DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100162316A1
• Filed: 12/22/2009
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Sun-young
• Application Number:
  US12/644,366
• Publication Number:
  US 20100162316A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/44
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts

Abstract

The present invention relates to a display apparatus and a control method thereof. The display apparatus according to the present invention includes a display unit; a contents processing unit that processes contents; a user input unit that inputs control signals to retrieve the contents; a control unit that, if the control signals are continuously input, controls the contents processing unit to display minimum contents data on the display unit, retrieves contents corresponding to the control signals continuously input upon completion of inputting the control signals, and controls the contents processing unit to display the retrieved contents on the display unit. With this configuration, a display apparatus and a control method thereof, being capable of promptly reacting with a user'"'"'s input and displaying contents, are provided.

Claims

1. A display apparatus having a display unit, comprising:

a contents processing unit that processes contents;

a user input unit that receives user input to generate control signals to retrieve the contents;

a control unit that, if the control signals are continuously generated, controls the contents processing unit to display minimum contents data on the display unit, retrieves contents corresponding to the continuously input control signals upon completion of the user input, and controls the contents processing unit to display the retrieved contents on the display unit.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control processing unit comprises a storage unit that stores the minimum contents data.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein an amount of contents retrieved in response to a single control signal is preset, and

the control unit counts a number of the input control signals, retrieves the contents corresponding to the counted number of the input control signals, and displays the retrieved contents corresponding to the counted number of the input control signal on the display unit.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user input unit comprises a touch panel disposed in the display unit, which generates the control signals,

an amount of contents retrieved corresponding to a unit touch duration of a single touch applied to the touch panel is preset, and

the control unit which counts a number of touches applied to the touch panel, retrieves the contents corresponding to the counted number of touches, and displays a content corresponding to the counted number of touches on the display unit.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a broadcast receiving unit that receives broadcasting signals, wherein the contents comprise Electronic Program Guide (EPG) information.

6. The display apparatus of claim 5, wherein the minimum contents data comprises a frame to indicate broadcasting programs and broadcasting times of the broadcasting programs.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a communication unit that receives the contents from an external server,

wherein the contents comprise stock data supplied from the external server.

8. The display apparatus of claim 7, wherein the minimum contents data comprises a frame to display the stock data.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the contents comprise geographical data including a map.

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

receiving input control signals to retrieve contents;

displaying minimum contents data if the input control signals are continuously input; and

displaying contents corresponding to the continuously input control signals upon completion of receiving the continuously input control signals.

11. The control method of claim 10, wherein an amount of contents retrieved in response to a single control signal is preset,

the displaying of the contents comprises:

counting a number of the input control signals;

retrieving the contents corresponding to the counted number of input control signals; and

displaying a content corresponding to the counted number of input control signals.

12. The control method of claim 10, wherein the display apparatus comprises a touch panel to generate the input control signals,

an amount of contents retrieved in response to a unit touch duration of a single touch applied to the touch panel is preset,

the displaying of the contents comprises:

counting a number of touches applied to the touch panel;

retrieving the contents corresponding to the counted number of touches; and

displaying a content corresponding to the counted number of touches.

13. The control method of claim 10, wherein the display apparatus further comprises a broadcasting receiving unit that receives broadcasting signals, and

the contents comprise Electronic Program Guide (EPG) information.

14. The control method of claim 13, wherein the minimum contents data comprises a frame to display the broadcasting programs and the broadcasting times of the broadcasting programs.

15. The control method of claim 10, wherein the display apparatus further comprises a communication unit that receives the contents from an external server, and

the contents comprise stock data supplied from the external server.

16. The control method of claim 15, wherein the minimum contents data comprises a frame to display the stock data.

17. The control method of claim 10, wherein the contents comprise geographical data including a map.

18. The control method of claim 11, wherein the single control signal comprises selecting an input button once or touching the touch panel once.

19. A method of retrieving contents data comprising:

inputting a control signal to retrieve the contents data;

determining an amount of the contents data to be retrieved in response to a number of times that the control signal is input, and

displaying the contents in accordance with the number of times that the control signal is input.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein if the control signal is input once, the contents data is displayed in a first predetermined manner, and

if the control signal is continuously input, the contents data is displayed in a second predetermined manner, wherein the first predetermined manner comprises displaying the contents data relating to program information, and the second predetermined manner comprises displaying minimum contents until a final control signal is input and then displaying the contents data relating to the program information after the final control signal is input.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the control signals are determined to be continuously input if the control signals are repeatedly input during a specified time.