Electronic display device and operation method of electronic display device

Abstract

An operating method of an electronic display device includes: receiving multiple data sources from multiple data source devices; providing a display screen to display the multiple data sources from the multiple data source devices respectively by enabling multiple different windows; providing a peripheral control circuit to receive a user control signal transmitted from an external peripheral device and to forward the user control signal to the controller circuit; and controlling the display screen according to the user control signal, so that the display screen displays the multiple data sources respectively through the multiple different windows, so as to dynamically control and manage the multiple different screen positions of the multiple different windows on the display screen and to dynamically control the window size of the multiple different windows.

Claims

1. An electronic display device for externally coupling to a plurality of data source devices, comprising: a plurality of interface circuits, respectively coupled to the plurality of data source devices; A controller circuit is coupled to the multiple data source devices through the multiple interface circuits to receive multiple data source contents from the multiple data source devices; a display screen is coupled to the controller circuit and is controlled by the controller circuit to display the multiple data source contents from the multiple data source devices by enabling multiple different windows, each window corresponding to a data source. And a peripheral control circuit, coupled to the controller circuit and an external peripheral device, for receiving a user control signal transmitted from the external peripheral device, and for transmitting the user control signal to the controller circuit. The controller circuit is used to control the display screen according to the user's control signal, so that the display screen displays the content of the multiple data sources through multiple different windows, so as to dynamically control and manage the different screen positions of the multiple different windows on the display screen and dynamically control the window size of the multiple different windows; a specific window has a window behavior control item and a data source behavior control item. The window behavior control item includes at least one of the following operations: minimize, maximize / restore, and close, and the data source behavior control item includes at least one of the following operations: volume adjustment, mouse mapping and data source device interaction control function, and other device behavior settings.

2. The electronic display device as described in claim 1, wherein the peripheral device is a mouse device.

3. The electronic display device as described in claim 2, wherein the mouse mapping operation of the data source behavior control item is used to allow the mouse device connected to the electronic display device to directly operate the specific window to manage a specific data source content of a specific data source device corresponding to the specific window when enabled.

4. The electronic display device as described in claim 1, wherein the plurality of interface circuits respectively support a plurality of different wired connections of different specifications or respectively support a plurality of different wired connections of the same specification and are respectively coupled to the plurality of data source devices.

5. The electronic display device as described in claim 1, wherein the volume adjustment operation of the data source behavior control item is to change the volume output level of a specific data source device corresponding to a specific window by adjusting a volume control item on a specific window.

6. The electronic display device as described in claim 1, wherein the plurality of different windows each have a plurality of data source behavior control items, each including a plurality of device switching control items. When the plurality of device switching control items are enabled, the plurality of different windows display the content of the plurality of data sources to a user simultaneously, and the controller circuit switches between selecting a specific window among the plurality of different windows according to the user's control signal to control the content of a specific data source corresponding to the specific window, without moving the cursor position of the peripheral device to the specific window.

7. A method of operating an electronic display device, the electronic display device being externally coupled to a plurality of data source devices respectively, and the method of operating the device comprising: providing a plurality of interface circuits respectively coupled to the plurality of data source devices; A controller circuit is provided, which is coupled to the plurality of data source devices through the plurality of interface circuits to receive the plurality of data source contents from the plurality of data source devices; a display screen is provided, which is controlled by the controller circuit to display the plurality of data source contents from the plurality of data source devices by enabling the activation of a plurality of different windows, each window corresponding to a data source; a peripheral control circuit is provided to receive a user control signal transmitted from an external peripheral device and to forward the user control signal to the controller circuit. And control the display screen according to the user control signal, so that the display screen displays the multiple data source contents through multiple different windows, so as to dynamically control and manage the multiple different screen positions of the multiple different windows on the display screen and dynamically control the window size of the multiple different windows; wherein a specific window has a window behavior control item and a data source behavior control item, the window behavior control item includes at least one of the following operations: minimize, maximize / restore and close, and the data source behavior control item includes at least one of the following operations: volume adjustment, mouse mapping and data source device interaction control function, and other device behavior settings.

8. The operating method as described in claim 7, wherein the peripheral device is a mouse device, and the mouse mapping operation of the data source behavior control item is used to allow the mouse device connected to the electronic display device to directly operate the specific window to manage a specific data source content of a specific data source device corresponding to the specific window when enabled.

9. The method of operation as described in claim 7, wherein the volume adjustment operation of the data source behavior control item is to change the volume output of a specific data source device corresponding to a specific window by adjusting a volume control item on a specific window.

10. The operating method as described in claim 7, wherein the plurality of data source behavior controls of the plurality of different windows respectively include a plurality of device switching controls, and the operating method further includes: When the multiple device switching control is enabled, the multiple different windows are used to display the content of the multiple data sources to a user simultaneously; and according to the user's control signal, a specific window among the multiple different windows is selected to control the content of a specific data source corresponding to the specific window, without moving the cursor position of the peripheral device to the specific window.

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