CN118502852A

CN118502852A - Control method and device and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN118502852A
Application number: CN202410544277.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 宋彬; 李海
Original assignee: Lenovo Beijing Ltd
Current assignee: Lenovo Beijing Ltd
Priority date: 2024-04-30
Filing date: 2024-04-30
Publication date: 2024-08-16

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a control method, a control device and electronic equipment, which comprise the following steps: in response to obtaining a target trigger signal, controlling a display module of the electronic equipment to display and output a first image, wherein the first image is from the display module; in response to the electronic device running to a target stage, controlling the display module to switch from displaying the first image to displaying and outputting a second image, wherein the second image is from a target component of the electronic device; wherein the electronic device has different rights and/or power consumption before and after running to the target phase.

Description

Control method and device and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of, but not limited to, information technologies, and in particular, to a control method, a control device, and an electronic device.

Background

In the related art, the image display of the electronic device at different stages is not flexible enough, and the interaction experience of the user is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the embodiment of the application at least provides a control method, a control device and an electronic device.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application is realized as follows:

The embodiment of the application provides a control method, which comprises the following steps:

In response to obtaining a target trigger signal, controlling a display module of the electronic equipment to display and output a first image, wherein the first image is from the display module;

In response to the electronic device running to a target stage, controlling the display module to switch from displaying the first image to displaying and outputting a second image, wherein the second image is from a target component of the electronic device;

Wherein the electronic device has different rights and/or power consumption before and after running to the target phase.

An embodiment of the present application provides a control device, including:

The first control module is used for responding to the target trigger signal and controlling the display module of the electronic equipment to display and output a first image, wherein the first image is from the display module;

The second control module is used for controlling the display module to switch from displaying the first image to displaying and outputting a second image in response to the electronic equipment running to a target stage, wherein the second image is from a target component of the electronic equipment;

The embodiment of the application provides electronic equipment, which comprises a display module and a first controller, wherein:

The first controller can respond to the obtained target trigger signal to control the display module to display and output a first image, and the first image is from the display module;

The first controller can also control the display module to switch from displaying the first image to displaying and outputting a second image under the condition that the electronic equipment is operated to a target stage, wherein the second image is from a target component of the electronic equipment;

Embodiments of the present application provide a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program executable by a processor to implement the above-described control method.

Embodiments of the present application provide a computer program comprising computer readable code which, when run in a computer device, causes a processor in the computer device to execute some or all of the steps for implementing the control method described above.

Embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product comprising a computer program or instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement some or all of the steps of the control method described above.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the application as claimed.

Drawings

Fig. 1A is a schematic implementation flow diagram of a control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram of a display interface according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 1C is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 1D is a schematic diagram of a display interface of an electronic device according to the related art;

Fig. 2A is a schematic diagram of a composition structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2B is a schematic diagram of a second implementation flow of a control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2C is a schematic diagram of a situation of obtaining a target trigger signal according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a composition structure of a control device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solution of the present application will be further elaborated with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples, which should not be construed as limiting the application, but all other embodiments which can be obtained by one skilled in the art without making inventive efforts are within the scope of protection of the present application.

In the following description, the terms "first/second/third" are used merely to distinguish between similar objects and do not represent a particular ordering of the objects, it being understood that the "first/second/third" may be interchanged with a particular order or precedence where allowed, to enable embodiments of the application described herein to be implemented in other than those illustrated or described herein. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing the application only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. It should be noted that, for convenience of description, only a portion related to the related application is shown in the drawings.

On the basis, the embodiment of the application provides a control method which can be executed by electronic equipment. The electronic device may be a device with data processing capability, such as a server, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a desktop computer, a smart television, a set-top box, a mobile device (e.g., a mobile phone, a portable video player, a personal digital assistant, a dedicated messaging device, and a portable game device). As shown in fig. 1A, the control method includes the following steps S101 to S102:

Step S101, responding to a target trigger signal, and controlling a display module of the electronic equipment to display and output a first image, wherein the first image is from the display module;

step S102, in response to the electronic equipment running to a target stage, controlling the display module to switch from displaying the first image to displaying and outputting a second image, wherein the second image is from a target component of the electronic equipment;

Here, the target trigger signal may be a mechanical signal or an electrical signal, and may include, but not limited to, a power-on signal, a restart signal, and the like.

The display module is a component for displaying output and can comprise a display, a display screen and the like.

The target phases may include, but are not limited to, a BDS (Boot DEVICE SELECT ) phase, a TSL (TRANSIENT SYSTEM Load, operating system Load front) phase, a RT (Run Time, operating system environment execution period) phase, and the like.

The target component may be a system and/or application that operates at a target phase, which may include, but is not limited to: BIOS (Basic Input Output System ), OS (operating system), UEFI (Unified Extensible FIRMWARE INTERFACE ) application, OS application, desktop application, etc.; the electronic equipment operates to different target stages and corresponds to different target components.

For example, in the case where the electronic device is running to the BDS stage, the display may be controlled to switch from displaying the first image to displaying and outputting the second image from the BIOS.

As another example, in the event that the electronic device is operating in the TSL phase, the display may be controlled to switch from displaying the first image to displaying the second image output from the UEFI application.

