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

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.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a display device and a method for implementing an incoming notification function with respect to an MHL signal source.

BACKGROUND

Mobile terminals can have wired interconnections to terminals with display functions by using Mobile High-Definition Link (Mobile High Definition Link, MHL) technology. For example, a mobile phone can have a wired interconnection to a television, as such, a high-definition video, image and browsed web page, displayed in the mobile phone, can be viewed completely on a screen of the television. By using RCP (Remote Control Protocol) for MHL, a user can also use a remote control of the television to control the operation of the mobile phone, for example, displaying an image or movie, and browsing a message or web page or menu navigation.

As illustrated inFIG. 1, an MHL signal source interface05of a television is connected to an MHL signal source interface transfer switch06. Under an MHL signal source pattern, a control module07is configured to control the MHL signal source interface transfer switch06to be on so as to send a media signal to a signal decoding processor03of the television. Presently, in MHL technology, a mobile phone is discovered by a television only when a user connects/disconnects an MHL cable to an end of the television, that is, connecting or disconnecting the MHL cable to the end of the television causes a voltage signal change of a CD_SENCE I/O PIN pin of the MHL signal source interface05, the voltage signal change can be monitored by the television, and further the television implements an incoming notification function according to a subsequent handshake signal. However, when the MHL cable is connected to the television successfully but the mobile phone is disconnected to the MHL cable, the CD_SENCE voltage signal of the MHL signal source interface05is stable, and in this case, if one connects/disconnects the MHL cable to an end of the mobile phone, only when a current signal source pattern of the television is the MHL signal source pattern, a handshake signal sent by the mobile phone can be monitored by using CBUS handshake mechanism, from which it is determined that an MHL signal source of the mobile phone is connected the television. If the current signal source pattern of the television is not the MHL signal source pattern, as limited by the prior art, the handshake signal output by the mobile phone can not be monitored, therefore the incoming notification function cannot be implemented.

The above content is only for helping understand technical solutions of the present disclosure, and is not the representative acknowledged prior art.

SUMMARY

A major objective of the present disclosure is to solve the technical issue where a display device in a non MHL signal source pattern cannot implement an incoming notification function when an MHL signal source is connected.

To implement the foregoing objective, the present disclosure provides a display device, wherein 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 in real time whether the MHL signal source is connected.

Preferably, the background monitoring module includes:

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.

Preferably, the control module includes:

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.

Preferably, the display device further includes:

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.

In addition, to implement the foregoing objective, the present disclosure further provides 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 includes 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.

Preferably, the step of the monitoring, by the background monitoring module in real time, whether an MHL signal source is connected includes:

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.

Preferably, the step of the switching a current signal source pattern of the display device to be the MHL signal source pattern includes:

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.

Preferably, the method for implementing an incoming notification function with respect to an MHL signal source further includes:

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.

The present disclosure provides a display device and a method for implementing an incoming notification function with respect to an MHL signal source. The display device is in a non MHL signal source pattern, when the display device is connected to a mobile terminal by using a MHL cable, whether an MHL signal source is connected is monitored in real time in the background by turning a first MHL interface transfer switch on. If it is monitored that the MHL signal source is connected, based on an incoming notification information pre-configured by a user, an incoming reminder information is displayed on the display device, or a current signal source pattern of the display device is switched to be the MHL signal source pattern. As a result, the display device implements an incoming notification function in the non MHL signal source pattern, and the display device does not need to be switched in the MHL signal source pattern for implementing the incoming notification function, which provides the users convenience.

To make the objectives, features, and advantages of the present disclosure more comprehensible, the following describes the embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely used for describing the present disclosure, but are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

The present disclosure provides a display device. As illustrated inFIG. 2, in an embodiment, the display device includes:

a control module90, configured to control, when the display device is in a non MHL signal source pattern, a first MHL interface transfer switch60, disposed between a signal decoding processor30and an MHL signal source interface50of the display device, to be on, and configured to start a background monitoring module80electrically connected to the first MHL interface transfer switch60, 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 module80, configured to monitor whether the MHL signal source is connected.

In the embodiment, the display device may be a television or another display device, and a mobile terminal may be a mobile phone or a tablet. Throughout the present disclosure, the display device is exemplified as the television, and the mobile terminal is exemplified as the mobile phone. The mobile phone and television both have MHL signal source interfaces, and the mobile phone is connected to the television by using an MHL cable.

By using a remote control and a panel, a user sends a signal switching command to the television to be switched in any non MHL signal source pattern, that is the television is watched in the non MHL signal source pattern, and the non MHL signal source pattern includes a WiFi signal source pattern, a VGA signal source pattern or a USB signal source pattern. When the MHL cable is connected to television successfully, and an incoming notification function is turned on, after the mobile phone is connected to television by using the MHL cable, the background monitoring module80of the television performs monitoring in real time in the background and monitors whether the MHL signal source is connected.

