CN114168242B

CN114168242B - Display device and display method of content of external device

Info

Publication number: CN114168242B
Application number: CN202111331354.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 汪静娴; 高雯雯
Original assignee: Qingdao Hisense Media Network Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Hisense Media Network Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-11
Filing date: 2021-11-11
Publication date: 2023-04-14
Anticipated expiration: 2041-11-11
Also published as: CN114168242A; CN116795466A

Abstract

According to the display device and the method for displaying the content of the external device, the display device can respond to a first control instruction sent by a user, directly display a first shortcut list on a first user interface, display information of all the external devices to the user through the first shortcut list, and further respond to a first selection instruction sent by the user based on the first shortcut list to display a second user interface corresponding to the content of a second external device, so that the efficiency of displaying the content of the external device by the display device is improved, the operation of the user is simplified, and the experience of the user is improved.

Description

Display device and display method of content of external device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of intelligent display equipment, in particular to a display device and a display method for content of external equipment.

Background

The display device is a terminal device capable of outputting a specific display picture, and may be a terminal device such as a smart television, a mobile terminal, a smart advertisement screen, and a projector. Taking an intelligent television as an example, the intelligent television is based on an Internet application technology, is provided with an open operating system and a chip, is provided with an open application platform, can realize a bidirectional man-machine interaction function, integrates multiple functions of video, entertainment, data and the like, and is a television product for meeting diversified and personalized requirements of users.

The display device may be externally connected to a local device, such as a usb disk, a mobile hard disk, or the like, and an external Network device, such as a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) device, or the like, and provide a richer media resource for the user through the external device. The display device typically manages these external devices using a specific application, for example, a Data Management Platform (DMP) application. After a user controls a display device to enter a DMP application, a list of external devices shown in fig. 1 is displayed, where the list of external devices shows device names of all external devices currently connected to the display device, and the user sends a selection instruction to the display device through a control device such as a remote controller, so that the display device displays a user interface of content in a selected external device (e.g., a first external device), and at this time, if the user wants to browse content of other external devices (e.g., a second external device), a second external device needs to be selected from the list of external devices shown in fig. 1. In one implementation, the user may completely exit the DMP application, and re-enter the DMP application to make the display device display the external device list shown in fig. 1 again, and select the second external device from the external device list to display the content of the second external device. In another implementation manner, a user sends a multiple backspacing instruction to the display device through the control device, so that the display device sequentially backspaces from a current user interface to the external device list shown in fig. 1, and selects a second external device from the external device list to display the content of the second external device. Therefore, the user can display the content of the external equipment only through multiple interactions with the display equipment, the process is complicated, and the efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a display device and a display method of contents of an external device, so that the display flow of the contents of the external device is simplified, and the display efficiency of the contents of the external device is improved.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a display device comprising:

a display configured to display a user interface of contents of an external device;

a controller configured to:

receiving a first control instruction sent by a user on a first user interface, wherein the first user interface is a user interface corresponding to the content of first external equipment, and the first control instruction is used for indicating and displaying a first shortcut list, and the first shortcut list comprises equipment names of all external equipment of the display equipment;

displaying the first shortcut list on the first user interface in response to the first control instruction;

receiving a first selection instruction sent by the user, wherein the selection instruction is used for indicating and displaying the content of second external equipment, and the equipment name of the second external equipment belongs to the first shortcut list;

and responding to the first selection instruction, and switching the first user interface into a second user interface, wherein the second user interface is a user interface corresponding to the content of the second external equipment.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a method for displaying content of external content, which is applied to the display device of the first aspect, and the method includes:

According to the technical scheme, the display device can respond to the first control instruction sent by the user, the first shortcut list is directly displayed on the first user interface, the information of all the external devices is displayed to the user through the first shortcut list, and the second user interface corresponding to the content of the second external device is further displayed in response to the first selection instruction sent by the user based on the first shortcut list, so that the efficiency of the display device for displaying the content of the external device is improved, the operation of the user is simplified, and the experience of the user is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly explain the technical solution of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments are briefly described below, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a list of external devices;

FIG. 2 is a usage scenario of a display device in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a block diagram of a hardware configuration of a control device in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a block diagram of a hardware configuration of a control device in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a hardware configuration diagram of a display device in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a software configuration diagram of a display device in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is an interaction diagram illustrating a user controlling selection of a first peripheral device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 (1) is a schematic user interface diagram of content on page 1 of the first external device in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 (2) is a schematic diagram of a user interface of the contents of the folder a in the first external device in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 (3) is a schematic diagram of a user interface of the contents of folder a' in folder a of the first external device according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a display device displaying contents of a second user interface according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 (1) is an interaction diagram illustrating a user sending a first control instruction to a display device in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 (2) is an interaction diagram illustrating a user sending a first control instruction to a display device in an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first shortcut list displayed on a first user interface in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating an interaction of a user controlling a display device to display content of a second external device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is an interaction diagram illustrating a user controlling a display device to display content of a first external device according to an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 14 is an interaction diagram illustrating that a user controls a display device to display preview information of an external device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a first shortcut list displayed on a first user interface in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a display device simultaneously displaying main content and target sub-content according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 17 is an interaction diagram illustrating a user sending a first editing instruction to a display device in an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 18 is an interaction diagram illustrating a user controlling a display device to edit a second shortcut list in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of a display device modifying a user interface in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram of an interaction of a user controlling a display device to modify a user interface in an embodiment of the application.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following examples do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present application. But merely as exemplifications of systems and methods consistent with certain aspects of the application, as recited in the claims.

It should be noted that the brief descriptions of the terms in the present application are only for the convenience of understanding the embodiments described below, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application. These terms should be understood in their ordinary and customary meaning unless otherwise indicated.

The terms "first," "second," "third," and the like in the description and claims of this application and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between similar or analogous objects or entities and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order, unless otherwise indicated. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances.

The terms "comprises" and "comprising," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a product or device that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to all of the elements explicitly listed, but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such product or device.

The term "module" refers to any known or later developed hardware, software, firmware, artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, or combination of hardware and/or software code that is capable of performing the functionality associated with that element.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a usage scenario of the display device according to the embodiment. As shown in fig. 2, the display apparatus 200 may perform internet communication with the server 300, and the user may operate the display apparatus 200 through the control device 100.