The first image may be an image corresponding to a boot display interface, and the content may include an initial boot picture, text, and/or an icon set by the electronic device in a factory.

The second image may include, but is not limited to, an image corresponding to a power-on display interface, an image corresponding to a system and/or application interface, and the like.

In some embodiments, the first image from the display module may be an image stored to the display module or an image transmitted to the display module. For example, the first image may be an image corresponding to a startup display interface in TCON (logic board) stored to the display module; as another example, the first image may be an OS desktop image or an OS application interface image that is transmitted by the OS to the display module.

In some embodiments, switching from displaying the first image to displaying the second image may include ceasing to display the first image, displaying only the second image.

In some embodiments, the second image may be the same as the first image or may be different from the first image, depending on different switching requirements.

For example, in the case of displaying a BIOS boot icon, the first image is the BIOS boot icon, and the second image may be the same as the first image, so as to complete initial and continuous display of the BIOS boot icon in the boot stage; for another example, in a setup interface running from boot to OS or BIOS, the first image may be a BIOS boot icon, the second image may be a setup interface image of OS or BIOS, and the second image may be different from the first image.

In some embodiments, the target phase is a certain phase of the electronic device during the power-on process. It can be appreciated that in the power-on process of the electronic device, the operation authority and/or the power consumption of each stage after the electronic device is powered on may be different, so that different second images may be obtained according to the actual situations and the power consumption requirements of different stages.

For example, before the BDS phase, in the case where the BIOS is initialized in the PEI phase, the display module cannot acquire the second image from the BIOS to perform display output; and under the condition of being in the BDS stage, the display module can acquire a second image from the BIOS for display output.

For another example, in response to obtaining the startup signal, the display module may display and output the startup icon stored in the display module before entering the RT stage; in the case of the RT phase, an application interface of the OS application is displayed.

In the embodiment of the application, the display module of the electronic equipment is controlled to display and output the first image from the display module in response to the target trigger signal, the display module is controlled to switch from displaying the first image to displaying and outputting the second image from the target component of the electronic equipment in response to the electronic equipment running to the target stage, and the permission and/or the power consumption of the electronic equipment before and after the electronic equipment runs to the target stage are different. Therefore, in consideration of different operation authorities and/or power consumption requirements before and after the electronic equipment is operated to the target stage, different images can be displayed according to different stages, the display requirements are better met, and the experience of a user is better. For example, under the condition that the electronic equipment is started or restarted, seamless switching of display content in the starting stage of the electronic equipment can be completed, images and/or information required by a user are displayed in time after the electronic equipment is started, and the use experience of the user is improved.

In some embodiments, the step S101 may include at least one of the following steps S111 to S113:

Step S111, in response to the power-on signal, the first controller of the electronic device controls the display module to load the first image stored by the display module for output display.

Here, the power-on signal may include, but is not limited to, a power-on timing signal from S5 (Shutdown state) to S0 (operation state), or from S4 (sleep to Disk) to S0, etc.

The power-on signal may be obtained by triggering an operation of the power-on signal, including but not limited to: triggering a power key, triggering a combination key on a keyboard, accessing a power adapter, voice control and the like.

The first controller may include, but is not limited to, EC (Embedded Controller ), ESIO (Embeddedcontroller Super Input/Output, controller combining input and Output functions with functions of the embedded controller), MCU (Microcontroller Unit, micro control unit), etc.

In some embodiments, for example, when the EC detects that there is a power-on sequence from S5 to S0 to S4 to S0, the display module may be controlled to load the BIOS boot display icon stored in the display module for output display.

And step S112, responding to the restarting signal, and controlling the display module to load the first image stored by the display module through the guide part of the electronic equipment to output and display.

Here, the restart signal may include a Reboot (Reuse Based on Object-Oriented Technology, object-oriented technology based multiplexing) instruction. The restart signal may be obtained by an operation that triggers the restart signal, including but not limited to: at least one of triggering a power key, triggering a control on a UI (User Interface), triggering a voice input, triggering a mouse operation, and the like.

The boot component may include, but is not limited to, at least one of a BIOS, UEFI, etc.

In some embodiments, for example, after the power key is triggered to perform the restart operation, the BIOS control display module loads the BIOS startup display icon stored in the BIOS control display module for output display.

Step S113, in response to the restart signal, the first controller of the electronic device is notified by the guide component of the electronic device to control the display module to load the first image stored by the display module for output display.

In some embodiments, for example, after triggering the voice control to perform the restart operation, the EC may be notified by the BIOS or UEFI using the corresponding EC command as a restart signal, and the EC control display module may perform the loading and display output operation of the first image.

In the embodiment of the application, a first controller of electronic equipment is used for controlling a display module to load a first image stored by the display module for output display in response to the starting signal; in response to obtaining the restarting signal, controlling the display module to load the first image stored by the display module through the guide part of the electronic equipment to output and display; and in response to the restart signal, notifying a first controller of the electronic device through a guide part of the electronic device to control the display module to load the first image stored by the display module for output display. Therefore, under the condition that the target trigger signal is obtained, the display module can be controlled to display the first image through different parts according to the operation authorities and the power consumption requirements of the different parts of the stage of the electronic equipment when the signal is obtained.

