CN104601934A - Intelligent display and method for prompting intelligent system information through lamp signal - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for prompting intelligent system information by an intelligent display through a lamp signal comprises the following steps: providing an intelligent display, wherein the intelligent display comprises an MCU (microprogrammed control unit), an indicator light and a processor, the processor is matched with and provided with an intelligent system, and the intelligent system comprises an operating system and an application program; when the MCU controls the video source of the intelligent display to be switched from the intelligent system video to the external video, the intelligent system monitors whether the operating system and the application program generate or receive information; when the information is monitored, the intelligent system transmits the lamp signal requirement and the pattern to the MCU according to the monitored information, so that the MCU controls the lamp signal of the indicating lamp according to the lamp signal requirement and the pattern transmitted by the intelligent system, and a user can know any information generated or received on the intelligent system currently through the lamp signal prompt of the indicating lamp when the display picture is an external video.

Description

Smart display and method for prompting smart system information through light signals

technical field

The present invention relates to an intelligent display, and in particular relates to an intelligent display and a method for prompting information through light signals.

Background technique

An existing smart display is equipped with an intelligent system, and the intelligent system includes an operating system and an application program installed on the operating system. If the operating system adopts an Android (Android) operating system, the intelligent system can be called an Android intelligent system. Smart displays can receive video output from external devices such as computers (hereinafter referred to as external video), and can also receive video output from internal intelligent systems (hereinafter referred to as intelligent system video). When the video source of the smart display is switched to the video of the smart system, the smart display displays the image of the video of the smart system, and the user can operate the smart system through the display screen of the smart display and the input device. When the user is operating the smart system, he can see some information in real time from the display screen of the smart display. messaging, IM) and other information. However, when the user switches the smart display video source from the smart system video to the external video, the smart display changes from displaying the smart system video to the external video, and the user will no longer be able to see the smart system from the display Any information, and because the intelligent system and the module processing external video in the intelligent display work independently, any information currently generated or received on the intelligent system cannot be known to the user.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to propose a method for an intelligent display to prompt intelligent system information through a light signal. When the video source is switched from the intelligent system video to the external video, the user can be informed by the light signal that the information currently generated or generated on the intelligent system any information received.

Another object of the present invention is to propose a smart display that prompts the information of the smart system through a light signal. When the video source is switched from the smart system video to the external video, the user can know the information currently generated on the smart system through the light signal. or any information received.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention proposes a method for an intelligent display to prompt intelligent system information through a light signal, including: providing an intelligent display, the intelligent display includes a microcontroller (microcontroller unit, MCU), an indicator light and a processor The processor is equipped with an intelligent system, and the intelligent system includes an operating system and an application program. When the MCU controls the video source of the smart display to switch from the smart system video to an external video, the smart system monitors whether the operating system and the application program generate or receive information. When the intelligent system monitors the information generated or received by the operating system and application programs, the intelligent system transmits the signal requirements and patterns to the MCU according to the monitored information, so that the MCU controls the lights of the indicators according to the signal requirements and patterns transmitted by the intelligent system. number to prompt the user.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the method for the smart display to prompt the smart system information through the light signal further includes: when the smart system does not monitor the operating system and the application program to generate or receive information, the MCU controls the indicator light to display the light signal normally.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the method for the intelligent display to prompt the intelligent system information through the light signal further includes: when the MCU controls the light signal of the indicator light according to the light signal requirements and patterns transmitted by the intelligent system, the MCU also monitors whether there is an external command request Switch video source from external video to smart system video.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the method for the intelligent display to prompt the intelligent system information through the light signal further includes: when the MCU does not monitor an external command to switch the video source from the external video to the intelligent system video, the MCU continues to transmit the information according to the intelligent system. The light signal requirements and style control the light signal of the light.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the method for the intelligent display to prompt the intelligent system information through the light signal further includes: when the MCU monitors that there is an external command to switch the video source from the external video to the intelligent system video, the MCU controls the indicator light to return to the normal display lights.