In some embodiments, the control apparatus 100 may be a remote controller, and the communication between the remote controller and the display device includes at least one of an infrared protocol communication or a bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-distance communication methods, and the display device 200 is controlled by a wireless or wired method. The user may control the display apparatus 200 by inputting at least one control command, such as a key on a remote controller, voice input, control panel input, and the like.

In some embodiments, the control apparatus 100 may also be a mobile terminal, such as a mobile phone, and the communication between the mobile terminal and the display device 200 includes at least one of internet protocol communication, bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-range communication and long-range communication. The user may control the display apparatus 200 by inputting a user instruction through at least one of a key, a voice input, a control panel input, etc. on the mobile terminal. Fig. 3 exemplarily shows a block diagram of the configuration of the control apparatus 100 taking a remote controller as an example. As shown in fig. 3, the control device 100 includes a controller, a communication interface, a user input/output interface, a memory, and a power supply.

Fig. 4 exemplarily shows a block diagram of a configuration of the control apparatus 100 taking a mobile terminal as an example. As shown in fig. 4, the control device 100 includes at least one of a Radio Frequency (RF) circuit, a memory, a display unit, a camera, a sensor, an audio circuit, a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) circuit, a processor, a bluetooth circuit, and a power supply.

Fig. 5 shows a hardware configuration block diagram of the display apparatus 200 according to an exemplary embodiment.

In some embodiments, the display apparatus 200 includes at least one of a tuner demodulator 210, a communicator 220, a detector 230, an external device interface 240, a controller 250, a display 260, an audio output interface 270, a memory, a power supply, a user interface.

In some embodiments, communicator 220 is a component for communicating with external devices or servers according to various communication protocol types. For example: the communicator may include at least one of a Wi-Fi module, a bluetooth module, a wired ethernet module, or other network communication protocol chip or near field communication protocol chip, and an infrared receiver. The display apparatus 200 may establish transmission and reception of a control signal and a data signal with the control device 100 or the server 300 through the communicator 220.

In some embodiments, the external device interface 240 may include, but is not limited to, the following: high Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), analog or data high definition component input interface (component), composite video input interface (CVBS), USB input interface (USB), RGB port, and the like. The interface may be a composite input/output interface formed by the plurality of interfaces.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 and the modem 210 may be located in different separate devices, that is, the modem 210 may also be located in an external device of the main device where the controller 250 is located, such as an external set-top box.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 controls the operation of the display device and responds to user operations through various software control programs stored in memory. The controller 250 controls the overall operation of the display apparatus 200. For example: in response to receiving a user command for selecting a UI object to be displayed on the display 260, the controller 250 may perform an operation related to the object selected by the user command.

In some embodiments, the user may input a user command on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on the display 260, and the user input interface receives the user input command through the Graphical User Interface (GUI). Alternatively, the user may input a user command by inputting a specific sound or gesture, and the user input interface receives the user input command by recognizing the sound or gesture through the sensor.

In some embodiments, a "user interface" is a media interface for interaction and information exchange between an application or operating system and a user that enables conversion between an internal form of information and a form that is acceptable to the user. A commonly used presentation form of the User Interface is a Graphical User Interface (GUI), which refers to a User Interface related to computer operations and displayed in a graphical manner. It may be an interface element such as an icon, a window, a control, etc. displayed in a display screen of the electronic device, where the control may include at least one of an icon, a button, a menu, a tab, a text box, a dialog box, a status bar, a navigation bar, a Widget, etc. visual interface elements.

Referring to fig. 6, in some embodiments, the system is divided into four layers, which are an Application (Applications) layer (abbreviated as "Application layer"), an Application Framework (Application Framework) layer (abbreviated as "Framework layer"), an Android runtime (Android runtime) and system library layer (abbreviated as "system runtime library layer"), and a kernel layer, respectively, from top to bottom.

In some embodiments, at least one application program runs in the application program layer, and the application programs may be windows (windows) programs carried by an operating system, system setting programs, clock programs or the like; or an application developed by a third party developer. In particular implementations, the application packages in the application layer are not limited to the above examples.

The framework layer provides an Application Programming Interface (API) and a programming framework for the application program of the application layer. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions. The application framework layer acts as a processing center that decides to let the applications in the application layer act. The application program can access the resources in the system and obtain the services of the system in execution through the API interface.

As shown in fig. 6, in the embodiment of the present application, the application framework layer includes a manager (Managers), a Content Provider (Content Provider), and the like, where the manager includes at least one of the following modules: an Activity Manager (Activity Manager) is used for interacting with all activities running in the system; the Location Manager (Location Manager) is used for providing the system service or application with the access of the system Location service; a Package Manager (Package Manager) for retrieving various information related to an application Package currently installed on the device; a Notification Manager (Notification Manager) for controlling display and clearing of Notification messages; a Window Manager (Window Manager) is used to manage the icons, windows, toolbars, wallpapers, and desktop components on a user interface.

Example 1

In order to expand the local data that can be directly used by the display device 200 without occupying the storage space of the display device 200 itself, and to enrich the flexibility of the display device 200 to acquire data, etc., the display device 200 may be connected to an external device, and the user may connect different types of external devices, such as a usb disk, a mobile hard disk, a DLNA device, etc., to the display device 200 according to different requirements of the user. The display device 200 generally sets a DMP application to manage these external devices, the user moves the focus to an option of the DMP application by manipulating the control apparatus 100, and sends an application selection instruction to the display device 200 by pressing the "confirm" button, and the display device 200 displays a user interface of a subordinate menu corresponding to the DMP application, that is, a list of the external devices shown in fig. 1, in response to the application selection instruction. In some embodiments, the external device list includes icons and device names of all external devices currently connected to the display device 200, in order to distinguish different types of external devices, the different types of external devices correspondingly display different icons, as shown in fig. 1, the display device 200 is currently connected to three external devices, namely, a "first external device", a "second external device", and a "third external device", where the "first external device" and the "second external device" are external devices of the same type, such as a usb disk, and the "third external device" is an external device of a different type, such as a DLNA device. The user can quickly and accurately know the device information of the external device currently connected with the display device 200 through different icons and device names. In some embodiments, if there are some external devices that cannot be used in all the external devices currently connected to the display device 200, the icons and device names corresponding to these external devices that cannot be used will be provided with prompt identifiers, such as graying-out not selectable, highlighting, etc., to prompt the user that these external devices are not available.