In some embodiments, the above method may further include the following step S103:

step S103, obtaining a third image, and storing the third image into a storage space of a second controller of the display module or a first controller of the electronic device;

Here, the image content of the third image may be the same as the first image, so that the display module may load the third image as the first image for display output;

The second controller of the display module may be TCON or Scalar of the display module (a controller for controlling the display module);

In some embodiments, in the case of storing the third image in the second controller of the display module, the third image may be sent to the display module through the second controller of the display module, and the display module may be controlled to perform display output of the first image with the received third image as the first image;

For example, the BIOS startup icon may be stored in the TCON, and in response to obtaining the startup signal, the TCON sends the BIOS startup icon to the display, and controls the display to display and output the BIOS startup icon, so that the BIOS startup icon may be displayed when the BIOS is just started and the initialization is not completed;

in some embodiments, in the case of storing the third image in the first controller of the electronic device, the third image may be sent to the second controller of the display module through the first controller of the electronic device, and the second controller of the control display module controls the display module to output the third image as the first image;

For example, a BIOS boot icon may be stored in a ROM (Read-Only Memory) of the EC, and in response to obtaining a boot or restart signal, the EC sends a control signal for displaying an image and the BIOS boot icon stored in the EC to the TCON or Scalar, and the TCON or scalar controls the display to display the output BIOS boot icon;

wherein step S103 may include at least one of the following steps S121 to S124:

step S121, obtaining an initial identifier displayed by a guiding component of the electronic device, and processing the initial identifier into a third image based on display parameters of the initial identifier in a display interface of the guiding component.

Here, the initial display identifier displayed by the guide member may include an initial display identifier set at the time of shipping the electronic device, for example: BIOS boot icon.

The display parameters initially identified in the display interface of the guidance component may include, but are not limited to, a picture size, a location, a color, a text size, etc. initially identified in the display interface.

In some implementations, the size, location, etc. of the display initial identity may be specified by ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power MANAGEMENT INTERFACE ).

As shown in fig. 1B, the display position of the third image 101 in the display interface 100 may be determined based on the position of the pixel point coordinates 111 in the upper left corner of the third image 101.

It will be appreciated that in the case where the initial identifier is an icon, a complete third image may be generated from the icon based on the display parameters of the initial identifier in the display interface of the guide member. For example, a complete boot interface image may be generated based on the BIOS boot icon according to the display size and display position in TCON.

In some embodiments, by storing the BIOS boot icon as an initial identifier in the TCON and the BIOS, and responding to the boot signal or the restart signal, the TCON controls the display to display and output a third image generated based on the BIOS boot icon as a first image, and in the case that the BIOS is in the BDS stage, the BIOS controls the TCON through the EC command, so that the TCON controls the display to output a second image generated based on the BIOS boot icon stored in the BIOS, and by synchronizing the size and the position of the TCON and the BIOS, respectively, the first image and the second image are displayed, so that the display is smoother when the first image is switched to the second image, the user has no feeling of image switching, and the experience is better.

Step S122, a custom identifier displayed by a guide component of the electronic device is obtained, and the custom identifier is processed into a third image based on display parameters of the custom identifier in a display interface of the guide component.

Here, the custom identifier displayed by the boot component of the electronic device may be a custom identifier or an image displayed by loading the boot component, for example, may include a custom icon displayed by loading the BIOS when the user sets a start-up for the user, or a name of an owner of the electronic device.

The display parameters of the custom identifier in the display interface of the guidance component may include, but are not limited to, the size, location, color, text size, etc. of the picture of the custom identifier in the display interface.

Step S123, a first interface image of a first application is obtained, the first interface image is used as a third image, and the first application can be operated in a pre-operation system environment.

Here, the first application may be a UEFI application capable of running in a UEFI stage, and a main interface image or a user-defined interface image of the application may be used as the first image.

For example, in response to obtaining a startup signal or a restart signal, the main interface image of the UEFI application is stored as a third image in the display module, the display module is controlled by the UEFI to display and output the third image as the first image, and when the electronic device enters the BDS stage or the TSL stage, the main interface image of the UEFI application as the second image is displayed and output by the display module is controlled by the UEFI, so that seamless display from startup or restart to the BDS stage or the TSL stage for the user is completed.

Step S124, a second interface image of a second application is obtained, the second interface image is used as a third image, and the second application can be operated under the operating system environment.

Here, the second application may be an application under the OS, or an application for OS login verification, and may include, but is not limited to, a UI application of an android system, a desktop application of Windows (Windows operating system), and the like.

For example, in response to obtaining the start-up signal or the restart signal, the main interface image of the UI application is stored as a third image in the display module, the display module is controlled to display and output the third image as the first image, and when the electronic device enters the RT stage, the operating system controls the display module to display and output the main interface image of the UI application as the second image, so that seamless display from starting up or restarting to using the UI application for the user is completed.

In the embodiment of the application, the third image is stored in a storage space of a second controller of the display module or a first controller of the electronic equipment; wherein the initial identification displayed by the guide component of the electronic device may be processed into a third image based on the display parameters in the display interface of the guide component; the custom identification displayed by the guide component of the electronic device may be processed into a third image based on the display parameters in the display interface of the guide component; a first interface image of a first application capable of running in a pre-operating system environment can be used as a third image; the second interface image of the second application that can run in the operating system environment can be taken as the third image. On the one hand, the interface images of different applications are stored as the third image, and the stored third image is controlled to be output and displayed as the first image under the condition that the target trigger signal is obtained, and after the switching display of the second image with the same content as the third image is performed, the seamless switching between the first image and the second image is completed, so that the use experience of a user on the aspect of application display is improved; on the other hand, by storing the third image in different positions of the electronic device, when the electronic device is operated in different stages, the third image can be obtained as the first image for display output based on different operation authorities and/or power consumption requirements, so that the display function is realized.

