Display apparatus and control method thereof

• US 20050001934A1
• Filed: 03/08/2004
• Published: 01/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Soon-hoon
• Granted Patent: US 7,324,161 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/569
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/45 Picture in picture , e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen

Abstract

A display apparatus having a display main body including a screen and a rear cover formed with an accommodation space between the screen and the rear cover, and a supporting part supporting the display main body, further comprising: a display processor receiving data pertaining to a display and displaying the received data on the screen; an input unit specifying a popup time of a popup window including an executer performing functions requested by a user; a timer measuring a time to notify the popup time specified by and transferred from the input unit; and a controller controlling the display processor to display the popup window on the screen upon receiving the signal notifying the popup time by the timer.

Claims

1. A display apparatus having a screen, comprising:

a display processor receiving data pertaining to a display and displaying the received data on the screen;

an input unit specifying a popup time of a popup window that includes an executer, to perform functions requested by a user;

a timer measuring a time, to output a notification signal indicating the measured time matches the specified popup time; and

a controller controlling the display processor, to display the popup window on the screen upon receiving the notification signal.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the executer is a Picture-in-Picture (PIP) executer displaying a program specified by the user on a section of the screen.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display apparatus further comprises a memory storing the PIP execution variables specified and transferred from the input unit,

wherein the controller controls the display processor to display a PIP on the screen, according to the PIP execution variables stored in the memory, upon the user choosing the PIP executer.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the popup window comprises a full-screen executer, to enable the program specified by the user to appear on the entire screen,

wherein the controller controls the display processor to display the program specified by the user on the entire screen upon the user choosing the full-screen executer.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the popup window comprises a full-screen executer, to enable the program specified by the user to appear on the entire screen, and

wherein the controller controls the display processor to display the program specified by the user on the entire screen when the user chooses the full-screen executer.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the PIP execution variables include variables pertaining to at least one of a position of the PIP, a size of the PIP, and a transparency of the PIP.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the PIP execution variables include an on/off status of the PIP.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller comprises:

a multiplexer inputting a first signal and a second signal,

a first source capture buffer receiving data from the multiplexer corresponding to the first signal for a full-screen display,

a second source capture buffer receiving data from the multiplexer corresponding to the second signal for a partial screen display,

a PIP overlay receiving data from the first source capture buffer,

a pixel reducer receiving data from the second source capture buffer and decreasing a number of pixels of the received data, to appear on a partial screen, and

a frame memory receiving the decreased data from the pixel reducer.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the frame memory is a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), to store data temporarily.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the frame memory transfers the second input signal to the PIP overlay based on the number of clocks used as a basis in transferring the first input signal to the PIP overlay.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the executer is a Picture-by-Picture (PBP) executer, to display a program specified by the user on a section of the screen.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the display apparatus further comprises a memory storing PBP execution variables specified and transferred from the input unit,

wherein the controller controls the display processor to display a PBP on the screen, according to the PBP execution variables stored in the memory, upon the user choosing the PBP executer.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the popup window comprises a full-screen executer, to enable the program specified by the user to appear on the entire screen,

wherein the controller controls the display processor to display the program specified by the user on the entire screen when the user chooses the full-screen executer.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the PBP execution variables include variables pertaining to at least one of a size of each section of the PBP, and an on/off status of the PBP.

15. A control method for a display apparatus having a screen, comprising:

specifying a popup time of a popup window that includes an executer performing a function requested by a user;

measuring a time;

determining if the measured time matches the specified popup time; and

displaying the popup window upon the measured time matching the specified popup time.

16. The control method for the display apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the executer is a PIP executer displaying a program specified by the user on a part of the screen.

17. The control method for the display apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising:

specifying PIP execution variables after the specifying the popup time;

storing the specified PIP execution variables; and

displaying a PIP on the screen according to the stored PIP execution variables upon the user choosing the PIP executer.

18. The control method for the display apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the displaying the popup window further comprises:

enabling the program specified by the user to appear on the entire screen, and

displaying the program specified by the user on the entire screen when the user chooses the full-screen executer.

19. The control method for the display apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the displaying the popup window further comprises:

enabling the program specified by the user to appear on the entire screen, and

displaying the program specified by the user on the entire screen when the user chooses the full-screen executer.