The present invention also proposes a smart display that prompts smart system information through light signals, including a main control board, a display panel, an indicator light and a system board. The main control board includes an MCU, a video scaler and a video input interface. The MCU is electrically connected to the video scaler, and the video scaler is electrically connected to the video input interface. The video input interface receives external video and transmits it to the video scaler. The display panel is electrically connected to the video scaler, and the display panel displays the image of the video source processed by the video scaler. The indicator light is electrically connected to the MCU. The system board includes a processor. The processor is electrically connected to the MCU and the video scaler. The processor is equipped with an intelligent system. The intelligent system includes an operating system and an application program. The intelligent system and the MCU send internal commands to communicate with each other. System video is passed to the video scaler. Wherein, when the MCU controls the video source processed by the video scaler to switch from the intelligent system video to the external video, the intelligent system monitors whether the operating system and the application program generate or receive information. When the intelligent system monitors the information generated or received by the operating system and application programs, the intelligent system transmits the signal requirements and patterns to the MCU according to the monitored information, so that the MCU controls the lights of the indicators according to the signal requirements and patterns transmitted by the intelligent system. number to prompt the user.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in the smart display, when the smart system does not monitor the information generated or received by the operating system and the application program, the MCU controls the indicator light to display the light signal normally.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the smart display further includes an external command receiver electrically connected to the MCU. Among them, when the MCU controls the light signal of the indicator light according to the light signal requirements and patterns transmitted by the intelligent system, the MCU also monitors whether the external command receiver receives an external command to switch the video source from the external video to the intelligent system video.

In one embodiment of the present invention, when the MCU does not monitor an external command to switch the video source from the external video to the smart system video, the MCU continues to control the light signal of the indicator light according to the signal requirements and patterns sent by the smart system. When the MCU monitors that there is an external command to switch the video source from the external video to the intelligent system video, the MCU control indicator returns to normal display.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the smart display is a smart TV or a smart computer monitor.

The technical means described in the above-mentioned one embodiment can be applied to the above-mentioned another embodiment to obtain a new embodiment, as long as these technical means do not contradict each other.

Through the above technical means, when the video source of the smart display is switched from the smart system video to the external video, and the smart system monitors that the operating system and the application program generate or receive information, the smart system transmits the light signal requirements and patterns according to the monitored information For the MCU, make the MCU control the light signal of the indicator light according to the light signal requirements and styles sent by the intelligent system, so that the user can know any information currently generated or received on the intelligent system through the light signal of the indicator light, and can further decide Details of whether to switch the video source back to the smart system video viewing information.

In order to make the purpose, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, preferred embodiments will be described in detail below together with the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

1 is a flowchart of a method for a smart display to prompt smart system information through a light signal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram of a smart display that prompts smart system information through light signals according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Identification description:

1: main control board

11: MCU

12: Video Scaler

13: Video input interface

2: Display panel

3: indicator light

4: System board

41: Processor

42: Intelligent system

5: External command receiver

S11: Offers a smart display

S12: The video source is switched from the intelligent system video to the external video

S13: Intelligent system monitors whether there is information

S14: The MCU control indicator light is normally displayed

S15: The intelligent system transmits the signal requirements and patterns to the MCU

S16: MCU controls the light signal of the indicator light according to the light signal requirement and style

S17: MCU monitors whether there is a video source switching command

S18: The MCU control indicator light returns to the normal display light number.