In some embodiments, the storing the third image in the storage space in step S103 may include the following steps S131 to S132:

Step S131, obtaining pixel coordinate information of a target object in a third image, and adjusting at least the format of a pixel lattice of a non-target area in the third image based on the pixel coordinate information to obtain a first image;

Step S132, storing the first image into a storage space of the second controller or the first controller;

the non-target area is an area outside the area where the target object is located in the third image, and the data size of the first image is smaller than the data size of the third image.

Here, the target object in the third image may include an icon, an important logo, etc. in the third image content, and the non-target area in the third image may include a black screen area, a background area, etc. in the third image.

In some embodiments, at least the format of the pixel lattice of the non-target region in the third image is adjusted based on the pixel coordinate information, which may include, but is not limited to, reducing non-target region pixels, compressing target objects, and pixels of the non-target region, etc.

It will be appreciated that since the region where the pixel processing is performed is a non-target region, no processing may be performed for the target object to be highlighted, in which case the first image resulting from the pixel processing based on the third image does not affect the display effect of the entire image content.

For example, when the third image is an image displaying a BIOS boot icon, the BIOS boot icon may be used as a target object in the third image, a solid background area in the third image may be used as a non-target area, pixels in the solid background area may be partially deleted based on pixel coordinate information of the third image, and the third image after deleting the pixels may be stored as the first image in the TCON.

For another example, when the third image is the main interface image applied by the UEFI, the space of one dot matrix in the main interface image applied by the UEFI and the space of one dot matrix in the non-target area can be simultaneously expressed as two image points of the dot matrix, the first image after the pixel point conversion is stored in the TCON, and when the TCON controls the display to display and output the first image, the palettes are respectively switched for two times, so that the display of the two dot matrix images is realized.

In the embodiment of the application, the pixel coordinate information of the target object in the third image is obtained, the format of the pixel lattice of the non-target area in the third image is at least adjusted based on the pixel coordinate information, the processed first image is obtained, and the first image is stored in the second controller or the storage space of the first controller. In this way, the non-target area in the third image is subjected to pixel optimization processing, the processed first image is obtained and stored, the whole data volume of the first image, which is the same as the content of the third image, can be reduced, the storage space occupied by the first image in the controller is reduced, and the use cost and the storage cost can be reduced for the controller without sufficient memory and processing capacity.

In some embodiments, the controlling the display module to switch from displaying the first image to displaying the second image in the step S102 may include the following steps S141 to S142:

step S141, responding to the operation of the electronic equipment to a target stage, and providing a second image provided by a target component of the electronic equipment to a second controller of the display module so as to control the display module to display and output the second image by using the second controller;

Step S142, a first control signal is sent to a second controller through a first controller of the electronic equipment so as to control the display module to stop outputting the first image;

Wherein the means for providing the second image are different in case the electronic device is operated to different operation phases.

Here, in the case where the electronic apparatus operates to a different stage, the target component that provides the second image is different.

For example, in the case that the target phase is the BDS phase, in response to the electronic device running to the BDS phase, the BIOS provides the BIOS startup icon as the second image to the TCON, and the BIOS startup icon is displayed and output by using the TCON control display.

For another example, in the case where the target phase is the RT phase, in response to the electronic device running to the RT phase, the OS provides the UI interface as the second image to Scalar, and controls the display to display the output UI interface using Scalar.

In some embodiments, the first controller of the electronic device may send a first control signal to the second controller after the EC command is acquired, to control the display module to stop outputting the first image.

For example, in the case where the BIOS determines that the BIOS is already in the BDS stage and the BIOS power-on icon is already displayed, the EC may be notified that the EC is now in the stage where the BIOS power-on icon is displayed by a corresponding EC command, and the EC notifies the TCON to turn off the display of the same first image as the BIOS power-on icon by setting a corresponding GPIO (General Purpose Input Output ) signal to a Low (Low level) signal.

In the embodiment of the application, in response to the electronic equipment running to the target stage, the second image provided by the target component of the electronic equipment is sent to the second controller of the display module, the second controller is used for controlling the display module to display and output the second image, and the first control signal is sent to the second controller through the first controller of the electronic equipment so as to control the display module to stop outputting the first image. In this way, the content of the second image can be continuously displayed in the process from the receiving of the target trigger instruction to the running to the target stage of the electronic device, so that the user experience is improved, unnecessary display can be stopped under the condition that the running of other components is not influenced, the display switching of the image is completed, and the utilization rate of display resources is improved.

In some embodiments, in response to the electronic device running to the target stage in step S102, the control module switches from displaying the first image to displaying the second image and may include at least one of the following steps S151 to S154:

In step S151, in response to the electronic device running to the device selection starting stage, the identification image provided by the guiding component of the electronic device is used as a second image to the second controller of the display module, so that the second controller is used to control the display module to display and output the second image, and the display module is controlled to stop outputting the first image.

