in a low environment.

In some embodiments, thedetector 230 may also be a sound collector or the like, such as a microphone, which may be used to receive the user's voice. Illustratively, a voice signal including a control instruction of the user to control thedisplay device 200, or to collect an ambient sound for recognizing an ambient scene type, so that thedisplay device 200 can adaptively adapt to an ambient noise.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the input/output interface 255 is configured to allow data transfer between thecontroller 250 and external other devices orother controllers 250. Such as receiving video signal data and audio signal data of an external device, or command instruction data, etc.

In some embodiments, theexternal device interface 240 may include, but is not limited to, the following: the interface can be any one or more of a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), an analog or data high-definition component input interface, a composite video input interface, a USB input interface, an RGB port and the like. The plurality of interfaces may form a composite input/output interface.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, thetuning demodulator 210 is configured to receive a broadcast television signal through a wired or wireless receiving manner, perform modulation and demodulation processing such as amplification, mixing, resonance, and the like, and demodulate an audio and video signal from a plurality of wireless or wired broadcast television signals, where the audio and video signal may include a television audio and video signal carried in a television channel frequency selected by a user and an EPG data signal.

In some embodiments, the frequency points demodulated by thetuner demodulator 210 are controlled by thecontroller 250, and thecontroller 250 can send out control signals according to user selection, so that the modem responds to the television signal frequency selected by the user and modulates and demodulates the television signal carried by the frequency.

In some embodiments, the broadcast television signal may be classified into a terrestrial broadcast signal, a cable broadcast signal, a satellite broadcast signal, an internet broadcast signal, or the like according to the broadcasting system of the television signal. Or may be classified into a digital modulation signal, an analog modulation signal, and the like according to a modulation type. Or the signals are classified into digital signals, analog signals and the like according to the types of the signals.

In some embodiments, thecontroller 250 and themodem 210 may be located in different separate devices, that is, themodem 210 may also be located in an external device of the main device where thecontroller 250 is located, such as an external set-top box. Therefore, the set top box outputs the television audio and video signals modulated and demodulated by the received broadcast television signals to the main body equipment, and the main body equipment receives the audio and video signals through the first input/output interface.

In some embodiments, thecontroller 250 controls the operation of the display device and responds to user operations through various software control programs stored in memory. Thecontroller 250 may control the overall operation of thedisplay apparatus 200. For example: in response to receiving a user command for selecting a UI object to be displayed on thedisplay 275, thecontroller 250 may perform an operation related to the object selected by the user command.

In some embodiments, the object may be any one of selectable objects, such as a hyperlink or an icon. Operations related to the selected object, such as: displaying an operation connected to a hyperlink page, document, image, or the like, or performing an operation of a program corresponding to the icon. The user command for selecting the UI object may be a command input through various input means (e.g., a mouse, a keyboard, a touch pad, etc.) connected to thedisplay apparatus 200 or a voice command corresponding to a voice spoken by the user.

As shown in fig. 1, thecontroller 250 includes at least one of a Random Access Memory 251 (RAM), a Read-Only Memory 252 (ROM), avideo processor 270, anaudio processor 280, other processors 253 (e.g., a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a Central Processing Unit 254 (CPU), a Communication Interface (Communication Interface), and a Communication Bus 256(Bus), which connects the respective components.

In some embodiments,RAM 251 is used to store temporary data for the operating system or other programs that are running

In some embodiments,ROM 252 is used to store instructions for various system boots.

In some embodiments, theROM 252 is used to store a Basic Input Output System (BIOS). The system is used for completing power-on self-test of the system, initialization of each functional module in the system, a driver of basic input/output of the system and booting an operating system.

In some embodiments, when the power-on signal is received, thedisplay device 200 starts to power up, the CPU executes the system boot instruction in theROM 252, and copies the temporary data of the operating system stored in the memory to theRAM 251 so as to start or run the operating system. After the start of the operating system is completed, the CPU copies the temporary data of the various application programs in the memory to theRAM 251, and then, the various application programs are started or run.