In a specific implementation manner, the control module90is specifically configured to control, when the display device is in the non MHL signal source pattern, the first MHL interface transfer switch60, disposed between the signal decoding processor30and the MHL signal source interface50of the display device, to be on, and the background monitoring module80monitors whether the MHL signal source is connected in real time in the background.

In the embodiment, the user can pre-configure the incoming notification information to be reminder information or signal source pattern switching information. If it is monitored that the MHL signal source is connected, when the incoming notification information is configured to be the reminder information, the incoming reminder information is displayed on the television to remind the user; when the incoming notification information is configured to be signal source pattern switching information, the current signal source pattern of the display device is directly switch to be the MHL signal source pattern by the television, so that a media file in the mobile phone can be displayed on the television.

Compared with the prior art, in the embodiment, the display device is in a non MHL signal source pattern, when the display device is connected to a mobile terminal by using an MHL cable, whether an MHL signal source is connected is monitored in real time in the background by turning a first MHL interface transfer switch on. If it is monitored that the MHL signal source is connected, based on an incoming notification information pre-configured by a user, an incoming reminder information is displayed on the display device, or a current signal source pattern of the display device is switched to be the MHL signal source pattern. As a result, the display device implements an incoming notification function in the non MHL signal source pattern, and the display device does not need to be switched in the MHL signal source pattern for implementing the incoming notification function, which provides the users convenience.

In a preferred embodiment, as illustrated inFIG. 3, on the basis of the embodiment ofFIG. 2, the background monitoring module80includes:

a handshake unit801, configured to receive a handshake command of a mobile terminal and establish communication with the mobile terminal;

a setting unit802, 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 unit803, configured to determine, according to the flag bit, whether the MHL signal source is connected.

In the embodiment, the current non MHL signal source pattern is maintained by a central control module of the television, after inserting an MHL cable, the mobile phone is connected to the television. Referring toFIG. 4, after it is detected by the mobile phone (MHL SOURCE) that the CBUS is in the low electrical level, the VBUS output of the mobile phone is first turned off, and whether the VBUS has an output is then detected by the mobile phone. If it is detected within a specific time (defined by the MHL standard) that the VBUS has a 5V power input, the mobile phone starts to discover devices of the same family. If it is not detected by the mobile phone within a specific time that the VBUS has a 5V power input, the mobile phone turns the starts VBUS of itself on, and at the same time also starts to discover devices of the same family. The mobile phone sends a wakeup instruction and a pulse signal (its pulse width and pulse number are according to the MHL standard) to the television (MHL SINK). After the television receives the wakeup instruction and the pulse signal, it is determined that the connected device is an MHL signal source device, then a specific inner-control composite switch is switched in a time sequence according to the MHL protocol standard, the CBUS of the television is drawn to be in the high electrical level, after the Floating CBUS, the CBUS of the television is detected to be in the high electrical level, it is determined that the connected device has an MHL function, meanwhile the mobile phone receives a RxSense signal to complete discovery of devices of the same family.

At this moment, the mobile phone starts to send the MHL signal (and a media signal or another control signal) to the television, and sends an MSC handshake command by using the CBUS and communicates with the television. By using the handshake command, the opposing status (such as current flow through the VBUS, the reading of the EDID, and the output of HDCP and MHL signal) can be learned. After the television and the mobile phone perform successfully a handshake of devices of the same family by using the MHL cable, the flag bit of the MHL flag register of the television is set to be1(indicating there is the MHL signal) by the television, otherwise the flag bit is set to be zero (indicating there is not the MHL signal). So far, the television in the background determines whether the MHL signal source is connected by querying the value of the flag bit of the MHL flag register.

In addition, since the prior art is limited to that a handshake action can be done only in the MHL signal source pattern. In the non MHL signal source pattern, the input of the MHL signal is cut off so that the handshake action can not be done in the background of the television. In the prior art, every time the handshake action starts to be done only after switching to be in the MHL signal source pattern, so that every time it costs a long time to display an MHL image, sometimes it even costs 10 seconds or more, very slowly. In the embodiment, in the non MHL signal source pattern, as the MHL signal source is connected in the background, the handshake action is performed instantly in the background. The problem that the image is displayed slowly due to the MHL signal can be solved. When the user switches to the MHL signal source pattern, the image output according to the MHL signal can be viewed instantly, which improves the user experience.

In a preferred embodiment, as illustrated inFIG. 5, on the basis of the embodiment ofFIG. 2, the background control module90includes:

a prompting unit901, 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 unit902, configured to receive a switching instruction and control a second MHL interface transfer switch70, pre-disposed between the signal decoding processor30and the background monitoring module80, 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.