Detailed ways

In order to clearly present the features of the present invention, the components in the drawings are only schematic rather than drawn in accordance with the actual shape and scale, and some conventional components are omitted.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method for a smart display to prompt smart system information through a light signal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to Fig. 1, in step S11, a smart display is provided, the smart display includes an MCU, an indicator light and a processor, the processor is equipped with an intelligent system, and the intelligent system includes an operating system and applications installed on the operating system. In this embodiment, the smart display can be a smart TV, a smart computer screen, or other types of smart displays; the processor can be a system single chip (system on chip, SoC) or other types of processors; the operating system can be Android Operating system, Windows operating system or other types of operating systems, if the operating system uses the Android operating system, the intelligent system can be called the Android intelligent system, and so on; the application program can be IM software, Facebook (Facebook) client software and/or other types of applications.

In step S12, when the video source of the smart display is switched to the video of the smart system, the smart display will display the video of the smart system, and the user can watch the information displayed on the screen by the smart system, and can also operate the smart system through, for example, a touch panel. system. At this time, the user can generate an internal command and send it to the MCU by operating the video source switching function provided by the intelligent system, or operate the screen menu adjustment method (On-Screen Display , OSD) menu to enter an external command to switch the video source from the intelligent system video to the external video. When there is an internal or external command to switch the video source from the smart system video to the external video, the MCU will control the video source to switch from the smart system video to the external video after receiving the video source switching command, so that the smart display will change from displaying the smart system video to the external video. The screen of the video changes to the screen showing the external video. Next, in step S13, the intelligent system monitors whether the operating system and the application program generate or receive information. For example, the operating system may generate information such as insufficient memory, or the application program may receive information such as push broadcast or IM.

When the intelligent system does not monitor the operating system and the application program to generate or receive information in step S13, execute step S14, the MCU controls the indicator light to display the light signal normally, and returns to continue executing step S13. For example, when the video source is switched from the smart system video to the external video, if there is no external video input, the module of the smart display that processes the external video will enter the energy-saving mode, so the MCU will control the power indicator to light up in orange; if there is an external video input , then the module of the smart display that processes external video will work normally, so the MCU will control the power indicator light to turn on green; and the orange or green light of the above-mentioned power indicator light is a normal display light signal in general practice.

When in step S13, the intelligent system monitors that the operating system and application programs generate or receive information, step S15 is executed, and the intelligent system transmits the light signal requirements and patterns to the MCU according to the monitored information, so that the MCU transmits the information according to the intelligent system in step S16. The light signal requirements and style control the light signal of the indicator light, so that the user can know any information currently generated or received on the intelligent system through the light signal of the indicator light when the display screen is an external video. For example, the light signal requirement transmitted by the intelligent system is the power indicator, and the pattern is blinking or breathing. The blinking of the power indicator can be used to prompt warning information such as insufficient memory of the operating system, while the breathing of the power indicator can be used to prompt such as application Received general information on push, IM, etc. For another example, the smart display can also be designed with several pictorial indicator lights, so that the prompted information can be easily divided into more categories.

Then, in step S17, when the user knows any information currently generated or received on the intelligent system through the light signal, the user can further decide whether to switch the video source back to the intelligent system video in order to view the details of the information, Therefore, the MCU will monitor whether there is an external command to switch the video source from the external video to the intelligent system video. When the MCU does not monitor an external command to switch the video source from the external video to the smart system video in step S17, return to step S16, and the MCU continues to control the light signal of the indicator light according to the light signal requirements and patterns sent by the smart system. When the MCU monitors in step S17 that there is an external command to switch the video source from the external video to the smart system video, the MCU will control the smart display to switch the video source from the external video to the smart system video, so that the smart display will not display the external video. Change to display the video of the intelligent system. At this time, the user can operate the intelligent system on the display screen and see some information in real time. The indicator light is no longer needed for prompting. Therefore, step S18 is executed next, and the MCU control indicator returns to normal display. lights.

FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram of a smart display that prompts smart system information through light signals according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2 , the smart display of this embodiment includes a main control board 1 , a display panel 2 , an indicator light 3 and a system board 4 . The main control board 1 includes an MCU 11, a video scaler 12 and a video input interface 13, the MCU 11 is electrically connected to the video scaler 12, and the video scaler 12 is electrically connected to the video input interface 13. The display panel 2 is electrically connected to the video scaler 12 . The indicator light 3 is electrically connected to the MCU 11. The system board 4 includes a processor 41. The processor 41 is electrically connected to the MCU 11 and the video scaler 12. The processor 41 is equipped with an intelligent system 42. The intelligent system 42 includes an operating system and application programs installed on the operating system.

In this embodiment, the smart display can be a smart TV, a smart computer screen or other types of smart displays; the processor can be a SoC or other types of processors; the operating system can be an Android operating system, a Windows operating system or other types operating system, if the operating system uses the Android operating system, the smart system can be called the Android smart system, and so on; the application program can be IM software, Facebook client software and/or other types of application programs. In addition, currently the MCU 11 and the video scaler 12 are usually integrated into one chip, and the main control board 1 and the system board 4 can also be combined into one circuit board.

The video input interface 13 receives an external video, and usually needs to demodulate and decode the external video before sending it to the video scaler 12. Wherein, the external video can be a video graphics array (video graphics) output by an external device such as a computer. array, VGA) standard video or digital visual interface (digital visual interface, DVI) video, or digital versatile disc (digital versatile disc, DVD) player output using high-definition multimedia interface (high-definition multimedia interface, HDMI) video, or other types of video. The video scaler 12 scales and scales the external video transmitted from the video input interface 13 or the intelligent system video transmitted from the processor 41 according to the screen resolution set by the user, and then outputs it to the display panel 2 for display. Panel 2 displays a picture of a video source processed by video scaler 12 . The MCU 11 coordinates and controls the display work of the smart display, such as switching the video source by controlling the video scaler 12 to select and process the video source, which can be switched to an external video or an intelligent system video in this embodiment. The intelligent system 42 of this embodiment will communicate with the MCU 11 by sending internal commands to each other.

When MCU 11 controls the video source processed by video scaler 12 to switch from intelligent system video to external video, display panel 2 displays the picture of external video, and intelligent system 42 monitors whether the operating system and application programs generate or receive information. When the intelligent system 42 monitors the information generated or received by the operating system and the application program, the intelligent system 42 transmits the light signal requirements and patterns to the MCU 11 according to the monitored information, so that the MCU 11 transmits the light signal requirements and patterns according to the intelligent system 42 Controlling the light signal of the indicator light 3 allows the user to know any information currently generated or received on the intelligent system 42 through the light signal prompt of the indicator light 3 when the display screen is an external video. When the intelligent system 42 does not monitor the information generated or received by the operating system and the application program, the MCU 11 normally controls the light signal of the indicator light 3 .

The smart display of this embodiment also includes an external command receiver 5, which is electrically connected to the MCU 11. The external command receiver 5 is, for example, an infrared receiver or a keypad provided on the smart display shell. When the display panel 2 displays the picture of the external video and the MCU 11 controls the light signal of the indicator light 3 according to the light signal requirements and the style transmitted by the intelligent system 42, the MCU 11 also monitors whether the external command receiver 5 receives an external command request to switch the video source Switch from external video to smart system video. When the MCU 11 does not monitor that there is an external command to switch the video source from the external video to the intelligent system video, the MCU 11 continues to control the light signal of the indicator light 3 according to the light signal requirements and patterns transmitted by the intelligent system 42. When the MCU 11 monitors that there is an external command to switch the video source from the external video to the intelligent system video, the MCU 11 will control the video source to switch from the external video to the intelligent system video. At this time, the user can operate the intelligent system on the display screen 42 and see some information in real time, the indicator light 3 is no longer needed for prompting, so the MCU 11 controls the indicator light 3 to return to the normal display light number.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art may make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, this The protection scope of the invention should be defined by the claims.