In some embodiments,CPU processor 254 is used to execute operating system and application program instructions stored in memory. And executing various application programs, data and contents according to various interactive instructions received from the outside so as to finally display and play various audio and video contents.

In some example embodiments, theCPU processor 254 may comprise a plurality of processors. The plurality of processors may include a main processor and one or more sub-processors. A main processor for performing some operations of thedisplay apparatus 200 in a pre-power-up mode and/or operations of displaying a screen in a normal mode. One or more sub-processors for one operation in a standby mode or the like.

In some embodiments, thegraphics processor 253 is used to generate various graphics objects, such as: icons, operation menus, user input instruction display graphics, and the like. The display device comprises an arithmetic unit which carries out operation by receiving various interactive instructions input by a user and displays various objects according to display attributes. And the system comprises a renderer for rendering various objects obtained based on the arithmetic unit, wherein the rendered objects are used for being displayed on a display.

In some embodiments, thevideo processor 270 is configured to receive an external video signal, and perform video processing such as decompression, decoding, scaling, noise reduction, frame rate conversion, resolution conversion, image synthesis, and the like according to a standard codec protocol of the input signal, so as to obtain a signal that can be displayed or played on thedirect display device 200.

In some embodiments,video processor 270 includes a demultiplexing module, a video decoding module, an image synthesis module, a frame rate conversion module, a display formatting module, and the like.

The demultiplexing module is used for demultiplexing the input audio and video data stream, and if the input MPEG-2 is input, the demultiplexing module demultiplexes the input audio and video data stream into a video signal and an audio signal.

And the video decoding module is used for processing the video signal after demultiplexing, including decoding, scaling and the like.

And the image synthesis module is used for carrying out superposition mixing processing on the GUI signal input by the user or generated by the user and the video image after the zooming processing by the graphic generator so as to generate an image signal for display.

The frame rate conversion module is configured to convert an input video frame rate, such as a 60Hz frame rate into a 120Hz frame rate or a 240Hz frame rate, and the normal format is implemented in, for example, an interpolation frame mode.

The display format module is used for converting the received video output signal after the frame rate conversion, and changing the signal to conform to the signal of the display format, such as outputting an RGB data signal.

In some embodiments, thegraphics processor 253 and the video processor may be integrated or separately configured, and when the graphics processor and the video processor are integrated, the graphics processor and the video processor may perform processing of graphics signals output to the display, and when the graphics processor and the video processor are separately configured, the graphics processor and the video processor may perform different functions, respectively, for example, a GPU + frc (frame Rate conversion) architecture.

In some embodiments, theaudio processor 280 is configured to receive an external audio signal, decompress and decode the received audio signal according to a standard codec protocol of the input signal, and perform noise reduction, digital-to-analog conversion, and amplification processes to obtain an audio signal that can be played in a speaker.

In some embodiments,video processor 270 may comprise one or more chips. The audio processor may also comprise one or more chips.

In some embodiments, thevideo processor 270 and theaudio processor 280 may be separate chips or may be integrated together with the controller in one or more chips.

In some embodiments, the audio output, under the control ofcontroller 250, receives sound signals output byaudio processor 280, such as: thespeaker 286, and an external sound output terminal of a generating device that can output to an external device, in addition to the speaker carried by thedisplay device 200 itself, such as: external sound interface or earphone interface, etc., and may also include a near field communication module in the communication interface, for example: and the Bluetooth module is used for outputting sound of the Bluetooth loudspeaker.

Thepower supply 290 supplies power to thedisplay device 200 from the power input from the external power source under the control of thecontroller 250. Thepower supply 290 may include a built-in power supply circuit installed inside thedisplay apparatus 200, or may be a power supply interface installed outside thedisplay apparatus 200 to provide an external power supply in thedisplay apparatus 200.

Auser interface 265 for receiving an input signal of a user and then transmitting the received user input signal to thecontroller 250. The user input signal may be a remote controller signal received through an infrared receiver, and various user control signals may be received through the network communication module.