Further, the user may select the external device to be viewed through the operation control device 100, as shown in fig. 7, taking the remote controller as an example, the user moves the focus to the icon and the device name corresponding to the first external device by operating the "up", "down", "left", and "right" keys on the remote controller, and the user sends an application selection instruction to the display device 200 by pressing the "confirm" key on the remote controller, so as to select the first external device. The display device 200 displays a user interface corresponding to the content of the first external device, which includes a folder a, a folder b, and a folder c, as shown in fig. 8 (1), in response to the application selection instruction. In this embodiment, the content of the external device refers to data stored in the external device, where the data stored in the external device corresponds to different user interfaces according to each storage node in the storage path thereof, for example, "picture a" stored in the external device, and the corresponding storage path is "folder a → folder a '", then each storage node corresponding to "picture a" is "folder a" and "folder a'", respectively, and the user controls the control device 100 to sequentially enter the corresponding user interfaces according to the storage path of "picture a" to find "picture a". Accordingly, the display apparatus 200 sequentially displays, in response to an instruction of the user, a user interface (including contents in folder a, i.e., folder a ' and folder a ') corresponding to the storage node "folder a" as shown in fig. 8 (2), and a user interface (including "picture a" and "music a") corresponding to the storage node "folder a '" as shown in fig. 8 (3).

When the user interface shown in fig. 8 (3) is displayed, if the user wants to view the content of another external device, for example, the content of a second external device, the user may manipulate the control apparatus 100 to send a return instruction to the display device 200, at this time, the display device 200 directly exits the DMP application in response to the return instruction, that is, displays the desktop of the display device 200, and the user needs to reselect the DMP application to enter the external device list shown in fig. 1 and select the second external device from the external device list to browse the content of the second external device. Or, the number of the return instructions is multiple, and the display device 200 sequentially displays the user interfaces shown in fig. 8 (2), fig. 8 (1), and fig. 1 in response to each return instruction to go back to the external device list, and then selects the second external device from the external device list to browse the content of the second external device.

As can be seen, if the content of the external device is displayed according to the above process, multiple interactions between the user and the display device 200 are required, and in the process of displaying the content of other external devices, the content of the current external device cannot be continuously displayed, which may result in that the user cannot continuously browse the content of the current external device. In order to solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for displaying content of an external device, which refers to a flow shown in fig. 9 and specifically includes the following steps:

s901, receiving a first control instruction sent by a user on a first user interface, where the first user interface is a user interface corresponding to the content of a first external device, and the first control instruction is used to instruct to display a first shortcut list, where the first shortcut list includes device names of all external devices of the display device.

In this embodiment, the first user interface is a user interface corresponding to the content of the current external device, for example, taking the first external device as the current external device, where the first user interface refers to a user interface corresponding to each storage node in the first external device, for example, a user interface corresponding to "folder a'", that is, the first user interface is as shown in fig. 8 (3).

When the first user interface is displayed, if a user needs to browse contents of other external devices, such as a second external device, a first control instruction may be directly sent to the display device 200 on the first user interface, where the first control instruction is used to instruct the display device 200 to display the first shortcut list.

In this embodiment, the first control instruction may correspond to one or more different kinds of interaction information, and it should be noted that the interaction information is different from the interaction information corresponding to the instruction for triggering the original function on the first user interface. The process of the display device 200 receiving the first control instruction sent by the user specifically includes:

the display device 200 prestores a corresponding relation between a first control instruction and interactive information, after receiving the interactive information sent by a user, the display device 200 compares the received interactive information with the interactive information in the prestored corresponding relation, if the received interactive information belongs to the interactive information in the corresponding relation, the display device determines that the interactive information sent by the user is the first control instruction, and if not, the display device determines that the interactive information sent by the user is not the first control instruction.

In some embodiments, the interaction information corresponding to the first control instruction may be key value information of a specified key combination. Illustratively, the key value information specifying the key combinations as "< and" < i.e., "two consecutive key values corresponding to'", i.e., specifying the key combinations. As shown in fig. 10 (1), the user transmits the interactive information "key value information" to the display apparatus 200 by continuously pressing the "< key twice on the remote controller: ' Key value, ' key value ', i.e. the first control instruction. In this embodiment, the key value information of the designated key combination at least includes the key value of each designated key, the order of each designated key, the input time interval between two adjacent designated keys, and the like.

In some embodiments, the interaction information corresponding to the first control instruction may be key value information of a designated key. The designated key may be an original key on the control device 100 or may be a newly provided key. The designated key may be, for example, an original key "< on the control device 100, or a newly provided key" shortcut "key on the control device 100, the" shortcut "key being dedicated to sending the first control command. In general, in order to avoid overlapping with the original function when the original key is used as the designated key, the pressing time may be set as the key value information of the designated key at the same time, and the first control instruction may be triggered only after the user continuously presses the designated key for a certain time. Illustratively, the user transmits the interaction information "key value information" to the display apparatus 200 by continuously pressing a designated key "<" 5 seconds on the remote controller: ' Key value, press time: 5s ", i.e. the first control instruction. In this embodiment, the key value information of the designated key at least includes the key value of the designated key and the pressing time.

In some embodiments, the interaction information corresponding to the first control instruction may be the designated focus information. The first control instruction can be triggered only when the focus is located in a designated area of the user interface and a designated instruction is issued to the focus. Illustratively, the designated focus information is the key value information issuing the designation indication "for the focus located in the designated area S (as indicated by" "in (2)): 'Key value'. As shown in fig. 10 (2), the user first operates the remote controller through the operation shown in (1), for example, presses the "button," moves the focus to the designated area S on the first user interface, and then presses the "button once through the operation shown in (2), and issues the" key value information "of the designated indication acting on the focus: 'key value' to send the interactive information "key value information: 'Key value', i.e. the first control instruction. At this time, the display apparatus 200 recognizes that the user transmits the first control instruction by recognizing the position of the focus on the first user interface and the interactive information.

In some embodiments, the interaction information corresponding to the first control instruction may be specified voice information. Illustratively, the voice information is designated as "open first shortcut list". In some embodiments, the first control instruction corresponds to the designated gesture information. Illustratively, the display screen of the display device 200 is a touch-sensitive screen, and may sense a gesture operation of the user, and the designated gesture information is sliding from a designated area of the first user interface, for example, a right boundary, along a designated direction, for example, sliding to an inner side of the first user interface.

