Method and device for displaying content

• US 10,423,223 B2
• Filed: 12/10/2015
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Hyung-rae
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Yanna
• Application Number:
  US15/534,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20180247607A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,384 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0221 with use of split matrices G09G3/3644 and G09G3/3666 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/04 Partial updating of the display screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/028 by changing the viewing angle properties, e.g. widening the viewing angle, adapting the viewing angle to the view direction
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0666 for control of colour parameters, e.g. colour temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0686 with two or more screen areas displaying information with different brightness or colours
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/144 the light being ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/026 Control of mixing and/or overlay of colours in general G09G5/022 and G09G5/024 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43 Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• 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 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/74 for obtaining special effects H04N9/65 - H04N9/73 take precedence

Abstract

A method of displaying content on a device includes sensing first color information of at least one object reflected on a transparent display of the device; comparing second color information of content displayed on the transparent display with the first color information; and changing the second color information based on a difference between the first color information and the second color information.

Claims

1. A method of displaying content on a device, the method comprising:

sensing first color information of at least one object projected on a transparent display of the device;

comparing second color information of the content displayed on the transparent display of the device with the first color information;

dividing the transparent display of the device into a plurality of areas based on a difference between the first color information and the second color information;

selecting an area in which the difference between the first color information and the second color information is within a predetermined range from among the plurality of areas;

changing color information of the selected area; and

displaying the selected area of the transparent display of the device based on the changed color information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the changing of the color information comprises changing the color information of the selected area when the difference between the first color information and the second color information is within the predetermined range.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sensing an eye direction of a user; and

determining the at least one object projected on the transparent display of the device, based on the sensed eye direction,

wherein the sensing of the first color information comprises sensing the first color information of the determined at least one object.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transparent display of the device comprises a first transparent display and a second transparent display and the method further comprises:

generating an image corresponding to a first object projected on the first transparent display; and

based on a difference between color information of content displayed on the second transparent display and color information of the generated image, combining the content displayed on the second transparent display with the generated image.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transparent display of the device comprises a first transparent display and a second transparent display and the method further comprises:

based on color information of an image of a first object projected on the first transparent display and an image of a second object projected on the second transparent display, determining at least one of the first and second transparent displays on which the content is to be displayed.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the changing of the color information of the selected area comprises determining the color information that is changed, based on types of obtained user inputs.

7. A device for displaying content, the device comprising:

a transparent display;

a sensor configured to sense first color information of at least one object projected on the transparent display; and

at least one computer processor configured to;

compare second color information of the content displayed on the transparent display with the first color information,

divide the transparent display of the device into a plurality of areas based on a difference between the first color information and the second color information,

select an area in which the difference between the first color information and the second color information is within a predetermined range from among the plurality of areas,

change color information of the selected area; and

control the transparent display to display the selected area of the transparent display based on the changed color information.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the at least one computer processor is configured to change the color information of the selected area when the difference between the first color information and the second color information is within the predetermined range.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein the sensor is configured to sense an eye direction of a user, and

the at least one processor is configured to determine the at least one object projected on the transparent display, based on the sensed eye direction, and sense the first color information of the determined at least one object.

10. The device of claim 7, wherein the transparent display comprises a first transparent display and a second transparent display and the at least one computer processor is configured to generate an image corresponding to a first object projected on the first transparent display, and based on a difference between color information of content displayed on the second transparent display and color information of the generated image, combine the content displayed on the second transparent display with the generated image.

11. The device of claim 7, wherein the transparent display comprises a first transparent display and a second transparent display and the at least one computer processor is configured to determine at least one of the first and second transparent displays on which the content is to be displayed, based on color information of an image of a first object projected on the first transparent display and an image of a second object projected on the second transparent display.

12. The device of claim 7, wherein the at least one computer processor is configured to determine the color information that is changed, based on types of obtained user inputs.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program which, when executed by at least one computer processor of a device for displaying content, causes the device to perform operations comprising:

sensing first color information of at least one object projected on a transparent display of the device;

comparing second color information of the content displayed on the transparent display of the device with the first color information;

dividing the transparent display of the device into a plurality of areas based on a difference between the first color information and the second color information;

selecting an area in which the difference between the first color information and the second color information is within a predetermined range from among the plurality of areas;

changing color information of the selected area; and

displaying the selected area of the transparent display of the device based on the changed color information.