Device and method of providing sampled data and device and method of displaying diagnosis interface

• US 9,984,606 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2015
• Issued: 05/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ding, Xiaojing, Yang, Lu, Guo, Vinney
• Primary Examiner(s): Pert, Evan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yi, Changhyun
• Application Number:
  US14/824,176
• Publication Number:
  US 20160049105A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,021 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0706 the processing taking place on a specific hardware platform or in a specific software environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/079 Root cause analysis, i.e. error or fault diagnosis in a hardware test environment G06F11/22; in a software test environment G06F11/36
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/321 Display for diagnostics, e.g. diagnostic result display, self-test user interface
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/006 Electronic inspection or testing of displays and display drivers, e.g. of LED or LCD displays testing individual LED's G01R31/2635; testing lamps G01R31/44; testing of optical features of LCD displays G02F1/1309

Abstract

Provided is a device for diagnosing a display system of a terminal. The device includes: a sampling module configured to sample the display system of the terminal at at least one sampling breakpoint to acquire sampled data used for diagnosing the display system of the terminal; a storage configured to store the sampled data acquired by the sampling module; and a transmitter configured to transmit the sampled data stored in the storage for the diagnosing the display system.

Claims

1. A device for diagnosing a display system of a terminal, the device comprising:

at least one processor configured to implement a sampling module which samples the display system of the terminal at at least one sampling breakpoint to acquire sampled data used for diagnosing the display system of the terminal;

a storage configured to store the sampled data acquired by the sampling module; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the sampled data stored in the storage for the diagnosing the display system,

wherein the processor is configured to implement a breakpoint adding module which adds the at least one sampling breakpoint to at least one work layer of the display system, and

wherein the work layer comprises an application framework layer, a hardware abstraction layer, and an operating system kernel layer, and the at least one sampling breakpoint is added to each of the at least one work layer by the breakpoint adding module.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to implement a breakpoint adding module which adds the at least one sampling breakpoint to at least one work layer of the display system,

wherein the work layer comprises an application framework layer, a hardware abstraction layer, and an operating system kernel layer, and the at least one sampling breakpoint is added to each of the at least one work layer by the breakpoint adding module.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to implement:

a memory creator which creates a memory pool which is used for storing the sampled data and comprises a plurality of memory blocks; and

a memory block allocator which allocates a memory block, among the plurality of memory blocks, used for storing the sampled data acquired through the sampling at the at least one sampling breakpoint to each of the at least one sampling breakpoint.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the sampled data comprises at least one of frame information and status information related to at least one application displayed by the display system, and

wherein the frame information comprises information about an image of the at least one application, and the status information comprises information about a working status of the at least one application.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the sampling breakpoint comprises a location of the sampling set in at least one work layer of the display system, and

wherein the work layer comprises an application framework layer, a hardware abstraction layer, and an operating system kernel layer.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to implement a diagnosis interface generator which generates a diagnosis interface used for diagnosing the display system of the terminal based on the sampled data, and

wherein the device further comprises a display configured to display the diagnosis interface generated by the diagnosis interface generator.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the diagnosis interface comprises:

an image diagnosis window configured to display a frame image with respect to an application which is being under diagnosis; and

a status diagnosis window configured to display a working status with respect to the application which is being under diagnosis.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the diagnosis interface generator further comprises:

an image generator configured to generate the image diagnosis window based on frame information of the application;

a status generator configured to generate the status diagnosis window based on status information of the application; and

a display mode selector configured to select a static display mode or a dynamic display mode.

9. A device for diagnosing a display system of a terminal, the device comprising:

at least one processor configured to implement;

a controller which controls the terminal to sample the display system of the terminal;

a receiving module which receives sampled data acquired through the sampling from the terminal; and

a diagnosis interface generator which generates a diagnosis interface used for diagnosing the display system of the terminal based on the sampled data; and

a display configured to display the diagnosis interface generated by the diagnosis interface generator,

wherein the controller comprises;

a sampling starting command sender configured to generate a sampling starting command and send the generated sampling starting, command to the terminal to control the terminal to start the sampling at a sampling breakpoint; and

a sampling stopping command sender configured to generate a sampling stopping command and send the generated sampling stopping command to the terminal to control the terminal to stop the sampling at the sampling breakpoint.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the controller further comprises a monitor configured to monitor whether an event causing an abnormal display occurs in the terminal during a working process, and

wherein the sampling starting command is generated by the sampling starting command sender in response to monitoring the event by the monitor, and the sampling stopping command is generated by the sampling stopping command sender in response to the event being terminated or a duration of the event being longer than a predetermined period of time.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the diagnosis interface comprises:

an image diagnosis window configured to display a frame image with respect to an application which is being under diagnosis; and

a status diagnosis window configured to display a working status with respect to the application which is being under diagnosis.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the diagnosis interface generator further comprises:

an image generator configured to generate the image diagnosis window based on frame information of the application;

a status generator configured to generate the status diagnosis window based on status information of the application; and

a display mode selector configured to select a static display mode or a dynamic display mode.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the image diagnosis window is generated by the image generator according to the static display mode or the dynamic display mode selected by the display mode selector.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein the status diagnosis window is generated by the status generator according to the static display mode or the dynamic display mode selected by the display mode selector.

15. A method of providing sampled data used for diagnosing a display system of a terminal, the method comprising:

acquiring sampled data by sampling the display system of the terminal at at least one sampling breakpoint;

storing the sampled data; and

transmitting the stored sampled data for the diagnosing the display system,

wherein the method further comprising;

generating a sampling starting command for staring the sampling of the display system at the sampling break point, and sending the generated sampling starting command to the terminal to start the sampling at a sampling breakpoint; and

generating a sampling stopping command for stopping the sampling of the display system, and sending the generated sampling stopping command to the terminal to stop the sampling at a sampling breakpoint.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

adding the at least one sampling breakpoint to at least one work layer of the display system;

creating a memory pool including a plurality of memory blocks to store the sampled data; and

allocating a memory block, among the plurality of memory blocks, to each of the at least one sampling breakpoint, the memory block storing the sampled data acquired through the sampling at the at least one sampling breakpoint.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising generating a diagnosis interface based on the sampled data, the diagnosis interface diagnosing the display system of the terminal.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising monitoring whether an event causing an abnormal display occurs at the terminal in a working process,

wherein the sampling starting command is generated by the sampling starting command sender in response to monitoring the event by the monitor, and the sampling stopping command is generated by the sampling stopping command sender in response to the event being terminated or a duration of the event being longer than a predetermined period of time.