Display device and method for implementing incoming notification function with respect to MHL signal source

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9942378-B2
Application number	US-201515037692-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2015
Priority date	Oct 13, 2014
Publication date	Apr 10, 2018
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018

Abstract

Disclosed is a display device and a method for implementing an incoming notification function with respect to an MHL signal source. The display device includes: a control module, configured to control, when the display device is in a non MHL signal source pattern, a first MHL interface transfer switch, disposed between a signal decoding processor and an MHL signal source interface of the display device, to be on, and configured to start a background monitoring module electrically connected to the first MHL interface transfer switch, and further configured to display, if an MHL signal source is monitored to be connected, incoming reminder information according to a pre-configured incoming notification information or switch a current signal source pattern of the display device to be the MHL signal source pattern; and the background monitoring module, configured to monitor whether the MHL signal source is connected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, wherein the display device comprises:
a control module, configured to control, when the display device is in a non MHL signal source pattern, a first MHL interface transfer switch, disposed between a signal decoding processor and an MHL signal source interface of the display device, to be on, and configured to start a background monitoring module electrically connected to the first MHL interface transfer switch, and further configured to display, if an MHL signal source is monitored to be connected, incoming reminder information according to a pre-configured incoming notification information or switch a current signal source pattern of the display device to be the MHL signal source pattern; and
the background monitoring module, configured to monitor in real time whether the MHL signal source is connected;
wherein the background monitoring module comprises:
a handshake unit, configured to receive a handshake command of a mobile terminal and establish communication with the mobile terminal;
a setting unit, configured to determine whether a handshake is successful according to the handshake command, and configured to set a flag bit of an MHL flag register of the display device according to a result of the determining; and
a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the flag bit, whether the MHL signal source is connected.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the non MHL signal source pattern comprises a WiFi signal source pattern, a VGA signal source pattern or a USB signal source pattern.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the control module comprises:
a prompting unit, configured to display, if the MHL signal source is monitored to be connected, prompt information indicating whether the current signal source pattern of the display device is switched to be the MHL signal source pattern; and
a switching unit, configured to receive a switching instruction and control a second MHL interface transfer switch, pre-disposed between the signal decoding processor and the background monitoring module, to be on according the switching instruction, and configured to switch the current signal source pattern of the display device to be the MHL signal source pattern.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the display device further comprises:
a configuring module, configured to configure the incoming notification information of the display device to be the incoming reminder information or switching information indicating the current signal source pattern of the display device is switched to be the MHL signal source pattern, and configured to provision an incoming notification function of the display device.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device further comprises:
a configuring module, configured to configure the incoming notification information of the display device to be the incoming reminder information or switching information indicating the current signal source pattern of the display device is switched to be the MHL signal source pattern, and configured to provision an incoming notification function of the display device.

6. A method for implementing an incoming notification function with respect to an MHL signal source, applied in a display device, wherein the method for implementing an incoming notification function with respect to an MHL signal source comprises the following steps:
controlling, when the display device is in a non MHL signal source pattern, a first MHL interface transfer switch, disposed between a signal decoding processor and an MHL signal source interface of the display device, to be on, and starting a background monitoring module electrically connected to the first MHL interface transfer switch;
monitoring, by the background monitoring module in real time, whether an MHL signal source is connected; and
displaying, if the MHL signal source is monitored to be connected, incoming reminder information according to a pre-configured incoming notification information, or switching a current signal source pattern of the display device to be the MHL signal source pattern;
wherein the step of the monitoring, by the background monitoring module in real time, whether an MHL signal source is connected comprises:
receiving a handshake command of a mobile terminal and establishing communication with the mobile terminal;
determining whether a handshake is successful according to the handshake command, and setting a flag bit of an MHL flag register of the display device according to a result of the determining; and
determining, according to the flag bit, whether the MHL signal source is connected.

7. The method for implementing an incoming notification function with respect to an MHL signal source according to claim 6 , wherein the non MHL signal source pattern comprises a WiFi signal source pattern, a VGA signal source pattern or a USB signal source pattern.

8. The method for implementing an incoming notification function with respect to an MHL signal source according to claim 6 , wherein the step of the switching a current signal source pattern of the display device to be the MHL signal source pattern comprises:
displaying, if the MHL signal source is monitored to be connected, prompt information indicating whether the current signal source pattern of the display device is switched to be the MHL signal source pattern; and
receiving a switching instruction and controlling a second MHL interface transfer switch, pre-disposed between the signal decoding processor and the background monitoring module, to be on according the switching instruction, and switching the current signal source pattern of the display device to be the MHL signal source pattern.

9. The method for implementing an incoming notification function with respect to an MHL signal source according to claim 8 , wherein the method for implementing an incoming notification function with respect to an MHL signal source further comprises:
configuring the incoming notification information of the display device to be the incoming reminder information or switching information indicating the current signal source pattern of the display device is switched to be the MHL signal source pattern, and provisioning an incoming notification function of the display device.

10. The method for implementing an incoming notification function with respect to an MHL signal source according to claim 6 , wherein the method for implementing an incoming notification function with respect to an MHL signal source further comprises:
configuring the incoming notification information of the display device to be the incoming reminder information or switching information indicating the current signal source pattern of the display device is switched to be the MHL signal source pattern, and provisioning an incoming notification function of the display device.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Tcl New Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Duan Ping
• Luo Yangzhi

Classifications

• H04M1/72409

  by interfacing with external accessories (hands-free H04M1/60) · CPC title

• H04N21/47214

  for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market (stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224) · CPC title

• H04M1/72527 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W68/005

  Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication · CPC title

• G09G2370/16

  Use of wireless transmission of display information · CPC title