DIGITAL TELEVISION AND METHOD OF PROVIDING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE USING THE SAME

• US 20100169807A1
• Filed: 12/07/2009
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: BAK, SU RE, LEE, KUN SIK, AHN, EUN SEON, SON, JUNG HOON, LEE, BYUNG HUN
• Granted Patent: US 8,938,687 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/763
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• 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 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71

Abstract

A digital television (DTV) and a method of providing a GUI using the DTV are disclosed. The method of providing a GUI in a DTV comprises: first displaying an image on a display unit provided on the DTV; receiving a display command of a first GUI; and second displaying the image and the first GUI such that a different spatial depth is formed between the image and the first GUI according to the received display command.

Claims

1. A method of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) in a digital television (DTV) comprising:

first displaying an image on a display unit provided on the DTV;

receiving a display command of a first GUI; and

second displaying the image and the first GUI such that a different spatial depth is formed between the image and the first GUI according to the received display command.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second displaying comprises:

reducing the size of the image such that a first spatial depth corresponding to the image is deeper than a second spatial depth corresponding to the first GUI.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the reducing of the size of the image comprises:

visually providing the process in which the size of the image is reduced.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the second displaying comprises:

displaying the first GUI in a tilting manner at a first GUI display area such that the second spatial depth is not uniform.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein, in displaying of the first GUI in a tilting manner, the first GUI is displayed to tilt such that a spatial depth corresponding to one side of the first GUI is equal to the first spatial depth and a spatial depth corresponding to the other side of the first GUI is not equal to the first spatial depth.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein, in the second displaying, the entire region of the display unit is divided into a plurality of sections each having a different spatial depth, and the image is displayed at a first section having the deepest spatial depth among the plurality of sections and the first GUI is displayed at a predetermined second section among the plurality of sections.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first GUI comprises a menu comprising at least one item.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second displaying further comprising:

adjusting the size of the image such that the spatial depth of the image is close to the spatial depth of the first GUI according to a user instruction.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first GUI is 2D (dimensional) image and the second displaying comprises processing the first GUI such that the different spatial depth is formed.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first GUI is 3D (dimensional) image.

11. A digital television (DTV) comprising:

a display unit configured to display an image;

a memory configured to store one or more GUIs; and

a controller configured to display the image and a first GUI among the one or more GUIs on the display unit such that a different spatial depth is formed between the image and the first GUI.

12. The digital television of claim 11, further comprising:

a broadcast receiving unit configured to receive a broadcast signal,

wherein the image is received via the broadcast receiving unit.

13. The digital television of claim 11, wherein the controller reduces the size of the image such that a first spatial depth corresponding to the image is deeper than a second spatial depth corresponding to the first GUI.

14. The digital television of claim 13, wherein the controller visually provides the process in which the size of the image is reduced.

15. The digital television of claim 13, wherein the controller displays the first GUI in a tilting manner at a first GUI display area such that the second spatial depth is not uniform.

16. The digital television of claim 15, wherein the controller displays the first GUI in a tilting manner such that a spatial depth corresponding to one side of the first GUI is equal to the first spatial depth and the spatial depth corresponding to the other side of the first GUI is not equal to the first spatial depth.

17. The digital television of claim 13, wherein the controller divides the entire region of the display unit into a plurality of sections each having a different spatial depth, and displays the image at a first section having the deepest spatial depth among the plurality of sections and the first GUI at a predetermined second section among the plurality of sections.

18. The digital television of claim 11, wherein the first GUI comprises a menu comprising at least one item.

19. The digital television of claim 11, wherein the first GUI is 2D (dimensional) image and the controller is configured to process the first GUI such that the different spatial depth is formed.

20. The digital television of claim 11, wherein the first GUI is 3D (dimensional) image.