The above only shows the mutual information of the first control instruction by way of example, and of course, other mutual information may be used as the mutual information of the first control instruction. Further, in order to provide more flexible and various choices for the user, the above interaction information may be used as the interaction information of the first control instruction at the same time, and the user only needs to select one of the interaction information to send the first control instruction.

S902, responding to the first control instruction, and displaying the first shortcut list on the first user interface.

The display apparatus 200 displays a first shortcut list on the first user interface as shown in fig. 11 in response to the first control instruction. The first shortcut list includes device names of all external devices of the display device 200, such as "first external device", "second external device", and "third external device". The user can quickly and accurately know all the external devices currently connected to the display device 200 by browsing the first shortcut list, and can directly select the second external device to be displayed from the first shortcut list.

In some embodiments, the first shortcut list may be displayed at a preset location on the first user interface, such as the left side of the first user interface shown in fig. 11. In some embodiments, a display position of the first shortcut list on the first user interface may correspond to the interaction information of the first control instruction, for example, the interaction information shown in fig. 10 (2), and at this time, the first shortcut list is displayed on the right side of the first user interface corresponding to an operation on the right side of the first user interface.

In this embodiment, the first shortcut list and the first user interface are two different layers, and the first shortcut list is set on the first user interface, and the first shortcut list and the first user interface may be displayed simultaneously. Furthermore, because the display of the first shortcut list can block part of the content of the first user interface, the first shortcut list can be set as a movable list, that is, the first shortcut list is randomly moved on the layer where the first shortcut list is located, and by moving the first shortcut list, part of the content of the first user interface blocked by the first shortcut list is exposed, so as to meet the browsing requirement of the user. The first shortcut list and the first user interface are simultaneously displayed by using the two layers, and when the first shortcut list is displayed, the display of the first user interface does not need to be adjusted, so that the display device 200 is prevented from generating additional display calculation. Moreover, once the user performs the misoperation instruction to expand the first shortcut list, the user can also close the first shortcut list by sending the cancel instruction and directly expose the first user interface, so that the response speed of the display device 200 to the cancel instruction is faster.

In a special display mode, the first shortcut list may completely cover the first user interface, and although the form of the first shortcut list is similar to that of the user interface of the external device list shown in fig. 1, the first shortcut list and the first user interface are located in different layers, that is, the first shortcut list and the first user interface are still in a state of being displayed simultaneously, rather than exiting from the first user interface, only the first shortcut list is displayed. At this time, when the first shortcut list is closed, the first user interface located below the layer of the first shortcut list may still be directly displayed without the display device 200 performing an operation for displaying the first user interface again.

S903, receiving a first selection instruction sent by the user, wherein the selection instruction is used for indicating and displaying the content of a second external device, and the device name of the second external device belongs to the first shortcut list.

As shown in fig. 12 (1), the user moves the focus (thick black line) to an option of the second external device by manipulating the control device 100, for example, by pressing an "up" key and a "down" key on the remote controller, and transmits a first selection instruction to the display device 200 by pressing an "ok" key, where the first selection instruction is used to instruct the display device 200 to display a user interface corresponding to the content of the selected external device (in this embodiment, the second external device), that is, a second user interface.

And S904, responding to the first selection instruction, and switching the first user interface into a second user interface, wherein the second user interface is a user interface corresponding to the content of the second external device.

In response to the first selection instruction, the display device 200 directly replaces the first user interface with the second user interface, i.e., completely exits the first external device, and displays only the second user interface, as shown in (2) of fig. 12, which includes the contents of the second external device, such as "folder d" and "folder e".

Further, if the user wants to browse the content of other external devices (including the first external device) while displaying the second user interface, the process similar to the above process may be referred to, and the display device 200 is controlled to display the first shortcut list, and the external device with the content to be browsed is selected from the first shortcut list, which is not described herein again.

In some embodiments, when the user wants to browse the content of the external device that is historically browsed again when browsing the current user interface, for example, when the user wants to browse the content of the first external device again when browsing the second user interface, the user may be configured to directly display the first user interface of the first external device, where the first user interface is the last user interface displayed when exiting the first external device. Reference may be made to the following scheme:

s1301, responding to the first selection instruction, and recording the first user interface.

The display device 200 receives the first selection instruction, and before switching the first user interface to the second user interface, first stores the first user interface, for example, stores the first user interface shown in (3) of fig. 8, and then switches the first user interface to the second user interface shown in (2) of fig. 12.

S1302, receiving the first control instruction sent by the user on the second user interface.

S1303, responding to the first control instruction, and displaying the first shortcut list on the second user interface.

And S1304, receiving a second selection instruction sent by the user, wherein the second selection instruction is used for indicating and displaying the content of the first external device.

The steps of S1302 to S1304 may refer to the steps of S901 to S903, and are not described herein again. As shown in (1) of fig. 13, a first shortcut list including device names of all external devices, for example, "first external device", "second external device", and "third external device", is displayed on the second user interface. The focus is moved to the item of the "first external device" to send a second selection instruction to the display device 200, i.e., to instruct to display the content of the first external device.

S1405, responding to the second selection instruction, acquiring the first user interface, and switching the second user interface into the first user interface.

In response to the second selection instruction, the display device 200 first determines whether the first external device is a historical external device, that is, an external device that the user has browsed contents. If the first external device is judged to be a history external device, the stored first user interface, that is, the first user interface shown in fig. 8 (3), is obtained, and the second user interface is directly switched to the stored first user interface, as shown in fig. 13 (2), and the displayed content is the first user interface shown in fig. 8 (3) stored in advance.

In order to facilitate the user to quickly know the content of each external device, so that the user may accurately select the external device that the user wants to browse, the display device 200 may display the preview information of each external device, and refer to the following process:

s1401, receiving a browsing instruction sent by the user on the first shortcut list, wherein the browsing instruction indicates an external device to be browsed, and the device name of the external device to be browsed belongs to the first shortcut list.

Taking the example that the display device 200 currently displays the first shortcut list and the first user interface shown in fig. 11, according to the operation shown in (1) in fig. 14, the user sends a browsing instruction to the display device 200 by operating the control apparatus 100, for example, a remote controller, where in this embodiment, the browsing instruction is an instruction indicating an external device to be browsed, and is different from an instruction for indicating and displaying the content of the external device, such as a first selection instruction and a second selection instruction. In this embodiment, the external device to be displayed with the preview information may be defined as the external device to be browsed. As shown in fig. 14 (1), the user moves the focus to an item of the second external device by manipulating the remote controller, and instructs the external device to be browsed, that is, the second external device, through the focus, so as to send a browsing instruction to the display device 200.