Claims (10)

1. A method for an intelligent display to prompt intelligent system information through a light signal, characterized in that it comprises: Provide a smart display, the smart display includes a microcontroller, an indicator light and a processor, the processor is equipped with an intelligent system, the smart system includes an operating system and an application program; When the microcontroller controls the intelligent display video source to switch from the intelligent system video to an external video, the intelligent system monitors whether the operating system and the application program generate or receive information; When the intelligent system monitors the operating system and the application program to generate or receive information, the intelligent system transmits the light signal requirements and patterns to the microcontroller according to the monitored information, so that the microcontroller transmits the information according to the intelligent system. Control the light signal of the indicator light to remind the user. 2. The method for prompting smart system information by smart display according to claim 1, further comprising: when the smart system does not monitor the information generated or received by the operating system and the application program, the micro-controller The controller controls the indicator light to display the light signal normally. 3. The method for a smart display to prompt smart system information through a light signal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: when the microcontroller controls the light signal of the light according to the light signal requirements and patterns transmitted by the smart system , the microcontroller also monitors whether there is an external command to switch the video source from the external video to the intelligent system video. 4. The method for prompting intelligent system information by a smart display according to claim 3, further comprising: when the microcontroller does not monitor that there is an external command requesting to switch the video source from the external video to the intelligent system During video, the microcontroller continues to control the light signal of the indicator light according to the signal demand and pattern transmitted by the intelligent system. 5. The method for smart display to prompt smart system information through light signals as claimed in claim 3, further comprising: when the microcontroller monitors that there is an external command to switch the video source from the external video to the smart system video , the microcontroller controls the indicator light to return to the normal display light number. 6. An intelligent display that prompts intelligent system information through a light signal, characterized in that it includes: A main control board, the main control board includes a microcontroller, a video scaler and a video input interface, the microcontroller is electrically connected to the video scaler, and the video scaler is electrically connected to the video input interface , the video input interface receives an external video and transmits it to the video scaler; A display panel, the display panel is electrically connected to the video scaler, and the display panel displays the picture of the video source processed by the video scaler; an indicator light electrically connected to the microcontroller; and A system board, the system board includes a processor, the processor is electrically connected to the microcontroller and the video scaler, the processor is equipped with an intelligent system, the intelligent system includes an operating system and an application program, The intelligent system and the microcontroller send internal commands to communicate with each other, and the video of the intelligent system is transmitted to the video scaler; Wherein, when the microcontroller controls the video source processed by the video scaler to switch from the intelligent system video to the external video, the intelligent system monitors whether the operating system and the application program generate or receive information; when the intelligent system When the information generated or received by the operating system and the application program is monitored, the intelligent system transmits the light signal requirements and patterns to the microcontroller according to the monitored information, so that the microcontroller transmits the light signal requirements according to the intelligent system and style to control the light signal of the indicator light to remind the user. 7. The smart display that prompts smart system information through light signals as claimed in claim 6, wherein when the smart system does not monitor the operating system and the application program to generate or receive information, the microcontroller controls the indication The light shows the light signal normally. 8. The intelligent display for prompting intelligent system information through light signals as claimed in claim 6, wherein the intelligent display further comprises an external command receiver electrically connected to the microcontroller, wherein when When the microcontroller controls the light signal of the indicator light according to the signal requirements and patterns transmitted by the intelligent system, the microcontroller also monitors whether the external command receiver receives an external command to switch the video source from the external video to The smart system video. 9. The smart display that prompts smart system information through light signals as claimed in claim 8, wherein, when the microcontroller does not monitor an external command to switch the video source from the external video to the smart system video, the The microcontroller continues to control the light signal of the indicator light according to the signal requirements and patterns transmitted by the intelligent system; when the microcontroller monitors that there is an external command to switch the video source from the external video to the intelligent system video, the The microcontroller controls the indicator light to return to the normal display light signal. 10. The smart display for prompting intelligent system information through light signals as claimed in claim 6, wherein the smart display is a smart TV or a smart computer screen.