Here, the identification image may include identification content, a hot key tip, and the like.

In some embodiments, the second image may be the identification content and the hotkey prompt content, and if the second image includes the prompt content, it is determined that a time period for displaying the second image in a superimposed manner with the first image has been entered, on the basis of this, the second image is continuously displayed, and the first image is stopped from being displayed, so that seamless switching from the first image to the second image may be achieved.

For example, the identification image may be a BIOS start icon and a hot key prompt, and in response to the electronic device running to the BDS stage, the BIOS start icon and the hot key prompt provided by the BIOS may be transmitted as second images to the TCON, and the TCON is used to control the display to display and output the BIOS start icon and the hot key prompt, and control the display to stop outputting the first image including only the BIOS start icon.

In step S152, in response to the electronic device running the first application, the interface image provided by the first application is used as the second image to the second controller of the display module, so that the second controller is used to control the display module to display and output the second image, and control the display module to stop outputting the first image, where the first application is an application that can run in the pre-operating system environment.

Here, the first application may be a UEFI application including, but not limited to, a UI application of the BIOS, an application of operating parameters configured (network, processor, hard disk, camera, etc.) under the UEFI, and the like, and the operating parameters configured under the UEFI may include, but not limited to, operating parameters of the network, processor, hard disk, camera, etc.

The interface image provided by the first application may be a main interface image of the first application.

In some embodiments, in response to the electronic device running the UI application, the main interface image of the UI application may be transmitted as the second image to the TCON, the TCON is used to control the display to display the main interface image of the UI application and to control the display to stop outputting the BIOS boot icon as the first image. In this way, the display from the power-on display to the UI application can be completed.

In step S153, in response to the electronic device running to the operating system login verification stage, the interface image provided by the operating system is used as a second image to the second controller of the display module, so that the second controller is used to control the display module to display and output the second image, and the display module is controlled to stop outputting the first image.

Here, the interface image provided by the operating system may be a login verification interface image of the operating system.

In some embodiments, in response to the electronic device running to the operating system login verification stage, the login verification interface image of the operating system may be transmitted as the second image to the TCON, the TCON is used to control the display to display and output the login verification interface image of the operating system, and the display is controlled to stop outputting the BIOS boot icon as the first image. In this way, the display from the power-on display to the login verification of the operating system can be completed.

In step S154, in response to the electronic device running the second application, the interface image provided by the second application is used as a second image to the second controller of the display module, so that the second controller is used to control the display module to display and output the second image, and control the display module to stop outputting the first image, where the second application is an application that can run under the operating system environment.

Here, the interface image provided by the second application may be a main interface image of the second application.

In some embodiments, in response to the electronic device running the clock application, the main interface image of the clock application may be transmitted as the second image to the TCON, the TCON is used to control the display to display the main interface image of the output clock application, and the display is controlled to stop outputting the BIOS boot icon as the first image. In this way, the display from the power-on display to the final application can be completed.

In the embodiment of the application, in response to the electronic equipment operating to different target stages, the display module is controlled to switch from the first image to display and output different second images. In this way, the display of the second images corresponding to different applications and/or different target phases can be completed by combining the operation authority and/or the power consumption requirements of different target phases under the condition of displaying the first images.

In some embodiments, the display module of the control electronic device in the above step S101 displays and outputs the first image, and the method may further include the following steps S161 to S162:

Step S161, in response to obtaining the target trigger signal, sending a second control signal to a second controller of the display module through a first controller of the electronic device;

Step S162, in the case that the second controller confirms that other content sources are not obtained, the second controller responds to the second control signal to load and display and output the first image from the storage space of the second controller.

Here, the second control signal is used to control the second controller to display and output the first image, and may include a corresponding GPIO signal, an I2C (Inter-INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, integrated circuit bus) signal, and the like.

The case where no other content source is obtained may be the case where there is no display signal that needs to be displayed, and may include, but is not limited to: no DP (display interface) signal, no eDP (embedded DisplayPort, embedded display interface) signal, no HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface, high-definition multimedia interface) signal, etc.

It will be appreciated that in the case where the second controller displays the output first image in response to the second control signal, if other content sources have been obtained, the display may be performed based on the other content sources according to the display requirement.

In some embodiments, in response to obtaining the power-on signal or the restart signal, the TCON may be notified by the EC to display the BIOS power-on icon by setting the corresponding GPIO signal to a High (High level) signal, and the first image including the BIOS power-on icon stored in the TCON memory space is displayed and output if the TCON internally checks that there is no content source from other display elements such as DP, eDP, and the like.

In the embodiment of the application, in response to obtaining the target trigger signal, a first controller of the electronic device sends a second control signal to a second controller of the display module, and under the condition that the second controller confirms that other content sources are not obtained, the second controller responds to the second control signal to load and display and output a first image from a storage space of the second controller. In this way, if the second controller responds to the second control signal, it is checked whether other content sources exist, and it is confirmed that no other content sources display and output the first image, and flexible display can be performed under different display requirements.

In some embodiments, the step S102 of controlling the display module to switch from displaying the first image to displaying the second image may include the following step S171:

and S171, controlling the display module to display a second image in a superposition manner in a first display area where the first image is located, and displaying a target control in the second display area.

