Remote controller, control method thereof and image processing apparatus having the same

• US 10,003,845 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2016
• Issued: 06/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Ki-moon
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleming, Fritz M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Inge, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US15/097,713
• Publication Number:
  US 20160227268A1
• Time in Patent Office: 797 Days
• Field of Search: 341176
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/30 User interface
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 1/0025 in a remote control unit remote control tuning in general H03J9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 2200/26 Remote control device with touch screen display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

A remote controller of an image processing apparatus includes: a touch screen which displays an input menu; a menu processor which processes the touch screen to display respective input menus corresponding to at least two modes among a control mode of the image processing apparatus, a character input mode and a handwriting mode; and a controller which controls the menu processor to display the input menu of the mode corresponding to a selection signal when the selection signal for the mode is received.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a touch screen;

a communicator; and

a processor configured to control the touch screen to display a user interface (UI),

wherein in response to receiving a first signal via the communicator while a first UI is displayed, the processor is configured to control the touch screen to display a second UI, and

wherein the processor is configured to transmit a second signal corresponding to a user input through the second UI to a TV via the communicator so that the TV processes the second signal and transmits the processed second signal to a server through a network.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first UI corresponds to a first input mode for controlling the TV and the second UI corresponds to a second input mode for inputting characters.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second signal corresponding to the user input comprises character information.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to divide the touch screen into a plurality of areas and to simultaneously display the first UI and the second UI on the plurality of areas, respectively.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in response to receiving the first signal for selecting at least two UIs of the plurality of the UIs, the processor is configured to display the at least two selected UIs in accordance with the first signal.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first signal is transmitted from the TV.

7. A system comprising:

a TV; and

an input apparatus configured to remotely control the TV by a user,

the input apparatus comprising;

a touch screen;

a communicator; and

a processor configured to control the touch screen to display a UI,

wherein in response to receiving a first signal via the communicator while a first UI is displayed, the processor is configured to control the touch screen to display a second UI, and

wherein the processor is configured to transmit a second signal corresponding to a user input through the second UI to the TV via the communicator so that the TV processes the second signal and transmits the processed second signal to a server through a network.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the first UI corresponds to a first input mode for controlling the TV and the second UI corresponds to a second input mode for inputting characters.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the second signal corresponding to the user input comprises character information.

10. The system according to claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to divide the touch screen into a plurality of areas and to simultaneously display the first UI and the second UI on the plurality of areas, respectively.

11. The system according to claim 7, wherein in response to receiving the first signal for selecting at least two UIs of the plurality of the UIs, the processor is configured to display the at least two selected UIs in accordance with the first signal.

12. The system according to claim 7, wherein the first signal is transmitted from the TV.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium recording instructions for execution by a processor of an apparatus to cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:

displaying a first UI on a touch screen of the apparatus;

receiving a first signal from a TV while the first UI is displayed;

displaying a second UI on the touch screen in response to the apparatus receiving the first signal; and

transmitting a second signal corresponding to a user input through the second UI to the TV so that the TV processes the second signal and transmits the processed second signal to a server through a network.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the first UI corresponds to a first input mode for controlling the TV and the second UI corresponds to a second input mode for inputting characters.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the second signal corresponding to the user input comprises character information.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the displaying the second UI comprises

dividing the touch screen into a plurality of areas;

and

simultaneously displaying the first UI and the second UI on the plurality of areas, respectively.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the displaying the second UI further comprises

in response to receiving the first signal for selecting at least two UIs, displaying the at least two selected UIs in accordance with the first signal.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the first signal is transmitted from the TV.