Display apparatus and control method thereof

• US 10,034,060 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2014
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Wan-su
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Ricky
• Application Number:
  US14/228,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20140298384A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,579 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/278 Content descriptor database or directory service for end-user access details of content or meta data based information retrieval of video data in video databases G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42653 for processing graphics
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4432 Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server resetting in general G06F1/14; program loading or initiating in general G06F9/445; bootstrapping in general G06F9/4401; secure boots of computer platforms G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4856 for language selection, e.g. for the menu or subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6547 comprising parameters, e.g. for client setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/50 Tuning indicators; Automatic tuning control

Abstract

A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display unit; a signal processor which is configured to process an image signal to be displayed as an image on the display unit; a communicator which is configured to communicate with an external network; and a controller which is configured to perform an initial setup service to provide a user with a plurality of setup stages for adjusting a plurality of functions of the display apparatus, deduce an installation region of the display apparatus based on network information when the network information for the communicator to communicate with the external network is setup in execution of the initial setup service, and automatically perform at least part of the setup stages based on information on the deduced installation region.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a signal processor which is configured to process a broadcasting signal to be displayed as an image on the display unit;

a communicator which is configured to communicate via an access point with a first server which stores region information of the display apparatus and a second server which stores channel information of the broadcasting signal; and

a controller which is configured;

to control the communicator to connect with the access point,

to transmit identification information of the connected access point to the first server,

to receive the region information corresponding to the transmitted identification information of the access point from the first server,

to transmit the received region information to the second server,

to receive the channel information of the broadcasting signal corresponding to the transmitted region information from the second server, and

to display the image of the broadcasting signal based on the received channel information,

wherein the communicator and the controller comprise at least one circuitry,

wherein the region information comprises at least one of a nation, a local area name, longitude and latitude regarding the access point, and

wherein the controller displays a setup image enabling a user to input information on an installation region and information on a content service provider when the communicator is not connected to an external network, and stores the information input through the setup image.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller skips at least one automatically performed setup stage, which is not provided to a user during execution of an initial setup service.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller executes an initial setup service when a user turns on the display apparatus for a first time.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communicator is connected to an external network for communication based on a wireless communication protocol, and the controller determines an installation region of the display apparatus based on the identification information of the access point connected based on the wireless communication protocol established for the communicator to be connected to the external network.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is provided with a recommended service corresponding to a deduced installation region from a content service provider to be displayed as an image on the display unit.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller determines an installation region based on Wi-Fi positioning system (WPS) information, and determines a content service provider based on at least one from among a received signal strength indication (RSSI), wireless Internet service providers (WISP) and a service set identifier (SSID).

7. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller acquires and stores a channel map corresponding to an installation region of the display apparatus and skips a stage of scanning a broadcast signal to generate the channel map among setup stages.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second server stores data of a channel map corresponding to the region information, and the controller receives the channel map corresponding to the region information from the second server.

9. A control method of a display apparatus, the method comprising:

connecting with an access point;

transmitting identification information of the connected access point to a first server which stores region information corresponding to the access point;

receiving the region information corresponding to the transmitted identification information of the access point from the first server;

transmitting the received region information to a second server which stores channel information of a broadcasting signal;

receiving the channel information of the broadcasting signal corresponding to the transmitted region information from the second server; and

displaying an image of the broadcasting signal based on the received channel information,

wherein the region information comprises at least one of a nation, a local area name, longitude and latitude regarding the access point, and

wherein the control method further comprises displaying a setup image enabling a user to input information on an installation region and information on a content service provider when the display apparatus is not connected to an external network, and storing the information input through a setup image.

10. The control method of claim 9, further comprising skipping automatically performed setup stages without presenting at least one of setup stages to the user during execution of an initial setup service.

11. The control method of claim 9, further comprising executing an initial setup service when the user turns on the display apparatus for the first time.

12. The control method of claim 9, wherein the display apparatus is connected to an external network for communication based on a wireless communication protocol, and the control method further comprises determining an installation region of the display apparatus based on the identification information of the access point connected based on the wireless communication protocol established for the display apparatus to be connected to an external network.

13. The control method of claim 9, further comprising receiving a recommended service corresponding to a deduced installation region from a content service provider and displaying as an image.

14. The control method of claim 9, wherein an installation region of the display apparatus is determined based on Wi-Fi positioning system (WPS) information, and the control method further comprises determining a content service provider based on at least one from among a received signal strength indication (RSSI), wireless Internet service providers (WISP) and a service set identifier (SSID).

15. The control method of claim 9, wherein the receiving the channel information comprises acquiring and storing a channel map corresponding to an installation region of the display apparatus and skipping a stage of scanning a broadcast signal to generate a channel map among setup stages.

16. The control method of claim 9, wherein the second server stores data of a channel map corresponding to the region information, and the receiving the channel information comprises receiving the channel map corresponding to the region information from the second server.

17. A display apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a signal processor which is configured to process a broadcasting signal to be displayed as an image on the display unit;

a communicator which is configured to communicate via an access point with a first server which stores region information of the display apparatus and communicate with a second server which stores channel information of the broadcasting signal; and

a controller which is configured;

to transmit identification information of the access point to the first server,

to receive the region information corresponding to the transmitted identification information of the access point from the first server,

to display a popup image to allow a user to select whether the region information is correct,

to transmit the region information to the second server in response to the user selecting that the region information is correct,

to receive the channel information of the broadcasting signal corresponding to the transmitted region information from the second server, and

to display the image of the broadcasting signal based on the received channel information,

wherein the communicator and the controller comprises at least one circuitry, and

wherein the controller displays a setup image enabling a user to input information on an installation region and information on a content service provider when the communicator is not connected to an external network, and stores the information input through the setup image.

18. The display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the controller displays one or more content service providers to be selectable, the one or more content service providers corresponding to the region information upon a condition that the user selects via the popup image that the region information is correct, and displays an image provided to allow the user to input new region information if the user selects via the popup image that the region information is not correct.

19. A control method of a display apparatus, the method comprising:

transmitting identification information of an access point to a first server which stores region information of the display apparatus,

receiving region information corresponding to the transmitted identification information of the access point from the first server,

displaying a popup image to allow a user to select whether the region information is correct;

in response to the user selecting that the region information is correct, transmitting the region information to a second server which stores channel information of a broadcasting signal;

receiving the channel information of the broadcasting signal corresponding to the transmitted region information from the second server; and

displaying an image of the broadcasting signal based on the received channel information,

wherein the control method further comprises displaying a setup image enabling a user to input information on an installation region and information on a content service provider when the display apparatus is not connected to an external network, and storing the information input through a setup image.

20. The control method of claim 19, further comprising:

displaying one or more content service providers to be selectable corresponding to the region information upon a condition that the user selects via the popup image that the region information is correct; and

displaying an image to allow the user to input new region information upon a condition that the user selects via the popup image that the region information is not correct.