In some embodiments, the user inputs a user command through thecontrol apparatus 100 or themobile terminal 300, the user input interface responds to the user input through thecontroller 250 according to the user input, and thedisplay device 200 responds to the user input through thecontroller 250.

In some embodiments, a user may enter user commands on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on thedisplay 275, and the user input interface receives the user input commands 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 receives the user input command by recognizing the sound or gesture through the sensor.

In some embodiments, a "user interface" is a media interface for interaction and information exchange between an application or operating system and a user that enables conversion between an internal form of information and a form that is acceptable to the user. A commonly used presentation form of the User Interface is a Graphical User Interface (GUI), which refers to a User Interface related to computer operations and displayed in a graphical manner. It may be an interface element such as an icon, a window, a control, etc. displayed in the 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.

Thememory 260 includes a memory storing various software modules for driving thedisplay device 200. Such as: various software modules stored in the first memory, including: at least one of a basic module, a detection module, a communication module, a display control module, a browser module, and various service modules.

The base module is a bottom layer software module for signal communication between various hardware in thedisplay device 200 and for sending processing and control signals to the upper layer module. The detection module is used for collecting various information from various sensors or user input interfaces, and the management module is used for performing digital-to-analog conversion and analysis management.

For example, the voice recognition module comprises a voice analysis module and a voice instruction database module. The display control module is used for controlling the display to display the image content, and can be used for playing the multimedia image content, UI interface and other information. And the communication module is used for carrying out control and data communication with external equipment. And the browser module is used for executing a module for data communication between browsing servers. And the service module is used for providing various services and modules including various application programs. Meanwhile, thememory 260 may store a visual effect map for receiving external data and user data, images of various items in various user interfaces, and a focus object, etc.

Fig. 2 exemplarily shows a block diagram of a configuration of thecontrol apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 2, thecontrol apparatus 100 includes acontroller 110, acommunication interface 130, a user input/output interface, a memory, and a power supply source.

Thecontrol device 100 is configured to control thedisplay device 200 and may receive an input operation instruction of a user and convert the operation instruction into an instruction recognizable and responsive by thedisplay device 200, serving as an interaction intermediary between the user and thedisplay device 200. Such as: the user responds to the channel up and down operation by operating the channel up and down keys on thecontrol device 100.

In some embodiments, thecontrol device 100 may be a smart device. Such as: thecontrol apparatus 100 may install various applications that control thedisplay apparatus 200 according to user demands.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, amobile terminal 300 or other intelligent electronic device may function similar to thecontrol device 100 after installing an application that manipulates thedisplay device 200. Such as: the user may implement the functions of controlling the physical keys of thedevice 100 by installing applications, various function keys or virtual buttons of a graphical user interface available on themobile terminal 300 or other intelligent electronic device.

Thecontroller 110 includes aprocessor 112 andRAM 113 andROM 114, acommunication interface 130, and a communication bus. The controller is used to control the operation of thecontrol device 100, as well as the communication cooperation between the internal components and the external and internal data processing functions.

Thecommunication interface 130 enables communication of control signals and data signals with thedisplay apparatus 200 under the control of thecontroller 110. Such as: the received user input signal is transmitted to thedisplay apparatus 200. Thecommunication interface 130 may include at least one of aWiFi chip 131, abluetooth module 132, anNFC module 133, and other near field communication modules.

A user input/output interface 140, wherein the input interface includes at least one of amicrophone 141, atouch pad 142, asensor 143,keys 144, and other input interfaces. Such as: the user can realize a user instruction input function through actions such as voice, touch, gesture, pressing, and the like, and the input interface converts the received analog signal into a digital signal and converts the digital signal into a corresponding instruction signal, and sends the instruction signal to thedisplay device 200.