In the embodiment, referring toFIG. 2, when the television monitors that the MHL signal source is connected, incoming reminder information is displayed to the user according to a pre-configured incoming notification information, or a current signal source pattern of the display device is directly switched to be the MHL signal source pattern.

When the television switches signal source pattern, prompt information indicating whether the current signal source pattern of the display device is switched to be the MHL signal source pattern is displayed on the television. The user selects according to the prompt information. If the user selects “Yes”, the television receives the switching instruction according to the user's selection. The second MHL interface transfer switch70, pre-disposed between the signal decoding processor30and the background monitoring module80, is controlled to be on according the switching instruction. By turning on the second MHL interface transfer switch70, the television receives the MHL signal sent by the mobile phone.

In the embodiment, after turning on the second MHL interface transfer switch70, a media file in the mobile phone is sent to the signal decoding processor30of the television for processing, and at last it is implemented that the media file in the mobile phone is displayed on the television.

In addition, the second MHL interface transfer switch70in the non MHL signal source pattern is off, which ensures that the input of the MHL signal can be cut off in the non MHL signal source pattern, and thus ensures that the signal decoding processor30in the non MHL signal source pattern gets rid of interference from the MHL signal while working.

In addition, for example, the second MHL interface transfer switch70inFIG. 2may be formed by different forms or combinations of electronic switching circuits in the external or the internal of the IC of the SOC, thus different switching control corresponding to front and rear ends of the MHL signal can be implemented.

In a preferred embodiment, on the basis of the embodiment ofFIG. 2, the display device further includes: 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.

In the embodiment, the user can pre-configure the incoming notification information of the television. When the MHL signal is connected, the television performs a display according to the configured incoming notification information or switches the signal source pattern.

In addition, when the television is in the non MHL signal source pattern, the incoming notification function must be provisioned so as that a reminder is performed when the MHL signal is connected.

The present disclosure further provides a method for implementing an incoming notification function with respect to an MHL signal source. As illustrated inFIG. 6, in an embodiment, the method includes:

Step S101: 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 start a background monitoring module electrically connected to the first MHL interface transfer switch.

Step S102: Monitor, by the background monitoring module in real time, whether an MHL signal source is connected.

In the embodiment, the display device may be a television or another display device, and a mobile terminal may be a mobile phone or a tablet. Throughout the present disclosure, the display device is exemplified as the television, and the mobile terminal is exemplified as the mobile phone. The mobile phone and television both have MHL signal source interfaces, and the mobile phone is connected to the television by using an MHL cable.

By using a remote control and a panel, a user sends a signal switching command to the television to be switched in any non MHL signal source pattern, that is the television is watched in the non MHL signal source pattern, and the non MHL signal source pattern includes other signal source patterns, such as a WiFi signal source pattern, a VGA signal source pattern or a USB signal source pattern. When the MHL cable is connected to television successfully, and an incoming notification function is turned on, after the mobile phone is connected to television by using the MHL cable, the television performs monitoring in real time in the background and monitors whether the MHL signal source is connected.

In a specific implementation manner, when the television is in the non MHL signal source pattern, the first MHL interface transfer switch, disposed between the signal decoding processor and the MHL signal source interface of the display device, is controlled to be on. The start of the background monitoring procedure is triggered by turning on the first MHL interface transfer switch, and whether the MHL signal source is connected is monitored in real time.

Step S103: Display, if the 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.

In the embodiment, the user can pre-configure the incoming notification information to be reminder information or signal source pattern switching information. If it is monitored that the MHL signal source is connected, when the incoming notification information is configured to be the reminder information, the incoming reminder information is displayed on the television to remind the user; when the incoming notification information is configured to be signal source pattern switching information, the current signal source pattern of the display device is directly switch to be the MHL signal source pattern by the television, so that a media file in the mobile phone can be displayed on the television.

In a preferred embodiment, as illustrated inFIG. 7, on the basis of the embodiment ofFIG. 6, Step S102includes:

Step S1021: Receive a handshake command of a mobile terminal and establish communication with the mobile terminal.

Step S1022: Determine whether a handshake is successful according to the handshake command, and set a flag bit of an MHL flag register of the display device according to a result of the determining.

Step S1023: Determine, according to the flag bit, whether the MHL signal source is connected.