S1402, responding to the browsing instruction, displaying a sub-list on the first user interface, wherein the sub-list corresponds to the position of the external device to be browsed in the first shortcut list, and the sub-list comprises preview information of the external device to be browsed.

In response to the browsing instruction, the display device 200 displays a sub-list on the first user interface, as shown in (2) in fig. 14, where the sub-list includes preview information of the external device to be browsed. The sub-list, the first shortcut list and the first user interface are respectively located on different layers, and the sub-list is displayed on the top of the layer where the first shortcut list is located. The sub-list generally corresponds to the position of the external device to be browsed in the first shortcut list, as shown in fig. 14 (2), the sub-list is located on the right side of the item of the second external device, and the corresponding relationship between the sub-list and the external device to be browsed can be displayed through the corresponding relationship between the sub-list and the position of the external device to be browsed in the first shortcut list, so that a user can quickly and accurately know which external device the currently displayed sub-list corresponds to. The sub-list can also be directly covered in an area where the items of the external equipment to be browsed are displayed on the first shortcut list, and the user is prompted by the covering relationship according to which external equipment the currently displayed sub-list corresponds to. In this embodiment, because the sub-list, the first shortcut list, and the first user interface are located in different layers, the sub-list, the first shortcut list, and the first user interface may be displayed simultaneously, and the display device 200 may directly close the list or the user interface on the layer by deleting the corresponding layer, without affecting the display of the lists or the user interfaces on other layers, and the display device 200 does not need to perform repeated display operations, which may effectively reduce the operation pressure of the display device 200. For example, when a user mistakenly operates and sends a browsing instruction to the display device 200, and displays a sub-list of an external device to be browsed, for example, a sub-list of a second external device, a cancel instruction may be sent, for example, a remote controller is manipulated to move a focus away from an item of the second external device, and the display device 200 directly closes a layer where the sub-list is located in response to the cancel instruction, so as to close the sub-list and directly expose the first shortcut list and the first user interface, without the display device 200 performing a related display operation in the exposing process.

Further, if the user wants to browse the preview information of other external devices, the browsing instruction may be sent to the display device 200 again according to the above process, so as to display a sub-list of other external devices.

In this embodiment, the sub-list includes preview information of the external device to be browsed, where the preview information is used to generally display content of the external device to be browsed. In some embodiments, the preview information may be the number of folders in the external device to be browsed, the capacity information of the external device to be browsed, names of designated folders in the external device to be browsed, names of designated data in the external device to be browsed, and the like, as shown in (2) in fig. 14, the preview information displayed in the sub-list of the second external device includes the names of the folders, i.e., "folder d" and "folder e", of the second external device. The preview information of the external device to be browsed can be preset as required, and can also be edited according to subsequent requirements, which is not limited in the embodiment of the application.

The content of each external device is displayed through the above process, and after a certain external device is selected, the content that the user really wants to browse is displayed step by step through multiple interactions between the user and the display device 200, for example, a "picture B" located on the 3 rd page in the second external device is displayed, then the display device 200 needs to respond to an instruction sent by the user to sequentially display the user interface (including a "folder d" and a "folder e") of the 1 st page in the second external device, the user interface (being the subordinate user interface of the "folder d" and including a "folder d '" and a "folder d" ") of the 2 nd page in the second external device, and the user interface (being the subordinate user interface of the" folder d' "and including an item of the" picture B ") of the 3 rd page in the second external device. In order to improve the display efficiency of the content of the external device and reduce the number of interactions between the user and the display device 200, a skip key may be added to the first shortcut list.

In some embodiments, a skip key may be used to indicate that a specified page in a specified peripheral device is displayed. In this embodiment, the external device is an external device corresponding to the first shortcut list, and for example, if the first shortcut list is displayed when the first user interface of the first external device is displayed, the first external device is the external device. In this embodiment, the jump key has a text (number) input area, as shown in fig. 15, "jump to _ page", where the "_" area is the text (number) input area, the user moves the focus to the jump key through the control device 100, and continues to control the control device 100 to input a page number corresponding to the content to be displayed, for example, "3", taking the external device as the second external device, and "3" indicates the display device 200 to directly display the content corresponding to the 3 rd page in the second external device. The display device 200 prestores a corresponding relationship between a page number in each external device and a content corresponding to the page number, and the display device 200 determines the content corresponding to the 3 rd page according to the prestored corresponding relationship in response to the jump instruction, and displays a second user interface corresponding to the content, which includes a project of "picture B" in the above example. Therefore, the content of a certain page in the specified external device can be directly displayed through the jump key, so that the interaction times between the user and the display device 200 are effectively reduced, and the experience of the user is improved.

In this embodiment, the content corresponding to the page 1 of the specified external device is usually the entry of other content in the specified external device, in some cases, the corresponding content will only correspond to part of the content in the specified external device starting from the page 2 of the specified external device, for example, the content corresponding to the page 1 of the specified external device is "folder d" and "folder e", the content corresponding to the page 2 is "folder d'" and "folder d" "in the" folder d ", and obviously, the content of the" folder e "is lacked starting from the page 2. Accordingly, as shown in fig. 15, the jump key may also be used to instruct the display device 200 to display a user interface corresponding to the content of the page 1 of the designated external device, for example, a jump key "Back to the first page" through which the user transmits a jump instruction to the display device 200, and the display device 200 directly displays the user interface of the page 1 of the designated external device in response to the jump instruction.

In some embodiments, if the user does not know the page number of the folder to be browsed in the designated device, the user cannot jump directly to the corresponding user interface through the jump key. At this time, as shown in fig. 15, a Search key may be set in the first shortcut list, the user sends a first Search instruction to the display device 200 through the Search key, the display device 200 displays a Search interface in response to the first Search instruction, the Search interface is used to input a name of a folder or data to be searched, the user sends a second Search instruction to the display device 200 by inputting a corresponding name in the Search interface, and the display device 200 directly displays a user interface of a page where the folder or data corresponding to the name is located in response to the second Search instruction.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 15, a first Edit key, such as an Edit (Edit) key, for instructing to start a function of editing items in the first shortcut list may be provided in the first shortcut list. A user sends a first editing instruction to the display device 200 through a first editing key, and the display device 200 changes items in the first shortcut list in response to the first editing instruction, that is, operations such as deleting and hiding each item in the first shortcut list may be performed, or an item may be added to the first shortcut list. For example, "Back to the first page" or the like is deleted from the first shortcut list. Alternatively, an item is added to the first shortcut list, for example, the display device 200 responds to a first editing instruction, at this time, the first editing instruction is used for instructing to add a target item to the first shortcut list, the display device 200 displays an item list including all items that can be added to the first shortcut list, and a user can select the target item from the item list to add to the first shortcut list.

