Method of providing additional information on each object within image by digital information display device, digital information display device for the same, and visible light communication terminal for receiving additional information

• US 10,373,567 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2013
• Issued: 08/06/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Bae, Tae-Han, Park, Seung-Hoon, Son, Jae-Seung, Won, Eun-Tae
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Nitin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stone, Robert M
• Application Number:
  US13/762,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20130208027A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,370 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3406 Control of illumination source illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3426 the different display panel areas being distributed in two dimensions, e.g. matrix

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing additional information to a visible light communication terminal through visible light communication by an information display device having a back light unit is provided. The method includes, when the visible light communication terminal is located in one area corresponding to at least one additional information providing area that is disposed within a screen of the information display device, receiving time slot information allocated to the one area through the visible light communication, when the visible light communication terminal is located in remaining areas of the at least one area corresponding to the at least one object, except for the one area, receiving additional information on all objects from the remaining areas through the visible light communication, and acquiring additional information on the object corresponding to the one area from among the additional information on all the objects by using the allocated time slot information.

Claims

1. A display device for providing additional information on each object, the display device comprising:

a display;

a back light including a plurality of light sources;

a light receiving element configured to receive an additional information request from a terminal; and

at least one processor configured to;

transmit, if the terminal is positioned above a first area of the display, information for a time slot corresponding to additional information for a first object belonging to the first area to the terminal, and

transmit, if the terminal is positioned above a second area different from the first area, additional information for a plurality of objects including the first object,

wherein the back light is under a control of the at least one processor,

wherein the information for the time slot is for informing existence of additional information for the first object, and information for identifying the additional information for the first object from among the additional information for the plurality of objects, and

wherein, if the additional information request is received from the terminal, the at least one processor is configured to control to transmit the additional information.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein, if the terminal is positioned above the first area, the at least one processor is further configured to provide partial additional information for the first object.

3. The display device of claim 1, wherein the additional information for the plurality of objects includes a preamble for a synchronization operation, a header including information for a time slot allocated to one or more data fields, the time slot allocated to each of the plurality of objects, and at least one data field having the additional information for the plurality of objects.

4. The display device of claim 1, wherein, if the additional information for the plurality of objects has been completely received, then the at least one light source is configured to stop transmitting the additional information for the plurality of objects.

5. A method of receiving additional information from a display device by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, if the terminal is positioned above a first area of a display of the display device, information for a time slot corresponding to additional information for a first object belonging to the first area from the display device;

informing a user of the terminal of a reception of the information for the time slot;

receiving, if the terminal is positioned above a second area different from the first area, additional information for a plurality of objects including the first object, wherein the additional information for the plurality of objects has a frame structure of a time division scheme including data fields on which the additional information for the plurality of objects is carried, and wherein the frame structure includes a preamble for a synchronization operation, a header including information for time slots allocated to the data fields, and at least one data field having the additional information; and

displaying the additional information for the first object corresponding to the received information for the time slot on a display of the terminal;

wherein the information for the time slot is for identifying the additional information for the first object from among the additional information for the plurality of objects.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the receiving of the information for the time slot comprises receiving the information for the time slot and partial additional information for the plurality of objects.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

transmitting, to the display device, if the additional information for the plurality of objects has been completely received, a request for stopping transmission of the additional information for the plurality of objects.

8. A method of providing additional information on each object within an image by a display device, the method comprising:

transmitting, if a terminal is positioned above a first area of a display, information for a time slot corresponding to additional information for a first object belonging to the first area to the terminal; and

transmitting, if the terminal is positioned above a second area different from the first area, additional information for a plurality of objects including the first object, wherein the additional information for the plurality of objects has a frame structure of a time division scheme including data fields on which the additional information for the plurality of objects is carried, and wherein the frame structure includes a preamble for a synchronization operation, a header including information for time slots allocated to the data fields, and at least one data field having the additional information,

wherein the information for the time slot is for informing existence of additional information for the first object, and information for identifying the additional information for the first object from among the additional information for the plurality of objects.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

stopping, if additional information for the plurality of objects has been completely received, transmitting the additional information for the plurality of objects.