Display apparatus and control method for display apparatus

• US 20070033310A1
• Filed: 07/24/2006
• Published: 02/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kweon, Tae-Deok
• Application Number:
  US11/491,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20070033310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/24 Resetting means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4291 using a clocked protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2807 Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40078 Bus configuration home automation networks H04L12/2803; arrangements for maintenance or administration H04L41/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0811 by checking connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• 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 21/43632 involving a wired protocol, e.g. IEEE 1394 high-speed IEEE 1394 serial bus H04L12/40052
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44227 Monitoring of local network, e.g. connection or bandwidth variations; Detecting new devices in the local network configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; monitoring connectivity in data switched networks H04L43/0811
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration

Abstract

A display apparatus and a control method of a display apparatus to which a plurality of electronic devices is connected via a serial bus are provided. The control method includes: updating device information on the plurality of electronic devices if a reset signal is received; detecting an electronic device that generated the reset signal; displaying electronic device items corresponding to the plurality of connected electronic devices based on the updating device information on the plurality of electronic devices; and changing a display state of an electronic device item corresponding to the detected electronic device when the electronic device items are displayed. Thus, the present invention allows a user to efficiently recognize an electronic device generating a bus reset when the electronic device is connected to or disconnected from a network.

Claims

1. A control method of a display apparatus to which a plurality of electronic devices are connected via a serial bus, the control method comprising:

updating device information on the plurality of electronic devices if a reset signal is received;

detecting an electronic device that generated the reset signal;

displaying electronic device items corresponding to the plurality of connected electronic devices based on the updating device information on the plurality of electronic devices; and

changing a display state of an electronic device item corresponding to the detected electronic device when the electronic device items are displayed.

2. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the reset signal is generated if an electronic device is added or removed from the serial bus.

3. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the display state of the electronic device item corresponding to the detected electronic device is distinguished from a display state of other electronic device items.

4. The control method according to claim 3, further comprising:

determining whether the reset signal is received again within a display time; and

returning the changed display state of the electronic device item corresponding to the detected electronic device to an original display state if it is determined that the reset signal is not received again within the display time.

5. The control method according to claim 4, wherein the display state of the electronic device item corresponding to the detected electronic device becomes equal to the display state of other electronic device items.

6. The control method according to claim 4, wherein the updating device information on the plurality of connected electronic devices comprises:

receiving self information provided from each of the plurality of electronic devices that received the reset signal; and

updating the device information on the plurality of electronic devices using the received self information.

7. The control method according to claim 6, wherein the detecting the electronic device that generates the reset signal comprises detecting the electronic device that provides self information which includes reset generation information indicating that the reset signal is generated, among the self information provided from the plurality of electronic devices.

8. The control method according to claim 7, wherein the serial bus comprises an IEEE 1394 serial bus.

9. The control method according to claim 8, wherein the changing the display state of the electronic device item corresponding to the detected electronic device comprises providing an indication mark on the electronic device item corresponding to the detected electronic device.

10. The control method according to claim 8, wherein the changing the display state of the electronic device item corresponding to the detected electronic device comprises displaying a color of the electronic device item corresponding to the detected electronic device different from a display color of other electronic device items.

11. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the updating device information on the plurality of connected electronic devices comprises:

receiving self information provided from each of the plurality of electronic devices that received the reset signal; and

updating the device information of the plurality of electronic devices using the received self information.

12. The control method according to claim 11, wherein the detecting the electronic device that generates the reset signal comprises detecting the electronic device that provides self information which includes reset generation information indicating that the reset signal is generated among the self information provided from the plurality of electronic devices.

13. The control method according to claim 12, wherein the serial bus comprises an IEEE 1394 serial bus.

14. The control method according to claim 13, wherein the changing the display state of the electronic device item corresponding to the detected electronic device comprises providing an indication mark on the electronic device item corresponding to the detected electronic device.

15. The control method according to claim 13, wherein the changing the display state of the electronic device item corresponding to the detected electronic device comprises displaying a color of the electronic device item corresponding to the detected electronic device different from a display color of other electronic device items.

16. A display apparatus to which a plurality of electronic devices are connected via a serial bus, the display apparatus comprising:

a user interface (UI) generating unit which generates a UI including an electronic device menu including electronic device items corresponding to the plurality of electronic devices;

a controlling part which determines whether a reset signal is received, updates device information on the plurality of connected electronic devices if it is determined that the reset signal is received, detects an electronic device that generated the reset signal, controls the UI generating part to display an electronic device menu with a display state of the electronic device items changed; and

a display part which displays the UI.

17. The display apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the reset signal is generated if the electronic device is added or removed from the serial bus.

18. The display apparatus according to claim 16, wherein a display state of the electronic device item which corresponds to the detected electronic device is distinguishably displayed from a display state of other electronic device items.

19. The display apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the controlling part determines whether the reset signal is received again within a display time, and controls the UI generating part to generate the electronic device menu with the changed display state of the electronic device items returned to an original display state if it is determined that the reset signal is not received again within the display time.

20. The display apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the display state of the electronic device item corresponding to the detected electronic device becomes equal to the display state of other electronic device items.

21. The display apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the controlling part receives self information provided from the plurality of electronic devices that receive the reset signal via the serial bus, and updates the device information on the respective electronic devices using the received self information.

22. The display apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the controlling part detects an electronic device that provides self information which includes reset generation information indicating that the reset signal is generated, among the self information provided from the plurality of electronic devices.

23. The display apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the serial bus comprises an IEEE 1394 serial bus.