The output interface includes an interface that transmits the received user instruction to thedisplay apparatus 200. In some embodiments, the interface may be an infrared interface or a radio frequency interface. Such as: when the infrared signal interface is used, the user input instruction needs to be converted into an infrared control signal according to an infrared control protocol, and the infrared control signal is sent to thedisplay device 200 through the infrared sending module. The following steps are repeated: when the rf signal interface is used, a user input command needs to be converted into a digital signal, and then the digital signal is modulated according to the rf control signal modulation protocol and then transmitted to thedisplay device 200 through the rf transmitting terminal.

In some embodiments, thecontrol device 100 includes at least one of acommunication interface 130 and an input-output interface 140. Thecontrol device 100 is provided with acommunication interface 130, such as: the WiFi, bluetooth, NFC, etc. modules may transmit the user input command to thedisplay device 200 through the WiFi protocol, or the bluetooth protocol, or the NFC protocol code.

Amemory 190 for storing various operation programs, data and applications for driving and controlling thecontrol apparatus 200 under the control of the controller. Thememory 190 may store various control signal commands input by a user.

And apower supply 180 for providing operational power support to the various elements of thecontrol device 100 under the control of the controller. A battery and associated control circuitry.

In some embodiments, the system may include a Kernel (Kernel), a command parser (shell), a file system, and an application program. The kernel, shell, and file system together make up the basic operating system structure that allows users to manage files, run programs, and use the system. After power-on, the kernel is started, kernel space is activated, hardware is abstracted, hardware parameters are initialized, and virtual memory, a scheduler, signals and interprocess communication (IPC) are operated and maintained. And after the kernel is started, loading the Shell and the user application program. The application program is compiled into machine code after being started, and a process is formed.

Referring to fig. 3, in some embodiments, the system is divided into four layers, which are an Application (Applications) layer (abbreviated as "Application layer"), an Application Framework (Application Framework) layer (abbreviated as "Framework layer"), an Android runtime (Android runtime) and system library layer (abbreviated as "system runtime library layer"), and a kernel layer, respectively, from top to bottom.

In some embodiments, at least one application program runs in the application program layer, and the application programs can be Window (Window) programs carried by an operating system, system setting programs, clock programs, camera applications and the like; or may be an application developed by a third party developer such as a hi program, a karaoke program, a magic mirror program, or the like. In specific implementation, the application packages in the application layer are not limited to the above examples, and may actually include other application packages, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

The framework layer provides an Application Programming Interface (API) and a programming framework for the application program of the application layer. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions. The application framework layer acts as a processing center that decides to let the applications in the application layer act. The application program can access the resource in the system and obtain the service of the system in execution through the API interface

As shown in fig. 3, in the embodiment of the present application, the application framework layer includes a manager (Managers), 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 for interacting with all activities running in the system; the Location Manager (Location Manager) is used for providing the system service or application with the access of the system Location service; a Package Manager (Package Manager) for retrieving various information related to an application Package currently installed on the device; a Notification Manager (Notification Manager) for controlling display and clearing of Notification messages; a Window Manager (Window Manager) is used to manage the icons, windows, toolbars, wallpapers, and desktop components on a user interface.

In some embodiments, the activity manager is to: managing the life cycle of each application program and the general navigation backspacing function, such as controlling the exit of the application program (including switching the user interface currently displayed in the display window to the system desktop), opening, backing (including switching the user interface currently displayed in the display window to the previous user interface of the user interface currently displayed), and the like.

In some embodiments, the window manager is configured to manage all window processes, such as obtaining a display size, determining whether a status bar is available, locking a screen, intercepting a screen, controlling a display change (e.g., zooming out, dithering, distorting, etc.) and the like.

In some embodiments, the system runtime layer provides support for the upper layer, i.e., the framework layer, and when the framework layer is used, the android operating system runs the C/C + + library included in the system runtime layer to implement the functions to be implemented by the framework layer.

In some embodiments, the kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. As shown in fig. 3, the core layer comprises at least one of the following drivers: audio drive, display drive, bluetooth drive, camera drive, WIFI drive, USB drive, HDMI drive, sensor drive (such as fingerprint sensor, temperature sensor, touch sensor, pressure sensor, etc.), and so on.

