DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING CONTENTS LIST

• US 20100146446A1
• Filed: 12/04/2009
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Szilagyi, Victor, AHN, Jun-mo, KWON, Yong-hwan, LEE, Chang-soo, KIM, Joon-hwan, KWON, Heui-jin, LEE, Jeong-yeon
• Application Number:
  US12/631,126
• Publication Number:
  US 20100146446A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/821
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for displaying a contents list. The method includes: displaying a loading image, which is preset for displaying, on a loading region to display a thumbnail image corresponding to contents of the loading image, wherein the loading image corresponds to the thumbnail images; animating the loading image displayed in the loading region; and displaying the thumbnail image in the loading region, by substituting the thumbnail image for the loading image.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a contents list of a display apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying a loading image, which is preset for displaying, on a loading region to display a thumbnail image corresponding to contents of the loading image, wherein the loading image corresponds to the thumbnail image;

animating the loading image displayed in the loading region; and

displaying the thumbnail image in the loading region, by substituting the loading image with the thumbnail image.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the animating the loading image comprises pivoting the loading image by a preset degree of an angle.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the pivoting the loading image by the preset degree of the angle comprises pivoting a plurality of loading images by the same degree of the angle.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the pivoting the loading image by the preset degree of the angle comprises pivoting a plurality of the loading images at random.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the pivoting the loading image by the preset degree of the angle comprises displaying a plurality of loading images by differentiating respective pivoting speeds of the plurality of loading images in an order to display a plurality of thumbnail images.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the thumbnail image on the loading region comprises:

animating the displayed loading image and the thumbnail image together while the displayed loading image is substituted by the thumbnail image; and

suspending animating the thumbnail image if substituting the displayed loading image by the thumbnail image is complete.

7. A display apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a content processing unit which processes a thumbnail image corresponding to contents to display the thumbnail image on the display unit; and

a control unit which controls the content processing unit to form a loading region to display the thumbnail image in the loading region on the display unit, which displays the loading image as preset corresponding to the thumbnail image in the loading region and animates the displayed loading image, and substitutes the loading image with the thumbnail image to display the thumbnail image in the loading region.

8. The display apparatus of claim 7, wherein the control unit controls the loading image to be pivoted by a preset degree of an angle.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the control unit controls a plurality of loading images to be pivoted by the same degree of the angle.

10. The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the control unit controls a plurality of loading images to be pivoted at random.

11. The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the control unit differentiates pivoting speeds of each of the plurality of loading images to be displayed in an order as a plurality of thumbnail images are displayed.

12. The display apparatus of claim 7, wherein the control unit animates both the displayed loading image and the thumbnail image together while the displayed loading image is being substituted by the thumbnail image, and suspends animating the thumbnail image if the substituting the displayed loading image with the thumbnail image is complete.