Here, the first display area is an area for displaying the first image, the second display area is a display area of a target control, and the target control may include a control of prompt content such as a hot key prompt.

In some embodiments, the first image is the same as the second image, the second image is displayed together with the target control, the display target control indicates that the second image display is completed, and the first image display can be canceled, so that seamless docking of the first image and the second image is realized.

For example, the first image and the second image are display images of a BIOS startup icon, the target control is a hot key prompt control, when the first image is displayed by the display, the first image is displayed in a first display area, when the second image is displayed by the display, the second image is displayed on the first image in the first display area in a superimposed manner, meanwhile, the hot key prompt is displayed in the second display area, when the hot key prompt is displayed, the second image is displayed completely, the BIOS is initialized completely, the display of the first image can be stopped, and interface display of other parts in the operation process of subsequent electronic equipment is not affected.

As shown in fig. 1C, the process 120 operated by the electronic device includes a process 121 of displaying a first image, a process 122 of displaying a second image, and a process 123 of displaying the second image while the first image is displayed while being superimposed, during which process 123 the second image has been successfully displayed and is displayed simultaneously with the first image.

In the embodiment of the application, the display module superimposes and displays the second image in the first display area where the first image is located, and displays the target control in the second display area. Therefore, on one hand, the non-perception display switching of the first image and the second image can be realized, and on the other hand, the control operation of a user can be facilitated by displaying the target control in the second display area. In addition, whether the electronic equipment operates to the target stage can be judged by judging whether a target control synchronously displayed with the second image is displayed or not and judging whether the second image is displayed or not, so that the operation progress of the electronic equipment is known.

In the related art, when the BIOS does not initialize the display component, the notebook computer cannot display pictures and/or characters such as icons, so that a user can wait, and an unfriendly user experience is brought.

Under the condition of accelerating BIOS POST (boot self-test link of BIOS) and enabling the BIOS to initialize the display component as soon as possible, the waiting time of a user can be shortened, and icons can not be displayed when the BIOS is booted.

Under the condition that ICs (chips) such as TCON are added to start up to display icons or display icons in advance, a gap exists between the icons and BIOS icons displayed by BIOS, so that a black screen exists, and no display problem exists; and, BIOS icons may be displayed erroneously in the OS.

As shown in fig. 1D, at the time of power-on, a black screen interface 140 exists between the display interface 130 for displaying the power-on icon 131 by TCON and the display interface 150 for displaying the power-on icon 152 by BIOS for about 10 seconds to 20 seconds.

On the basis, the embodiment of the application provides electronic equipment which comprises a display module and a first controller. As shown in fig. 2A, the electronic device 200 includes a display module 210 and a first controller 220. The display module 210 is configured to display and output a first image, and switch from displaying the first image to displaying and outputting a second image, where the first image is from the display module, and the second image is from a target component of the electronic device; the first controller 220 can respond to the obtained target trigger signal to control the display module to display and output the first image, and can also control the display module to switch from displaying the first image to displaying and outputting the second image when the electronic equipment runs to a target stage; wherein the electronic device has different rights and/or power consumption before and after running to the target phase.

In some embodiments, the electronic device may further include a guide member. The guiding component is used for responding to the restarting signal and controlling the display module to load the first image stored by the guiding component for output display; the guiding component can also be used for responding to the restart signal to inform a first controller of the electronic equipment to control the display module to load the first image stored by the display module for output display; the first controller can also be used for responding to the starting signal, and controlling the display module to load the first image stored by the display module to output and display.

In some embodiments, the display module may further include a second controller for obtaining a third image, and storing the third image into a storage space of the second controller;

In some embodiments, the first controller may be further configured to obtain a third image, and store the third image into a storage space of the first controller;

In some embodiments, the guidance component may also be configured to display at least one of an initial identification, a custom identification.

In some embodiments, the electronic device may further include a target component for providing a second image to a second controller of the display module to control the display module to display and output the second image using the second controller;

In some embodiments, the first controller may be further configured to send a first control signal to the second controller to control the display module to stop outputting the first image;

in some embodiments, the second controller may be further configured to control the display module to display and output the second image; and controlling the display module to stop outputting the first image.

In some embodiments, the guiding component may be further configured to provide an identification image as a second image to a second controller of the display module in response to the electronic device running to an enabled device selection phase, to control the display module to display and output the second image using the second controller, and to control the display module to stop outputting the first image.

In some embodiments, the first controller may be further configured to send a second control signal to a second controller of the display module in response to obtaining the target trigger signal;

In some embodiments, the second controller may be further configured to load and display the first image from its own storage space in response to the second control signal in case it is confirmed that no other content source is obtained.

In some embodiments, the display module may be further configured to display and output the first image in a first display area; and displaying the second image in a superposition manner in a first display area where the first image is located, and displaying a target control in a second display area.

Based on the electronic device 200 provided in the above embodiment, the embodiment of the application provides a control method for displaying a BIOS boot icon when booting, which can be executed by the electronic device.

As shown in fig. 2B, the method includes the following steps S201 to S208:

step S201, in response to obtaining the target trigger signal, EC sets a High corresponding GPIO signal.

