Display apparatus and control method thereof

• US 10,444,861 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2016
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jin, Kyoung-shin, Lee, Hye-jeong
• Primary Examiner(s): Shiberou, Mahelet
• Application Number:
  US15/395,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20170192641A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• 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 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

Provided is a display apparatus, which includes a display, an inputter or input device configured to input user commands to execute a function of the display apparatus, a storage configured to store a user experience index matched with each of the user commands where the user experience index represents utilization of the display apparatus by a user, and a processor configured to determine the user experience index corresponding to the input user command based on a previously-stored user experience index, and control the display to display the determined user experience index.

Claims

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display;

an input device including a circuitry;

a memory storing a user experience index matched with each of user commands, wherein the user experience index represents a user'"'"'s utilization of the display apparatus according to a type of a user command; and

a processor configured to;

based on a user command for executing a function of the display apparatus being input through the input device, determine the user experience index corresponding to a type of the input user command based on the stored user experience indices, and

based on the determined user experience index being less than a preset threshold value, control the display to display information on the determined user experience index and information on another user command using which a same function as the input user command is executable.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input device is configured to input a plurality of the user commands to execute a same function of the display apparatus, and

the processor is configured to determine the user experience index corresponding to the input plurality of user commands based on the stored user experience matched with each of the input plurality of user commands to execute the same function.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input device is configured to input a plurality of user commands to execute a same function of the display apparatus with different types of input methods, and

the processor is configured to determine the user experience index corresponding to a type of input method with which the input plurality of user commands are input, based on the stored user experience index for each type of the input methods for the input plurality of user commands to execute the same function.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to store the user experience index corresponding to the input user command in the memory.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, based on user experience indices for the plurality of the user commands to execute the same function input for a preset duration of time being less than a preset threshold value, the processor is configured to control the display to display information to guide to the other user command using which the same function as the input plurality of user commands is executable.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to store the user experience index for each user who inputs the user command, and control the display to display sums of user experience indices obtained for each of the users in a decreasing sum order.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to update the stored user experience index with another user experience index received from a server, and determine the user experience index corresponding to the input user command using an updated user experience index.

8. A control method of a display apparatus, comprising:

inputting a user command to execute a function of the display apparatus;

determining a user experience index corresponding to a type of the input user command, based on stored user experience indices matched with each of user commands, wherein the user experience index represents a user'"'"'s utilization of the display apparatus according to a type of a user command; and

based on the determined user experience index being less than a preset threshold value, displaying information on the determined user experience index and information on another user command using which a same function as the input user command is executable.

9. The control method of claim 8, wherein

the inputting comprises inputting a plurality of user commands to execute a same function of the display apparatus, and

the determining comprises determining the user experience index corresponding to the input plurality of user commands based on the stored user experience indices matched with each of the input plurality of user commands to execute the same function.

10. The control method of claim 8, wherein

the inputting comprises inputting a plurality of user commands to execute the same function of the display apparatus with different types of input methods, and

the determining comprises determining the user experience index corresponding to a type of input method with which the input plurality of user commands, based on the stored user experience index for each type of the input method for the input plurality of user commands to execute the same function.

11. The control method of claim 8, further comprising storing the user experience index corresponding to the input user command.

12. The control method of claim 8, wherein, based on user experience indices for a plurality of the user commands to execute the same function input for a preset duration of time being less than a preset threshold value, the displaying comprises displaying information to guide to the other user command using which the same function as the input plurality of the user commands is executable.

13. The control method of claim 8, further comprising:

storing the user experience index for each of user who inputs the user command, and displaying sums of user experience indices obtained for each of the users in a decreasing sum order.

14. The control method of claim 8, wherein the determining comprises the stored user experience index with another user experience index received from a server, and determining the user experience index corresponding to the input user command using an updated user experience index.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing methods according to claim 8.