In some embodiments, the kernel layer further comprises a power driver module for power management.

In some embodiments, software programs and/or modules corresponding to the software architecture of fig. 4 are stored in the first memory or the second memory shown in fig. 2 or 3.

In some embodiments, taking the magic mirror application (photographing application) as an example, when the remote control receiving device receives a remote control input operation, a corresponding hardware interrupt is sent to the kernel layer. The kernel layer processes the input operation into an original input event (including information such as a value of the input operation, a timestamp of the input operation, etc.). The raw input events are stored at the kernel layer. The application program framework layer obtains an original input event from the kernel layer, identifies a control corresponding to the input event according to the current position of the focus and uses the input operation as a confirmation operation, the control corresponding to the confirmation operation is a control of a magic mirror application icon, the magic mirror application calls an interface of the application framework layer to start the magic mirror application, and then the kernel layer is called to start a camera driver, so that a static image or a video is captured through the camera.

In some embodiments, for a display device with a touch function, taking a split screen operation as an example, the display device receives an input operation (such as a split screen operation) that a user acts on a display screen, and the kernel layer may generate a corresponding input event according to the input operation and report the event to the application framework layer. The window mode (such as multi-window mode) corresponding to the input operation, the position and size of the window and the like are set by an activity manager of the application framework layer. And the window management of the application program framework layer draws a window according to the setting of the activity manager, then sends the drawn window data to the display driver of the kernel layer, and the display driver displays the corresponding application interface in different display areas of the display screen.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the application layer containing at least one application may display a corresponding icon control in the display, such as: the system comprises a live television application icon control, a video on demand application icon control, a media center application icon control, an application center icon control, a game application icon control and the like.

In some embodiments, the live television application may provide live television via different signal sources. For example, a live television application may provide television signals using input from cable television, radio broadcasts, satellite services, or other types of live television services. And, the live television application may display video of the live television signal on thedisplay device 200.

In some embodiments, a video-on-demand application may provide video from different storage sources. Unlike live television applications, video on demand provides a video display from some storage source. For example, the video on demand may come from a server side of the cloud storage, from a local hard disk storage containing stored video programs.

In some embodiments, the media center application may provide various applications for multimedia content playback. For example, a media center, which may be other than live television or video on demand, may provide services that a user may access to various images or audio through a media center application.

In some embodiments, an application center may provide storage for various applications. The application may be a game, an application, or some other application associated with a computer system or other device that may be run on the smart television. The application center may obtain these applications from different sources, store them in local storage, and then be operable on thedisplay device 200.

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the present application is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

The following describes an application resource sharing method provided in an embodiment of the present application:

referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart illustrating recording of a first digital television program. The execution subject of the flow shown in fig. 6 may be the controller of the above-mentioned display device, and then

As shown in fig. 6, the process may include the following steps:

step 101, in the process of watching the current digital television program by the user, when the digital television program is determined to need to be recorded,step 102 is executed.

The digital television programs are played by acquiring signal resources from signal resource interfaces, which may be HDIM interfaces, TV interfaces or AV interfaces.

When a user watches a digital television program, the user can record the currently watched digital television program and can also record other digital television programs, namely the non-currently watched digital television programs. The other digital television programs may be digital television programs which are at the same frequency point as the current digital television program, or digital television programs which are not at the same frequency point as the current digital television program.

It should be noted that, if a digital television program at the same frequency point as the current digital television program is to be recorded, the digital television program at the same frequency point as the current digital television program is directly recorded without closing the current digital television program, that is, the current digital television program can be watched while the television program at the same frequency point as the digital television program is recorded. If the digital television program which is not at the same frequency point as the current digital television program is to be recorded, switching to the digital television program to be recorded, namely closing the current digital television program, and then recording the digital television program which is not at the same frequency point as the current digital television program.

As an embodiment, during the process of watching the current digital television program, the method further comprises the following steps:

step A, receiving a recording operation of a user for recording a digital television program to be recorded so as to determine that the digital television program to be recorded needs to be recorded.