In the above embodiment, the display device 200 may directly display the first shortcut list on the current user interface in response to the first control instruction sent by the user, and further display a user interface corresponding to the content of the external device in response to an instruction sent by the user based on the first shortcut list, so as to improve the efficiency of the display device 200 displaying only the user interface of one content in the external device. For example, a user interface that displays only the contents of page 3 of the second external device.

Example 2

Based on embodiment 1, it is possible to display other content while the display device 200 displays the content of the current user interface by the flow shown in fig. 16.

In this embodiment, the content displayed by the current user interface may be defined as main content, wherein the main content may be displayed in parallel with other content, and the other content displayed in parallel with the main content may be defined as sub-content, that is, the display device 200 may run different threads corresponding to the main content and the sub-content at the same time to display the main content and the sub-content at the same time.

S1601, receiving a second control instruction sent by the user on the first user interface, where the second control instruction is used to instruct to display a second shortcut list, and the second shortcut list includes sub-content that can be displayed in parallel with the main content in the first external device.

Taking the first user interface as the current user interface for explanation, as shown in (1) in fig. 17, the content displayed by the first user interface is "picture a" that can be presented simultaneously with other content. The user sends a second control instruction to the display device 200 by manipulating the control apparatus 100, where the second control instruction is used to instruct the display device 200 to directly display the second shortcut list on the first user interface. The mutual information corresponding to the second control instruction may refer to the mutual information corresponding to the first control instruction in embodiment 1, and it should be noted that the mutual information corresponding to the second control instruction is different from the mutual information corresponding to the first control instruction, so as to distinguish the first control instruction from the second control instruction. Illustratively, the interaction information of the second control instruction is key value information of a designated key, as shown in (1) in fig. 17, the designated key is a "background music" key 400 on the first user interface, and the user moves the focus to the "background music" key 400 by manipulating the control device 100 and presses an "confirm" key on the control device 100 to send the key value information "background music", i.e., the second control instruction, to the display apparatus 200. In other embodiments, other interaction information may be set as the interaction information of the second control instruction, and the user sends the second control instruction by sending corresponding interaction information to the display device 200, which is not limited herein.

S1602, responding to the second control instruction, and displaying the second shortcut list on the first user interface.

The display device 200 displays the second shortcut list directly on the first user interface as shown in (2) in fig. 17 in response to the second control instruction. In this embodiment, the second shortcut list and the first user interface are located in different layers, and the display relationship between the second shortcut list and the first user interface may refer to the display relationship between the first shortcut list and the first user interface in embodiment 1, which is not described herein again.

In this embodiment, the second shortcut list includes all sub-contents that can be concurrently displayed with the main content in the current external device. The current external device refers to an external device currently displaying content, and in the above example, the current external device is a first external device corresponding to the currently displayed content (the first user interface).

S1603, receiving a first editing instruction sent by the user on the second shortcut list, where the first editing instruction is used to indicate to display target sub-content.

In one implementation, as shown in (2) in fig. 17, the second shortcut list includes all sub-contents that can be currently presented simultaneously with the main content "picture a", for example, names of "music 1", "music 2", and "music 3".

The user may send a first editing instruction to the display apparatus 200, the first editing instruction being for instructing to present the target sub-content. For example, the user moves the focus to an item of the target sub-content by manipulating the control apparatus 100, as shown in (2) of fig. 17, moves the focus to "music 2", and selects "music 2" by pressing the "confirm" key on the control apparatus 100, and moves the focus to a function key on the second shortcut list, for example, the "Play (Play)" key, and sends a first editing instruction, i.e., plays "music 2", to the display device 200 by pressing the "confirm" key on the control apparatus 100.

Further, a list to be presented, for example, a "music list" including names of all target sub-contents may be displayed after a list to be presented is created for the selected target sub-contents before the first editing instruction is sent to the display apparatus 200, for example, after "music 2" is selected according to the above-described procedure, the user sends a first editing instruction to the display apparatus 200 based on the function key "play" key to instruct to play all target sub-contents according to the list to be presented.

In another implementation manner, the second shortcut list includes sub-content to be presented that has been screened from all the sub-content in advance, such as "music list" shown in (5) in fig. 17 as an example, and the second shortcut list is "music list" and includes sub-content to be presented, music 1 and music 3.

The user may send a first editing instruction to the display apparatus 200, the first editing instruction being used to instruct to present the target sub-content. For example, the user moves the focus to a function key, such as a "play" key, on the second shortcut list by manipulating the control apparatus 100, and sends a first editing instruction to the display device 200 by pressing a "confirm" key on the control apparatus 100, indicating that all sub-contents to be presented, i.e., "music 1" and "music 3" are presented.

Further, the user can edit the second shortcut list to display and change the sub-content to be displayed. Illustratively, the user sends a first editing instruction to the display device 200 to indicate that the target sub-content is presented. At this time, the first editing instruction includes a plurality of instructions.

In some embodiments, the user moves the focus to an item of sub-content to be deleted on the second shortcut list, for example, "music 1" by manipulating the control device 100, and the user selects the sub-content to be deleted, "music 1", by pressing the "ok" key on the control device 100. The user moves the focus to a function key, for example, a "delete (Delay)" key on the second shortcut list by manipulating the control apparatus 100, and transmits a first instruction, which instructs to delete the sub-content "music 1" to be deleted from the second shortcut list, to the display device 200 by pressing a "confirm" key on the control apparatus 100. The display apparatus 200 deletes "music 1" from the second shortcut list in response to the first instruction, and at this time, the second shortcut list includes "music 3", that is, "music 3" is all the sub-content to be presented. The user moves the focus to a function key on the second shortcut list, for example, a "play" key, by manipulating the control device 100, so as to send a second instruction to the display apparatus 200, instructing to display all the sub-content to be displayed, i.e., playing "music 3". In the above, the first instruction and the second instruction jointly constitute a first editing instruction.