As shown in fig. 2C, the case of obtaining the target trigger signal may include obtaining a power-on timing signal from S4 to S0, obtaining a power-on timing signal from S5 to S0, and obtaining a signal of a Reboot instruction to bring the electronic device into an operating state of S0.

In implementation, the size and position of the BIOS startup icon displayed in the ACPI specification TCON may be utilized, and the size and position of the BIOS startup icon displayed in the BIOS received later may be synchronized with the size and position of the BIOS startup icon displayed in the TCON, and the position of the BIOS startup icon in the display interface may be set by setting the coordinate position of the pixel point in the upper left corner of the BIOS startup icon.

When the EC detects that the power-on time sequence from S4 to S0 or the power-on time sequence from S5 to S0 exists or the BIOS notifies the EC of the corresponding EC command in the BIOS initialization stage when the PEI phase is initialized, the corresponding GPIO signal is set to a High signal to notify the TCON to display the BIOS startup icon.

Step S202, TCON detects that a GPIO signal is present at High, and other content sources are not obtained.

In practice, TCON may verify whether other content sources are obtained by reading the CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check ) value of RGB (one color mode), which is typically 0 during the black screen period, and which may change after BIOS boot icon display.

Step 203, the TCON controls the display screen to display the BIOS startup icon.

In implementation, when the TCON detects that the corresponding GPIO signal is set to a High signal and the content source from other display components such as DP and eDP is checked, the BIOS boot icon stored in the TCON memory space is displayed and output.

Step S204, BIOS displays BIOS startup icon in BDS stage.

In implementation, after the display component is initialized, the BIOS may send the BIOS startup icon and the hotkey prompt to the TCON, and display the BIOS startup icon and the hotkey prompt sent by the BIOS through the TCON.

In some embodiments, the BIOS may check during the BDS phase whether a BIOS boot icon and a hotkey hint have been displayed to determine whether a superimposed display period of the first image and the second image has been entered.

In step S205, the BIOS notifies EC that the BIOS startup icon has been displayed.

In implementation, if it is determined that the superimposed display period of the first image and the second image has been entered, the BIOS may notify the EC that the EC is now in a stage in which the BIOS startup icon and the hotkey prompt have been displayed through the corresponding EC command.

Step S206, EC sets the corresponding GPIO signal of Low.

In practice, the EC signals TCON to turn off the display of the same first image as the BIOS boot icon by setting the corresponding GPIO signal to a Low signal.

Step S207, TCON detects a GPIO signal of a Low presence and obtains other content sources.

In implementation, if TCON detects that the corresponding GPIO signal is set to a Low signal, it is determined whether the content source is from a display element other than TCON.

Step S208, stopping displaying and outputting the displayed BIOS startup icon stored in the TCON.

In implementation, when the TCON detects that the corresponding GPIO signal is set to a Low signal and the internal check content source is from another display component other than the TCON, the BIOS boot icon stored in the TCON is turned off and displayed.

In the embodiment of the application, the display and closing of the BIOS startup icon by the TCON is controlled by the command communicated between the BIOS and the EC, the display and closing of the BIOS startup icon during startup or restarting is realized by the signal transmission between the EC and the TCON, and the BIOS is utilized to judge when to finish the display of the BIOS startup icon stored by the TCON. Therefore, on one hand, the startup instant display of the BIOS startup icon can be realized, the perfect switching between TCON and BIOS in the display of the BIOS startup icon is realized, and the user experience is improved; on the other hand, the BIOS updating progress, the information prompt such as a hot key and the like and the display of a system layer are not affected.

An embodiment of the present application provides a control device, as shown in fig. 3, the control device 300 includes:

The first control module 301 is configured to control, in response to obtaining the target trigger signal, a display module of the electronic device to display and output a first image, where the first image is from the display module;

A second control module 302, configured to control the display module to switch from displaying the first image to displaying and outputting a second image in response to the electronic device running to a target stage, where the second image is from a target component of the electronic device;

In some embodiments, the first control module may also be configured to at least one of:

Responding to a starting signal, and controlling the display module to load a first image stored by the display module through a first controller of electronic equipment to output and display;

In response to obtaining a restarting signal, controlling the display module to load a first image stored by the display module through a guide part of the electronic equipment to output and display;

and in response to the restart signal, notifying a first controller of the electronic equipment through a guide part of the electronic equipment to control the display module to load the first image stored by the display module for output display.

In some embodiments, the control device may further include:

the first acquisition module is used for acquiring a third image and storing the third image into a storage space of a second controller of the display module or a first controller of the electronic equipment;

wherein obtaining a third image comprises at least one of:

Obtaining an initial identifier displayed by a guide component of the electronic device, and processing the initial identifier into a third image based on display parameters of the initial identifier in a display interface of the guide component;

obtaining a custom identifier displayed by a guide component of the electronic equipment, and processing the custom identifier into a third image based on display parameters of the custom identifier in a display interface of the guide component;

Obtaining a first interface image of a first application, wherein the first interface image is used as the third image, and the first application is an application capable of running in a pre-operating system environment;

and obtaining a second interface image of a second application, wherein the second interface image is used as the third image, and the second application is an application capable of running in an operating system environment.