When a user wants to record a to-be-recorded television program which is at the same frequency point as the current digital television program, the user does not need to close the current digital television program and directly and correspondingly operates the recording operation for recording the to-be-recorded television program, so that the display equipment can determine that the user needs to record the to-be-recorded digital television program when receiving the recording operation.

As another embodiment, during the process of watching the current digital television program, the method further comprises the following step B:

and step B, receiving the recording operation of recording the digital television program to be recorded by the user, and switching to the digital television program to be recorded so as to determine that the digital television program to be recorded needs to be recorded.

When a user wants to record a to-be-recorded television program which is not at the same frequency point as the current digital television program, the user needs to switch to the to-be-recorded digital television program to close the current digital television program and correspondingly operate the recording operation for recording the to-be-recorded television program, so that the display equipment can determine that the user needs to record the to-be-recorded digital television program when receiving the recording operation.

As another embodiment, during the process of watching the current digital television program, the method further comprises the following step C:

and step C, receiving a recording operation of a user for recording a digital television program to be recorded, determining whether the recorded television program is at the same frequency point as the current digital television program, if so, displaying a selection page for prompting whether to close the current digital television program to the user, displaying prompt information for prompting whether to switch to the digital television program to be recorded to the user, if so, switching to the digital television program to be recorded, executing thestep 102, otherwise, canceling current recording, and continuing to play the current digital television program.

Illustratively, when a user watches the program S1, and determines that the digital program S2 is to be recorded during the program S1, it needs to be determined whether the program S2 is located at the same frequency as the program S2, if so, the user may record the program S2 while watching the program S1, and if not, when the user selects the program S2, the user needs to switch to the program S2 to close the program S1, and then record the program S2 while watching the program S2.

102, receiving signal resources corresponding to a digital television program to be recorded and storing the signal resources at a designated position, in the recording process, responding to the playing operation of a user for playing a non-digital television program, stopping playing the current digital television program, playing the non-digital television program, and continuously receiving and storing the signal resources corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded.

The digital television program to be recorded may be a currently viewed digital television program or a non-currently viewed digital television program.

The non-digital tv programs include but are not limited to non-digital tv programs played by third party applications (such as Tencent video, Aiqi art, etc.), and the display device is operated from one of the following channels: non-digital television programs are played based on Signal resources acquired by HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface), YPBPR (color difference Signal), AV (Composite Video Broadcast Signal, also called CVBS), Media (Multimedia), or the like.

As an embodiment, the program played by the third-party application is a non-digital television program, where the user no longer watches the digital television program, but instead watches the non-digital television program of the third-party application, but at this time, the digital program is still recorded.

In view of the fact that the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded is acquired from the signal resource interface and stored at the designated position, the non-digital television program for opening the third-party application does not affect the acquisition of the signal resource corresponding to the television program to be recorded from the signal resource interface, that is, the execution steps of opening the third-party application and watching the non-digital television program of the third-party application do not conflict with the execution steps of acquiring the signal resource corresponding to the television program to be recorded from the signal resource interface, and the two execution steps can be executed in parallel without affecting each other.

For example, during the recording of the program S2, the user may simultaneously open the third-party application and watch the non-digital tv program S3 of the third-party application through the third-party application.

As an embodiment, during the process of watching the current digital television program, the method further includes:

and setting the recording time for recording the reserved digital program to be recorded, and when the recording time is up, executing the step of receiving the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded and storing the signal resource at the designated position.

The recording time of the digital program to be recorded can be reserved in advance, so that when the reserved recording time is up, no additional operation is required by a user, and the display equipment automatically records the digital television program to be recorded.

The recording time may be a certain time point or a time period, which is not limited in this embodiment.

Illustratively, the recording time is an example of a time point: when the user sets that 11 o 'clock 30 records the S2 program at 10 o' clock, the 11 o 'clock 30 is the recording time, and when the time reaches 11 o' clock 30, the user does not need to operate, and the recording of the S2 program is automatically started.

