IP Library Granted Patent US 12,457,376
Granted Patent B2
US 12,457,376 · App. 18/477,204 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Display method and display device

Inventors: Zhaofeng Pian (Shandong, CN); Rongbo Zhang (Shandong, CN); Jinliang Hou (Shandong, CN)
Assignee: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H04N21/4221H04N21/4622
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Patent No.
US 12,457,376
App. No.
18/477,204
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a display apparatus and method. The method includes: in response to a boot command for starting the display apparatus from a user, entering a preset application in the display apparatus, where a user interface of the preset application is a black screen; in response to the smart boot mode being in the on state, reading an attribute value stored in a database of the display apparatus; if the attribute value is a first preset value, controlling the display to present a startup homepage, and exiting from the preset application; and if the attribute value is a second preset value, reading an input ID, controlling the display to present an interface of a physical source corresponding to the input ID, and exiting from the preset application.

Claims (50)

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display configured to display an image from broadcast system or Internet, and/or, a user interface;

a memory configured to store instructions and data associated with the display;

a control device comprising at least one key; and

at least one processor in connection with the display and the memory, and configured to execute the instructions to cause the display apparatus to:

in response to a boot command for starting the display apparatus from a user, enter a preset application in the display apparatus, wherein a user interface of the preset application is a black screen;

detect whether a smart boot mode configured in the display apparatus is in an on state;

in response to the smart boot mode being in the on state, read an attribute value stored in a database of the display apparatus, wherein the attribute value is set via a setting menu or a physical signal source setting menu;

in response to the attribute value being a first preset value, cause the display to present a startup homepage, and exit from the preset application;

in response to the attribute value being a second preset value different from the first preset value, read an input ID configured in the display apparatus, control the display to present an interface of a physical signal source corresponding to the input ID, and exit from the preset application;

in response to the attribute value being a third preset value different from the first and second preset value, read a package name, and control the display to display an application interface corresponding to the package name, and exit from the preset application; and

in response to the smart boot mode being in an off state, control the display to present the startup homepage, and exit from the preset application.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the display apparatus to:

detect whether the smart boot mode is in the on state by detecting whether a boot switch value is a fourth preset value.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the smart boot mode is set via the setting menu.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the smart boot mode is set via the physical signal source setting menu.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the display apparatus to:

receive a command for opening an input list from the user, cause the display to present a user interface for the input list, wherein the user interface for the input list comprises a channel control, and the input list is configured to show sources in connection with the display apparatus, the input list comprises one or more input ID;

in response to a selection on the channel control, receive a command input from the user implemented by pressing a first preset key on the control device;

in response to a time of pressing the first preset key exceeding a preset threshold, control the display to present an interface for setting a source corresponding to the channel control.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the interface for setting the source corresponding to the channel control comprises a control for a physical signal source and at least one control for a source of Internet television service.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the physical signal source comprises one or more of: a digital television (DTV), an analog television (ATV), or at least one high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI).

8. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the display apparatus to:

receive a command for selecting a first control for a first source of the Internet television service from the user, execute an initialization operation corresponding to the first control;

wherein the initialization operation comprises: obtaining an initialization intent corresponding to the first control; in response to the initialization intent being not empty, initializing channel information in the first source of Internet television service, and adding the channel information to the database in such a way that channel information corresponding to the channel control is the channel information in the first source of Internet television service.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the display apparatus to:

in response to the time of pressing the first preset key not exceeding the preset threshold, cause the display to present a channel list from a second source of the Internet television service and play a program from the second source.

10. A method for a display apparatus, comprising:

in response to a boot command for starting the display apparatus from a user, entering a preset application in the display apparatus, wherein a user interface of the preset application is a black screen; wherein the display apparatus comprises a display configured to display an image from broadcast system or Internet, and/or, a user interface, and a control device comprising at least one key;

detecting whether a smart boot mode configured in the display apparatus is in an on state;

in response to the smart boot mode being in the on state, reading an attribute value stored in a database of the display apparatus, wherein the attribute value is set via a setting menu or a physical signal source setting menu;

in response to the attribute value being a first preset value, causing the display to present a startup homepage, and exiting from the preset application;

in response to the attribute value being a second preset value different from the first preset value, reading an input ID configured in the display apparatus, controlling the display to present an interface of a physical signal source corresponding to the input ID, and exiting from the preset application;

in response to the attribute value being a third preset value different from the first and second preset value, reading a package name, and controlling the display to display an application interface corresponding to the package name, and exiting from the preset application; and

in response to the smart boot mode being in an off state, controlling the display to present the startup homepage, and exiting from the preset application.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

detecting whether the smart boot mode is in the on state by detecting whether a boot switch value is a fourth preset value.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the smart boot mode is set via the setting menu.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the smart boot mode is set via the physical signal source setting menu.

14. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving a command for opening an input list from the user, controlling the display to present a user interface for the input list, wherein the user interface for the input list comprises a channel control, and the input list is configured to show sources in connection with the display apparatus and comprises one or more input ID;

in response to a selection on the channel control, receiving a command input from the user implemented by pressing a first preset key on the control device;

in response to a time of pressing the first preset key exceeding a preset threshold, controlling the display to present an interface for setting a source corresponding to the channel control.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the interface for setting the source corresponding to the channel control comprises a control for a physical signal source and at least one control for a source of Internet television service.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the physical signal source comprises one or more of: a digital television (DTV), an analog television (ATV), or at least one high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI).

17. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising:

receiving a command for selecting a first control for a first source of the Internet television service from the user, executing an initialization operation corresponding to the first control;

wherein the initialization operation comprises: obtaining an initialization intent corresponding to the first control; in response to the initialization intent being not empty, initializing channel information in the first source of Internet television service, and adding the channel information to the database in such a way that channel information corresponding to the channel control is the channel information in the first source of Internet television service.

18. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising:

in response to the time of pressing the first preset key not exceeding the preset threshold, controlling the display to present a channel list corresponding to a second source of the Internet television service and play a program from the second source.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2023
From: PIAN, ZHAOFENG; ZHANG, RONGBO; HOU, JINLIANG
To: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065066/0570 →
Priority Claims (3)
CN 202110367979.6 · Apr 6, 2021 · national
CN 202110368899.2 · Apr 6, 2021 · national
CN 202110413374.6 · Apr 16, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2022082624 · Mar 24, 2022
Related Publication 20240022780A1 · Jan 18, 2024
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