US 12,483,750 B2
Display device and control method therefor
Xiaoming Shao, Shandong (CN); Jie Dong, Shandong (CN); Guili Jia, Shandong (CN); and Hui Jiang, Shandong (CN)
Assigned to HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
Filed by HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shandong (CN)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/405,900.
Application 18/405,900 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2022/102403, filed on Jun. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202110791222.X (CN), filed on Jul. 13, 2021; application No. 202110931920.5 (CN), filed on Aug. 13, 2021; and application No. 202110931927.7 (CN), filed on Aug. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0146996 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/43637 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4122 (2013.01); H04N 21/4221 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a display, configured to display content from a broadcast system or network and/or a user interface;
one or more external device interfaces, configured to communicate with one or more external devices according to a communication protocol, where the communication protocol comprises a Bluetooth protocol and an infrared protocol; and
at least one processor, in connection with the display and the one or more external device interfaces, and configured to execute instructions to cause the display apparatus to:
in response to an instruction received from a first external device according to a first communication protocol, determine whether the display apparatus is paired and connected with the first external device according to a second communication protocol, the second communication protocol being different from the first communication protocol;
in response to determining that the display apparatus and the first external device have been paired and connected according to the second communication protocol, control the first external device to automatically unpair with the display apparatus according to the second communication protocol, to enable the display apparatus to unpair with the first external device; and
in response to determining that the display apparatus has not yet paired and connected with the first external device according to the second communication protocol, control the first external device to pair with the display apparatus according to the second communication protocol without a further operation from a user, control the display to present prompt information of a change of a connection state according to the change of the connection state of the display apparatus, and control the display to present pairing success information after the display apparatus has been paired and connected with the external device according to the second communication protocol.