Recording time is an example of a point in time: when the user sets that the program is recorded from 90 minutes after 10 o 'clock at 10 o' clock S2, the 90 minutes is the recording time, and when the time reaches 90 minutes, the user operation is not needed, and the recording of the program is automatically started S2.

Therefore, by applying the technical scheme provided by the embodiment, the user can be prevented from missing the recording of the digital television program to be recorded, so that a good experience effect can be brought to the user.

As an embodiment, setting a recording time for scheduling to record a digital program to be recorded includes: and receiving the digital television program selected to be recorded in a reserved mode as the digital television program to be recorded, and setting the recording time of the digital program to be recorded. The digital television program to be recorded which is scheduled to be recorded can be selected through the remote controller, and after the digital television program to be recorded is selected, the recording time of the digital program to be recorded is set, and the recording time can be determined according to the playing time of the digital television program to be recorded.

As another embodiment, a recording time for recording a digital program to be recorded in a scheduled manner is set, a digital television program selected by a user to be recorded in a scheduled manner is received as the digital television program to be recorded, and the recording time and the recording duration of the digital program to be recorded are set. The recording duration is the duration for recording the digital program to be recorded, and the digital television program may determine the recording duration corresponding to one digital television program according to the announcement directory of the digital television program, for example, the announcement directory announcement program S2 starts to play at 11 pm 30 to end to play at 12 pm 30 in 6/12 th of 2021, and the duration is 60 minutes, based on which, it may be known that the recording duration of the program S2 is 60 minutes.

To this end, the entire flow in fig. 6 has been completed.

According to the technical scheme, in the process of watching the current digital television program by a user, when the digital television program is determined to be required to be recorded, the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded is received and stored at the appointed position, and in the recording process, the playing of the current digital television program is stopped in response to the playing operation of the non-digital television program played by the user, the non-digital television program is played, and meanwhile, the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded is continuously received and stored. Therefore, the implementation manner of the signal resource for recording the digital television program and the implementation manner of the non-digital television program for playing the third application are two implementation manners which are not mutually influenced. Therefore, by applying the technical scheme provided by the application, the digital television program can be continuously recorded while the non-digital television program is watched.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic flow chart illustrating recording of a second digital television program. The execution subject of the flow shown in fig. 7 may be the controller of the above-described display device, and

as shown in fig. 7, the process may include the following steps:

201, in the process of watching the current digital television program, receiving a recording operation of recording the digital television program to be recorded by the user, so as to determine that the digital television program to be recorded needs to be recorded.

202, receiving a digital television program which is selected by a user to be scheduled for recording as a digital television program to be recorded, setting the recording time and the recording duration of the digital program to be recorded, and executing thestep 203 when the recording time is up.

As an embodiment, when the recording time is reached, if the user is in a state of watching the current digital television program, determining whether the digital television program to be recorded is at the same frequency point as the current digital television program, if so, executingstep 203, if not, displaying the prompt information to the user, if the user selects yes, switching to the digital television program to be recorded, and executingstep 203, if the user selects no, canceling the current recording, and continuing to play the current digital television program.

203, starting a timer for recording the digital television program to be recorded, and stopping recording the television program to be recorded when the timer reaches the recording duration; when the timer does not reach the recording duration,step 204 is executed.

The user can set the recording time length in advance, so that the recording can be automatically stopped when the recording time length is reached. The recording duration in this step is the recording duration set in advance.

And 204, receiving the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded and storing the signal resource at a designated position, in the recording process, responding to the playing operation of the user for playing the non-digital television program, stopping playing the current digital television program, playing the non-digital television program, and continuously receiving and storing the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded.

To this end, the entire flow in fig. 7 has been completed.