In some embodiments, as shown in (1) in fig. 18, the user moves the focus to a function key on the second shortcut list, for example, an "Add" key, by manipulating the control apparatus 100, and presses an "ok" key on the control apparatus 100 to send a third instruction to the display device 200, where the third instruction is used to instruct to display a selectable list, where the selectable list includes all sub-contents in the first peripheral, where the sub-contents to be presented that are already located in the second shortcut list can be identified in all sub-contents. The selectable list and the second shortcut list may be displayed on different layers, or may be displayed on different layers, but the selectable list and the first user interface are displayed on different layers. As shown in (2) in fig. 18, taking the selectable list and the second shortcut list shown in the same layer as an example, at this time, only the selectable list is displayed, and the second shortcut list is deleted and displayed, where the selectable list includes all sub-contents "music 1", "music 2", and "music 3", where the second shortcut list includes "music 1" and "music 3", and the option of "music 1" and "music 3" in the selectable list may be grayed out to prompt the user that the two items are already located in the second shortcut list. The user moves the focus to the sub-content to be added in the selectable list, for example, "music 2", by manipulating the control apparatus 100, and by pressing the "confirm" key on the control apparatus 100, sends a fourth instruction to the display device 200, the fourth instruction being used to instruct to add an item displaying the sub-content to be added in the second shortcut list, the display device 200 deletes the displayed selectable list in response to the fourth instruction, and redisplays the second shortcut list as shown in (3) in fig. 18, at this time, the second shortcut list is the edited second shortcut list, i.e., includes "music 2" at this time, all the sub-content to be displayed includes "music 1", "music 2", and "music 3". The user moves the focus to a function key on the second shortcut list, for example, a "play" key, by manipulating the control device 100, so as to send a fifth instruction to the display apparatus 200, instructing to display all the sub-contents to be displayed, i.e., playing "music 1", "music 2", and "music 3". In the above, the third instruction, the fourth instruction and the fifth instruction together form the first editing instruction.

And S1604, responding to the first editing instruction, and displaying a third user interface, wherein the third user interface corresponds to the main content and the target sub-content.

The display apparatus 200 responds to the first editing instruction to present the target sub-content, which is "music 2" as the target sub-content in the flow shown in (1) to (4) in fig. 17, and "music 1" and "music 3" as the target sub-content in the flow shown in (1), (5) to (6) in fig. 17, and "music 1", "music 2" and "music 3" as the target sub-content in the flow shown in fig. 18.

In some embodiments, if either of the main content and the target sub-content is non-screen content, the third user interface corresponds to a user interface having screen content in the main content and the target sub-content, and the third user interface further includes overview information of the non-screen content. For example, in the flow shown in (1) to (4) in fig. 17, if the main content is "picture a", the displayed content is displayed, the target sub-content is "music 2", and the non-displayed content is displayed, the third user interface includes overview information of "picture a" and "music 2", for example, "currently playing: music 2". For example, in the flow shown in (1), (5) to (6) in fig. 17, if the main content is "picture a", the displayed content is displayed, the target sub-content is "music 1" and "music 3", and both are non-displayed content, the third user interface includes "picture a", and overview information of "music 1" and "music 3", such as "currently playing: music 1, next: music 3". If the main content is music and the target sub-content is a picture, the third user interface includes the picture and the overview information corresponding to the main content music.

In some embodiments, if the main content and the target sub-content both have screen contents, the third user interface displays screens corresponding to the main content and the target sub-content at the same time, wherein the screens of the main content and the target sub-content may be displayed according to a certain ratio or may be partially overlapped.

In embodiment 2, the display device 200 may directly display the second shortcut list on the current user interface in response to the second control instruction sent by the user, and further respond to the first editing instruction sent by the user based on the second shortcut list to simultaneously display other contents in the current external device.

Example 3

Based on embodiment 1 and embodiment 2, the user interface currently displayed by the display device 200 may be edited according to the flow shown in fig. 19, which specifically includes the following steps:

s1901, receiving a third control instruction sent by the user at the first user interface, where the third control instruction is used to instruct to display a third shortcut list, the third shortcut list includes the editable content, a second edit key and a third edit key, where the second edit key is used to instruct to display a display state of the editable content, the third edit key is used to instruct to display a fourth shortcut list, and the fourth shortcut list includes available content in the first external device that can be added to the editable content.

In this embodiment, the user is restricted from directly editing the current user interface to avoid the misoperation of the user on the current user interface, and the current user interface is indirectly edited by providing a shortcut list, i.e., a third shortcut list, dedicated for editing the current user interface. Taking the first user interface as the current user interface for explanation, the first user interface includes editable content, and as shown in (1) in fig. 20, the first user interface is a "music playing interface", where the music list in the dashed box is the editable content and includes items of "music 1" and "music 2". The user cannot edit the music list directly, and needs to edit the music list indirectly through the third shortcut list.

The user may send a third control instruction to the display apparatus 200 by manipulating the control device 100, where the third control instruction is used to instruct the display apparatus 200 to directly display the third shortcut list on the first user interface. The mutual information corresponding to the third control instruction may refer to the mutual information corresponding to the first control instruction in embodiment 1, and the mutual information corresponding to the second control instruction in embodiment 2. It should be noted that the third control instruction and the second control instruction are different from the interactive information corresponding to the first control instruction, so as to distinguish the first control instruction, the second control instruction and the third control instruction.

S1902, in response to the third control instruction, displaying the third shortcut list on the first user interface.

The display apparatus 200 directly displays, in response to the third control instruction, a third shortcut list including editable contents, i.e., a music list, in the first user interface, and also including the second editing key 500 and the third editing key 600 on the first user interface, as shown in (2) of fig. 20.

S1903, receiving a second editing instruction sent by the user on the second editing key or the third editing key, where the second editing instruction is used to instruct to change the display state of the editable content and/or instruct to add the specified available content to the editable content.

