# US 9,439,016 B2 · Information display method, information display device, and display apparatus

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- Number: US 9,439,016 B2
- Document ID: US9439016B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/444,483
- Filed: 2014-07-28
- Published: 2015-08-13
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-02-07
- Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Beijing Boe Vision-Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Beijing BOE Vision-Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Bendeng Lv; Min Chen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9439016B2

## CPC

- H04R 29/008: {Visual indication of individual signal levels (visual indication of stereophonic sound image H04S7/40)}
- H04R 3/00: Circuits for transducers (arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K15/08; amplifiers H03F)
- G06F 3/165: {Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path}
- H04R 2430/01: Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in sound systems
- H04R 2499/11: Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's
- H04R 2499/15: Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops
- H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

An information display method, an information display device, and a display apparatus are disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. Sound information is acquired, and the acquired sound information is sent to the sound control register such that the sound control register obtains a corresponding sound control register value according to the sound information, the display information is obtained according to the sound control register value, and the display information is displayed. With the method according to the embodiment of the present invention, the sound information can be displayed, thereby improving user's usage perception.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information display method for a display apparatus, the display apparatus having a Digital Visual Interface (DVI) channel, the DVI channel having DVIs and a field-programmable gate array, the field-programmable gate array being configured to transmit image information and having a sound control register, the method comprising steps of:
acquiring sound information of the display apparatus;
sending the acquired sound information to the sound control register such that the sound control register obtains a corresponding sound control register value according to the acquired sound information;
obtaining display information according to the sound control register value; and
displaying the display information.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The information display method of claim 1, wherein:
the step of sending the acquired sound information to a sound control register comprises steps of:
obtaining a sound data package according to the acquired sound information, the sound data package comprising the acquired sound information, a device address of a data bus of the sound control register and a register address of the data bus of the sound control register; and
sending the sound data package to the sound control register through the data bus such that the sound control register value corresponding to the register address is modified.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The information display method of claim 2, wherein:
the step of obtaining the display information according to the sound control register value comprises a step of: calling a sound displaying interface information when the sound control register value is changed, and
the sound displaying interface information comprises a current sound progress bar obtained according to the sound control register value.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The information display method of claim 2, wherein:
the step of obtaining the display information according to the sound control register value comprises a step of: calling a sound displaying interface information when the sound control register value is changed.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The information display method of claim 1, wherein:
the method further comprises steps of: before the step of acquiring the sound information,
acquiring sound adjusting information inputted by a user; and
obtaining adjusted sound information in which sound volume or sound quantity has been adjusted, by changing a value of a sound processing register according to the sound adjusting information.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The information display method of claim 2, wherein:
the method further comprises steps of: before the step of acquiring the sound information,
acquiring sound adjusting information inputted by a user; and
obtaining adjusted sound information in which sound volume or sound quantity has been adjusted, by changing a value of a sound processing register according to the sound adjusting information.

### Claim 7 (depends on 3)

The information display method of claim 3, wherein:
the method further comprises steps of: before the step of acquiring the sound information,
acquiring sound adjusting information inputted by a user; and
obtaining adjusted sound information in which sound volume or sound quantity has been adjusted, by changing a value of a sound processing register according to the sound adjusting information.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The information display method of claim 1, wherein:
the method further comprises steps of: before the step of acquiring the sound information,
acquiring sound adjusting information inputted by a user; and
obtaining adjusted sound information in which sound has been adjusted, by changing a value of a sound processing register according to the sound adjusting information.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

The information display method of claim 2, wherein:
the field-programmable gate array comprises an inter-integrated circuit, and the data bus comprises an inter-integrated circuit data bus.

### Claim 10

An information display device for a display apparatus, the display apparatus having a Digital Visual Interface (DVI) channel, the DVI channel having DVIs and a field-programmable gate array, the field-programmable gate array being configured to transmit image information and having a sound control register, the information display device comprising:
a sound information acquiring module for acquiring sound information of the display apparatus;
a sound information sending module for sending the acquired sound information to the sound control register, the sound control register being configured for obtaining a corresponding sound control register value according to the acquired sound information;
a display processing module for obtaining display information according to the sound control register value; and
a display generation module for displaying the display information.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The information display device of claim 10, wherein:
the sound information sending module is further configured for:
obtaining a sound data package according to the acquired sound information, the sound data package comprising the acquired sound information, a device address of a data bus of the sound control register and a register address of the data bus of the sound control register; and
sending the sound data package to the sound control register through the data bus such that the sound control register value corresponding to the register address is modified.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The information display device of claim 11, wherein:
the display processing module is further configured for:
calling a sound displaying interface information when the sound control register value is changed, wherein the sound displaying interface information comprises a current sound progress bar obtained according to the sound control register value; and
modifying the sound control register value at the register address.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The information display device of claim 11, wherein:
the display processing module is further configured for:
calling a sound displaying interface information when the sound control register value is changed.

### Claim 14 (depends on 10)

The information display device of claim 10, wherein:
the information display device further comprises:
an adjustment information acquiring module for acquiring sound adjusting information inputted by a user; and
a sound processing register, for obtaining adjusted sound information in which sound volume or sound quantity has been adjusted, by changing a value of the sound processing register according to the sound adjusting information.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The information display device of claim 11, wherein:
the information display device further comprises:
an adjustment information acquiring module for acquiring sound adjusting information inputted by a user; and
a sound processing register, for obtaining adjusted sound information in which sound volume or sound quantity has been adjusted, by changing a value of the sound processing register according to the sound adjusting information.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The information display device of claim 12, wherein:
the information display device further comprises:
an adjustment information acquiring module for acquiring sound adjusting information inputted by a user; and
a sound processing register, for obtaining adjusted sound information in which sound volume or sound quantity has been adjusted, by changing a value of the sound processing register according to the sound adjusting information.

### Claim 17 (depends on 10)

The information display device of claim 10, wherein:
the information display device further comprises:
an adjustment information acquiring module for acquiring sound adjusting information inputted by a user; and
a sound processing register for obtaining adjusted sound information in which sound has been adjusted, by changing a value of the sound processing register according to the sound adjusting information.

### Claim 18 (depends on 11)

The information display device of claim 11, wherein:
The field-programmable gate array comprises an inter-integrated circuit, and the data bus comprises an inter-integrated circuit data bus.

### Claim 19 (depends on 10)

A display apparatus comprising the information display device according to claim 10.