According to the technical scheme, the reserved recording of the digital television program can avoid missing the television program to be recorded, and the implementation mode of recording the signal resource of the digital television program and the implementation mode of playing the non-digital television program of the third application are two implementation modes which do not influence each other. Therefore, by applying the technical scheme provided by the application, the digital television program can be continuously recorded while the non-digital television program is watched while the television program to be recorded is prevented from being missed.

The above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

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

Claims (10)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display;

a controller coupled to the display, the controller including at least one tuning module Tuner for performing:

in the process of watching a current digital television program by a user, when the digital television program is determined to be required to be recorded, receiving a signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded and storing the signal resource at an appointed position, in the recording process, responding to the playing operation of playing a non-digital television program by the user, stopping playing the current digital television program, playing the non-digital television program, and simultaneously continuously receiving and storing the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein during the period when the user watches the current digital television program, the controller is further configured to:

receiving a recording operation of a user for recording a digital television program to be recorded, determining whether the digital television program to be recorded is at the same frequency point with the current digital television program, if so, executing the step of receiving a signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded and storing the signal resource at a specified position, if not, displaying prompt information for prompting whether to switch to the digital television program to be recorded to the user, if so, switching to the digital television to be recorded, executing the step of receiving the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded and storing the signal resource at the specified position, otherwise, canceling current recording and continuing to play the current digital television program.

3. The display device of claim 1, wherein during the period when the user watches the current digital television program, the controller is further configured to:

and setting the recording time for recording the reserved digital program to be recorded, and when the recording time is up, executing the step of receiving the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded and storing the signal resource at the designated position.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the setting is performed to schedule a recording time for recording a digital program to be recorded, and the controller is configured to:

receiving a digital television program which is selected by a user to be recorded in a reserved mode and serves as a digital television program to be recorded, and setting recording time of the digital program to be recorded; or

And receiving a digital television program which is selected by a user to be recorded in a reserved mode and serves as the digital television program to be recorded, and setting the recording time and the recording duration of the digital program to be recorded.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein before the receiving and storing the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded at the designated location, the controller is further configured to perform:

starting a timer for recording a digital television program to be recorded;

when the timer reaches the recording duration, stopping recording the television program to be recorded;

and when the timer does not reach the recording duration, executing the step of receiving the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded and storing the signal resource at the appointed position.

6. A method for recording digital television programs, comprising:

in the process of watching a current digital television program by a user, when the digital television program is determined to be required to be recorded, receiving a signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded and storing the signal resource at an appointed position, in the recording process, responding to the playing operation of playing a non-digital television program by the user, stopping playing the current digital television program, playing the non-digital television program, and continuously receiving and storing the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein during the user's viewing of the current digital television program, comprising:

receiving a recording operation of a user for recording a digital television program to be recorded, determining whether the digital television program to be recorded is at the same frequency point with the current digital television program, if so, executing the step of receiving a signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded and storing the signal resource at a specified position, if not, displaying prompt information for prompting whether to switch to the digital television program to be recorded to the user, if so, switching to the digital television to be recorded, executing the step of receiving the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded and storing the signal resource at the specified position, otherwise, canceling current recording and continuing to play the current digital television program.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein during the user's viewing of the current digital television program, further comprising:

and setting the recording time for recording the reserved digital program to be recorded, and when the recording time is up, executing the step of receiving the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded and storing the signal resource at the designated position.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the setting of the recording time for the scheduled recording of the digital program to be recorded comprises:

receiving a digital television program which is selected by a user to be recorded in a reserved mode and serves as a digital television program to be recorded, and setting recording time of the digital program to be recorded; or

And receiving a digital television program which is selected by a user to be recorded in a reserved mode and serves as the digital television program to be recorded, and setting the recording time and the recording duration of the digital program to be recorded.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein before receiving and storing the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded in the designated location, the method further comprises:

starting a timer for recording a digital television program to be recorded;

when the timer reaches the recording duration, stopping recording the television program to be recorded;

and when the timer does not reach the recording duration, executing the step of receiving the signal resource corresponding to the digital television program to be recorded and storing the signal resource at the appointed position.

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