20. The control method for the display apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the PIP execution variables include variables pertaining to a position of the PIP, a size of the PIP, and a transparency of the PIP.

21. The control method for the display apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the PIP execution variables further comprises an on/off status of the PIP.

22. The control method according to claim 15, wherein the executer is a Picture-by-Picture (PBP) executer displaying a program specified by the user on a section of the screen.

23. The control method according to claim 22, wherein the display apparatus further comprises a memory storing PBP execution variables specified and transferred from the input unit, and

wherein the controller controls the display processor to display a PBP on the screen according to the PBP execution variables stored in the memory upon the user choosing the PBP executer.

24. The control method according to claim 23, wherein the PBP execution variables include variables pertaining to at least one of a size of each section of the PBP, and an on/off status of the PBP.

25. A computer-readable medium encoded with processing instructions implementing a control method for a display apparatus, the method comprising:

specifying a popup time of a popup window that includes an executer performing a function requested by a user;

measuring a time;

determining if the measured time matches the specified popup time; and

displaying the popup window upon the measured time matching the specified popup time.

26. The computer-readable medium according to claim 25, wherein the executer is a PIP executer displaying a program specified by the user on a part of the screen.

27. The computer-readable medium according to claim 26, wherein the method further comprises:

specifying PIP execution variables after the specifying the popup time;

storing the specified PIP execution variables; and

displaying a PIP on the screen according to the stored PIP execution variables upon the user choosing the PIP executer.

28. The computer-readable medium according to claim 26, wherein the displaying the popup window further comprises:

enabling the program specified by the user to appear on the entire screen, and

displaying the program specified by the user on the entire screen when the user chooses the full-screen executer.

29. The computer-readable medium according to claim 27, wherein the displaying the popup window further comprises:

enabling the program specified by the user to appear on the entire screen, and

displaying the program specified by the user on the entire screen when the user chooses the full-screen executer.

30. The computer-readable medium according to claim 27, wherein the PIP execution variables include variables pertaining to a position of the PIP, a size of the PIP, and a transparency of the PIP.

31. The computer-readable medium according to claim 27, wherein the PIP execution variables further comprises an on/off status of the PIP.

32. The computer-readable medium according to claim 27, wherein the executer is a Picture-by-Picture executer displaying a program specified by the user on a section of the screen.

33. The computer-readable medium according to claim 32, wherein the display apparatus further comprises a memory storing the PBP execution variables specified and transferred from the input unit, and

wherein the controller controls the display processor to display a PBP on the screen according to the PBP execution variables stored in the memory upon the user choosing the PBP executer.

34. The computer-readable medium according to claim 33, wherein the PBP execution variables include variables pertaining to at least one of a size of each section of the PBP, and a an on/off status of the PBP.

35. A display apparatus for a popup window, comprising:

a screen, to display the popup window;

an input unit inputting a popup time for the display of the popup window on the screen;

a timer measuring a current time and comparing the current time with the popup time, to output a popup signal upon the compared time being the popup time.

36. The display apparatus according to claim 35, further comprising a controller receiving the popup signal and controlling the display, to display the popup window on the screen.

37. The display apparatus according to claim 36, wherein the controller comprises:

a multiplexer inputting a first signal and a second signal,

a first source capture buffer receiving data from the multiplexer corresponding to the first signal, to display on the screen, and

a second source capture buffer receiving data from the multiplexer corresponding to the second signal, to display on the screen.

38. The display apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the controller further comprises a pixel reducer to decrease a number of pixels of data in the data corresponding to the first signal or the second signal.

39. The display apparatus according to claim 36, wherein a signal source for the first second and the second signal is at least one of a TV signal, a composite video signal, an S-video signal, and a component video signal.

40. A control method for a display apparatus displaying a popup window, comprising:

specifying a popup time for the display of the popup window;

measuring a current time and comparing the current time with the popup time;

displaying the popup window automatically upon the measured time matching the specified popup time.

41. The control method according to claim 40, wherein the popup window comprises at least one button selectable by a user, to execute a function to display a first signal and a second signal that are input to the display apparatus.

42. The control method according to claim 42, wherein the display is a Picture-in-Picture display or a Picture-in-Picture display.