Granted Patent B2

US 12,574,585 · App. 18/510,339 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Inventors: Luming Yang (Shandong, CN); Yongjiang Sun (Shandong, CN); Chengchuang Xiao (Shandong, CN); Zhiyou Wu (Shandong, CN); Meiyu Liu (Shandong, CN)

Assignee: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

H04N21/43072H04N21/4314H04N21/43615

Abstract

Claims (27)

1 . A display apparatus, comprising:

a display, configured to present a picture and/or a user interface;

a communicating device, in communication with a device or network;

a sound output device or an external power amplifier, configured to output sound; and

at least one processor, in connection with the display, the communicating device and the sound output device, and configured to execute instructions to cause the display apparatus to:

upon receiving media data pushed from a terminal device, detect a type of a current signal source of the display apparatus, and detecting whether a picture mode output from the current signal source supports a preset mode;

detecting whether the type of the current signal source is included in a source list by comparing the type of the current signal source with one or more signal source types that support a split-screen playback mode included in the source list;

in response to said detecting that the type of the current signal source is included in the source list of the display apparatus and the picture mode output from the current signal source supports the preset mode, start the split-screen playback mode in the display apparatus, generate a first window and a second window, present the first window and the second window, on the display and display video data from the current signal source in the first window and display the media data from the terminal device in the second window;

in response to said detecting that the type of the current signal source is not included in the source list and the picture mode does not support the preset mode, not generate the first window and the second window, present the video data from the current signal source in a full-screen mode on the display, and control the sound output device or external power amplifier to play the audio data from the current signal source.

2 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute instructions to cause the display apparatus to: in response to a playing process of the media data reaching an end time point of the media data or receiving an operation for stopping playing the media data, destroy the second window, control the first window to present the video data from the current signal source in the full-screen mode, and control the sound output device or external power amplifier to play the audio data from the current signal source.

3 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: upon receiving an operation for switching a focus among windows, determine a target window corresponding to a current focus, wherein the target window is the first window or the second window; and control the sound output device or external power amplifier to play audio data associated with the target window.

4 . The display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute instructions to cause the display apparatus to: upon receiving a first preset operation on the target window, switch the target window in the split-screen mode to the full-screen mode; upon receiving a second preset operation on the target window, switch the target window from the full-screen mode to a thumbnail mode, wherein sizes and position layouts of the first window and the second window in the thumbnail mode remain unchanged, which are consistent with sizes and position layouts of the first window and the second window before the target window switching to the full-screen mode.

5 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute instructions to cause the display apparatus to: control the display to present the first window and the second window according to a split-screen scaling ratio and relative position layout between the first window and the second window.

6 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the media data is projected from the terminal device to the display apparatus.

7 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the preset mode is a picture mode indicated by a setting configuration that allows split-screen playback.

8 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the signal source comprises at least one of a signal source connected with the display apparatus via an external device interface, a signal source from a web or streaming application, or a signal source from an external device according to communication protocols.

9 . A split-screen playback method for a display apparatus, comprising: upon receiving media data pushed from the terminal device, detecting a type of a current signal source of the display apparatus, and detecting whether a picture mode output from the current signal source supports a preset mode;

detecting whether the type of the current signal source is included in a source list by comparing the type of the current signal source with one or more signal source types that support a split-screen playback mode included in the source list;

in response to said detecting that the type of the current signal source is included in the source list of the display apparatus and the picture mode output from the current signal source supports the preset mode, starting a split-screen playback mode in the display apparatus, generating a first window and a second window, presenting the first window and the second window, on a display of the display apparatus, and displaying video data from the current signal source in the first window and displaying the media data from the terminal device in the second window;

in response to said detecting that the type of the current signal source being is not included in the source list and the picture mode does not support the preset mode, not generating the first window and the second window, and presenting the video data from the current signal source in a full-screen mode on the display, and controlling the sound output device or external power amplifier to play the audio data from the current signal source.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , further comprising: in response to a playing process of the media data reaching an end time point of the media data or receiving an operation for stopping playing the media data, destroying the second window, controlling the first window to present the video data from the current signal source in the full-screen mode, and playing the audio data from the current signal source.

11 . The method according to claim 9 , further comprising: upon receiving an operation for switching a focus among windows, determining a target window corresponding to a current focus, wherein the target window is the first window or the second window; and playing audio data associated with the target window.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising: upon receiving a first preset operation on the target window, switching the target window in the split-screen mode to the full-screen mode; upon receiving a second preset operation on the target window, switching the target window from the full-screen mode to a thumbnail mode, wherein sizes and position layouts of the first window and the second window in the thumbnail mode remain unchanged, which are consistent with sizes and position layouts of the first window and the second window before the target window switching to the full-screen mode.

13 . The method according to claim 9 , further comprising: controlling the display to present the first window and the second window according to a split-screen scaling ratio and relative position layout between the first window and the second window.

14 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the media data is projected from the terminal device to the display apparatus.

15 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the preset mode is a picture mode indicated by a setting configuration that allows split-screen playback.

16 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the signal source comprises at least one of a signal source connected with the display apparatus via an external device interface, a signal source from a web or streaming application, or a signal source from an external device according to communication protocols.

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