In some embodiments, the user sends a second editing instruction to the display device 200 through the second editing key 500 by manipulating the control apparatus 100, and in this embodiment, the second editing key 500 is used to indicate a display state of the editable content, where the display state of the editable content is "displayed" if the second editing key 500 is marked with a "√" symbol, and the display state of the editable content is "not displayed" if the second editing key 500 is not marked with a "√" symbol. As shown in (2) in fig. 20, the editable content includes items of "music 1" and "music 2", and the left sides thereof are provided with corresponding second editing keys 500, respectively, wherein a second editing instruction is sent on the second editing key 500 corresponding to "music 1" to indicate that the display state of "music 1" is "display", the second editing key 500 is provided with an indication "√" symbol ", and a second editing instruction is sent on the second editing key 500 corresponding to" music 2 "to indicate that the display state of" music 2 "is" non-display ", and the second editing key 500 is not provided with the indication" √ ".

In some embodiments, the user sends a second editing instruction to the display device 200 through the third editing key 600 by manipulating the control device 100, in this embodiment, the third editing key 600 is used to instruct to display a fourth shortcut list, as shown in (2) in fig. 20, and the third editing key 600 is an "Add (Add)" key. As shown in (3) in fig. 20, the fourth shortcut list includes available contents, such as "music 3" and "music 4", that can be added to editable contents in the first external connection apparatus. The user sends a second editing instruction to the display apparatus 200 by manipulating the control device 100 on the item of the designated available content, for example, "music 3", for example, moving the focus to the item of "music 3", and instructs the display apparatus 200 to Add the item of the designated available content "music 3" to the editable content by clicking an "Add" button on the fourth shortcut list.

S1904, in response to the second editing instruction, updating the editable content in the third shortcut list, and replacing the editable content in the first user interface with the updated editable content in the third shortcut list.

The display apparatus 200 updates the editable content in the third shortcut list in response to the second editing instruction, taking the example that the display apparatus 200 responds to the second editing instruction shown in (2) and (3) in fig. 20, the display apparatus 200 does not display "music 2", adds "music 3" to the editable content, and the display apparatus 200 replaces the editable content in the first user interface with the updated editable content to obtain an updated first user interface, as shown in (4) in fig. 20, where "music 1" and "music 3" are included in the editable content, and finishes editing the first user interface.

In embodiment 2, the display device 200 may directly display the third shortcut list on the current user interface in response to a third control instruction sent by the user, and further modify the content of the current user interface in response to a second editing instruction sent by the user based on the third shortcut list.

As can be seen from the foregoing technical solutions, in the display device and the method for displaying content of an external device provided in the embodiments, the display device 200 may directly display the first shortcut list on the first user interface in response to the first control instruction sent by the user, display information of all external devices to the user through the first shortcut list, and further display the second user interface corresponding to the content of the second external device in response to the first selection instruction sent by the user based on the first shortcut list, so as to improve efficiency of displaying the content of the external device by the display device 200, simplify operations of the user, and improve experience of the user.

The embodiments provided in the present application are only a few examples of the general concept of the present application, and do not limit the scope of the present application. Any other embodiments extended according to the scheme of the present application without inventive efforts will be within the scope of protection of the present application for a person skilled in the art.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a controller configured to:

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first control instruction is key value information of a specified key combination, specified voice information, key value information of a specified key, specified gesture information, or specified focus information.

3. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller, in response to the first selection instruction, to switch the first user interface to the second user interface is configured to:

recording the first user interface in response to the first selection instruction;

the controller, in response to the selection instruction, after switching the first user interface to the second user interface, is further configured to:

receiving the first control instruction sent by the user on the second user interface;

responding to the first control instruction, and displaying the first shortcut list on the second user interface;

receiving a second selection instruction sent by the user, wherein the second selection instruction is used for indicating and displaying the content of the first external equipment;

and responding to the second selection instruction, acquiring the first user interface, and switching the second user interface into the first user interface.

4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller, in response to the first control instruction, after displaying the first shortcut list on the first user interface, is further configured to:

receiving a browsing instruction sent by the user on the first shortcut list, wherein the browsing instruction indicates an external device to be browsed, and the device name of the external device to be browsed belongs to the first shortcut list;

responding to the browsing instruction, displaying a sub-list on the first user interface, wherein the sub-list corresponds to the position of the external device to be browsed in the first shortcut list, and the sub-list comprises preview information of the external device to be browsed.

5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first shortcut list further includes a jump key, and the jump key is configured to instruct to display a specific page in a specific external device, and a device name of the specific external device belongs to the first shortcut list.

6. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first shortcut list further includes a first edit key for instructing to start a function of editing an item in the first shortcut list.

7. The display device of claim 1, wherein the first user interface comprises primary content exposable in parallel with other content, and wherein the controller is further configured to:

receiving a second control instruction sent by the user on the first user interface, wherein the second control instruction is used for indicating and displaying a second shortcut list, and the second shortcut list comprises sub-content which can be displayed in parallel with the main content in the first external equipment;

displaying the second shortcut list on the first user interface in response to the second control instruction;

receiving a first editing instruction sent by the user on the second shortcut list, wherein the first editing instruction is used for indicating display of target sub-content;

and responding to the first editing instruction, and displaying a third user interface, wherein the third user interface corresponds to the main content and the target sub-content.

8. The display device according to claim 7, wherein if any one of the main content and the target sub-content is a no-screen content, the third user interface further includes overview information of the no-screen content.

9. The display device of any one of claims 1-8, wherein the first user interface further comprises editable content, and wherein the controller is further configured to:

receiving a third control instruction sent by the user on the first user interface, wherein the third control instruction is used for indicating display of a third shortcut list, the third shortcut list comprises the editable content, a second editing key and a third editing key, the second editing key is used for indicating display state of the editable content, the third editing key is used for indicating display of a fourth shortcut list, and the fourth shortcut list comprises available content which can be added to the editable content in the first external device;

displaying the third shortcut list on the first user interface in response to the third control instruction;

receiving a second editing instruction sent by the user on the second editing key or the third editing key, wherein the second editing instruction is used for indicating to change the display state of the editable content and/or indicating to add the specified available content in the editable content;

and responding to the second editing instruction, updating the editable content in the third shortcut list, and replacing the editable content in the first user interface with the editable content in the updated third shortcut list.

10. A method for displaying the content of an external device is applied to a display device, and the method comprises the following steps:

receiving a first control instruction sent by a user on a first user interface, wherein the first user interface is a user interface corresponding to the content of first external equipment, the first control instruction is used for indicating and displaying a first shortcut list, and the first shortcut list comprises equipment names of all external equipment of the display equipment;