In the embodiment, the current non MHL signal source pattern is maintained by a central control unit of the television, after inserting an MHL cable, the mobile phone is connected to the television. After it is detected by the mobile phone (MHL SOURCE) that the CBUS is in the low electrical level, the VBUS output of the mobile phone is first turned off, and whether the VBUS has an output is then detected by the mobile phone. If it is detected within a specific time (defined by the MHL standard) that the VBUS has a 5V power input, the mobile phone starts to discover devices of the same family. If it is not detected by the mobile phone within a specific time that the VBUS has a 5V power input, the mobile phone turns the starts VBUS of itself on, and at the same time also starts to discover devices of the same family. The mobile phone sends a wakeup instruction and a pulse signal (its pulse width and pulse number are according to the MHL standard) to the television (MHL SINK). After the television receives the wakeup instruction and the pulse signal, it is determined that the connected device is an MHL signal source device, then a specific inner-control composite switch is switched in a time sequence according to the MHL protocol standard, the CBUS of the television is drawn to be in the high electrical level, after the Floating CBUS, the CBUS of the television is detected to be in the high electrical level, it is determined that the connected device has an MHL function, meanwhile the mobile phone receives a RxSense signal to complete discovery of devices of the same family.

At this moment, the mobile phone starts to send the MHL signal (and a media signal or another control signal) to the television, and sends an MSC handshake command by using the CBUS and communicates with the television. By using the handshake command, the opposing status (such as current flow through the VBUS, the reading of the EDID, and the output of HDCP and MHL signal) can be learned. After the television and the mobile phone perform successfully a handshake of devices of the same family by using the MHL cable, the flag bit of the MHL flag register of the television is set to be1(indicating there is the MHL signal) by the television, otherwise the flag bit is set to be zero (indicating there is not the MHL signal). So far, the television in the background determines whether the MHL signal source is connected by querying the value of the flag bit of the MHL flag register.

In addition, since the prior art is limited to that a handshake action can be done only in the MHL signal source pattern. In the non MHL signal source pattern, the input of the MHL signal is cut off so that the handshake action can not be done in the background of the television. In the prior art, every time the handshake action starts to be done only after switching to be in the MHL signal source pattern, so that every time it costs a long time to display an MHL image, sometimes it even costs 10 seconds or more, very slowly. In the embodiment, in the non MHL signal source pattern, as the MHL signal source is connected in the background, the handshake action is performed instantly in the background. The problem that the image is displayed slowly due to the MHL signal can be solved. When the user switches to the MHL signal source pattern, the image output according to the MHL signal can be viewed instantly, which improves the user experience.

In a preferred embodiment, as illustrated inFIG. 8, on the basis of the embodiment ofFIG. 6, Step S103includes:

Step S1031: 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.

Step S1032: 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 switch the current signal source pattern of the display device to be the MHL signal source pattern.

In the embodiment, when the television monitors that the MHL signal source is connected, incoming reminder information is displayed to the user according to a pre-configured incoming notification information, or a current signal source pattern of the display device is directly switched to be the MHL signal source pattern.

When the television switches signal source pattern, prompt information indicating whether the current signal source pattern of the display device is switched to be the MHL signal source pattern is displayed on the television. The user selects according to the prompt information. If the user selects “Yes”, the television receives the switching instruction according to the user's selection. The second MHL interface transfer switch, pre-disposed between the signal decoding processor and the background monitoring module, is controlled to be on according the switching instruction. By turning on the second MHL interface transfer switch, the television receives the MHL signal sent by the mobile phone.

In the embodiment, after turning on the second MHL interface transfer switch, a media file in the mobile phone is sent to the signal decoding processor of the television for processing, and at last it is implemented that the media file in the mobile phone is displayed on the television.

In addition, the second MHL interface transfer switch in the non MHL signal source pattern is off, which ensures that the input of the MHL signal can be cut off in the non MHL signal source pattern, and thus ensures that the signal decoding processor in the non MHL signal source pattern gets rid of interference from the MHL signal while working.

In addition, for example, the second MHL interface transfer switch may be formed by different forms or combinations of electronic switching circuits in the external or the internal of the IC of the SOC, thus different switching control corresponding to front and rear ends of the MHL signal can be implemented.

In a preferred embodiment, on the basis of the embodiment ofFIG. 6, before Step S101, the method for implementing an incoming notification function with respect to an MHL signal source further includes: 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.

In the embodiment, the user can pre-configure the incoming notification information of the television. When the MHL signal is connected, the television performs a display according to the configured incoming notification information or switches the signal source pattern.

In addition, when the television is in the non MHL signal source pattern, the incoming notification function must be provisioned so as that a reminder is performed when the MHL signal is connected.

The foregoing is only preferred embodiments of the present disclosure is not patented and therefore limit the scope of the present disclosure, any use of the contents of the present specification and drawings made equivalent or equivalent structural transformation process, either directly or indirectly used in other relevant technology, are included in the patent empathy scope of the invention.