In some embodiments, the first acquisition module may also be configured to:

Obtaining pixel coordinate information of a target object in the third image, and adjusting at least the format of a pixel lattice of a non-target area in the third image based on the pixel coordinate information to obtain the first image;

storing the first image into a storage space of the second controller or the first controller;

In some embodiments, the second control module may also be configured to:

In response to the electronic equipment running to a target stage, giving a second image provided by a target component of the electronic equipment to a second controller of the display module, and controlling the display module to display and output the second image by using the second controller; and sending a first control signal to the second controller through a first controller of the electronic device to control the display module to stop outputting the first image;

Wherein the means for providing the second image is different in case the electronic device is operated to a different operation phase.

In some embodiments, the second control module may also be configured to at least one of:

in response to the electronic device running to a device selection starting stage, the identification image provided by the guide component of the electronic device is used as a second image to a second controller of the display module, so that the second controller is used for controlling the display module to display and output the second image, and controlling the display module to stop outputting the first image;

responding to the electronic equipment to run a first application, and sending an interface image provided by the first application to a second controller of the display module as a second image, so as to control the display module to display and output the second image by using the second controller, and control the display module to stop outputting the first image, wherein the first application is an application capable of running in a pre-operating system environment;

Responding to the electronic equipment to run to an operating system login verification stage, and giving an interface image provided by the operating system as a second image to a second controller of the display module, so as to control the display module to display and output the second image by using the second controller, and control the display module to stop outputting the first image;

And responding to the electronic equipment to run a second application, and sending an interface image provided by the second application to a second controller of the display module as a second image, so that the second controller is used for controlling the display module to display and output the second image and controlling the display module to stop outputting the first image, wherein the second application is an application capable of running in an operating system environment.

In some embodiments, the first control module may also be configured to:

in response to obtaining the target trigger signal, sending a second control signal to a second controller of the display module through a first controller of the electronic device; and in the case that the second controller confirms that no other content source is obtained, enabling the second controller to load and display and output the first image from the storage space thereof in response to the second control signal.

In some embodiments, the second control module may also be configured to:

And controlling the display module to display the second image in a superposition manner in a first display area where the first image is located, and displaying a target control in the second display area.

The embodiment of the application provides a computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores a computer program which can be executed by a processor to realize the control method.

The present application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus and devices according to embodiments of the application. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present application, and the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions easily contemplated by those skilled in the art within the scope of the present application should be included in the present application.

The description of the apparatus embodiments above is similar to that of the method embodiments above, with similar advantageous effects as the method embodiments. For technical details not disclosed in the embodiments of the apparatus of the present application, please refer to the description of the embodiments of the method of the present application.

It should be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in one embodiment" or "in an embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. It should be understood that, in various embodiments of the present application, the sequence numbers of the foregoing processes do not mean the order of execution, and the order of execution of the processes should be determined by the functions and internal logic thereof, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application. The foregoing embodiment numbers of the present application are merely for the purpose of description, and do not represent the advantages or disadvantages of the embodiments.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

In the several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. The above described device embodiments are only illustrative, e.g. the division of the units is only one logical function division, and there may be other divisions in practice, such as: multiple units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not performed. In addition, the various components shown or discussed may be coupled or directly coupled or communicatively coupled to each other via some interface, whether indirectly coupled or communicatively coupled to devices or units, whether electrically, mechanically, or otherwise.

The units described above as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and components shown as units may or may not be physical units; can be located in one place or distributed to a plurality of network units; some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may be separately used as one unit, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit; the integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in hardware plus software functional units.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: all or part of the steps for implementing the above method embodiments may be implemented by hardware related to program instructions, and the foregoing program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, where the program, when executed, performs steps including the above method embodiments; and the aforementioned storage medium includes: a mobile storage device, a Read Only Memory (ROM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, or the like, which can store program codes.

Or the above-described integrated units of the application may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium if implemented in the form of software functional modules and sold or used as separate products. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the related art in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a removable storage device, a ROM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The foregoing is merely an embodiment of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think about changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and the changes and substitutions are intended to be covered by the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A control method, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the display module of the electronic device to display the output first image in response to obtaining the target trigger signal comprises at least one of:

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, further comprising:

Obtaining a third image, and storing the third image into a storage space of a second controller of the display module or a first controller of the electronic equipment;

wherein obtaining a third image comprises at least one of:

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein storing the third image into the storage space comprises:

5. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the display module to switch from displaying the first image to displaying an output second image comprises:

In response to the electronic equipment running to a target stage, giving a second image provided by a target component of the electronic equipment to a second controller of the display module, and controlling the display module to display and output the second image by using the second controller; and

A first control signal is sent to the second controller through a first controller of the electronic equipment so as to control the display module to stop outputting the first image;

6. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the display module to switch from displaying the first image to displaying an output second image in response to the electronic device operating to a target phase comprises at least one of:

7. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the display module of the electronic device to display the output first image further comprises:

In response to obtaining the target trigger signal, sending a second control signal to a second controller of the display module through a first controller of the electronic device; and

And in the case that the second controller confirms that other content sources are not obtained, enabling the second controller to load and display and output the first image from the storage space in response to the second control signal.

8. The method of claim 1, the controlling the display module to switch from displaying the first image to displaying an output second image, comprising:

9. A control apparatus comprising:

10. An electronic device, comprising a display module and a first controller, wherein: