DIGITAL TELEVISION AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING CONTENTS USING THE SAME

• US 20100171765A1
• Filed: 12/29/2009
• Published: 07/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jung Eun, Park, Yun Mi, Kim, Kyoung Joung, Kim, Byung Soo, Song, Min Su, Lee, Na Ri, KIM, HYUN MIN, Shin, Jeong A., Park, Kyung Mi, Ryu, Jung Han
• Granted Patent: US 9,077,935 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/660
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• 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 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

A DTV and a method of displaying content using the same are provided. The DTV includes: a plurality of display units physically isolated from each other; and a control unit configured to, if a predetermined first event has occurred, move a content displayed on the first display unit among the plurality of display units and display the content on the second display unit among the plurality of display units, wherein the control unit is configured to control the display of the content such that the movement process of the content is visually recognized.

Claims

1. A DTV comprising:

a plurality of display units physically isolated from each other; and

a control unit configured to, if a predetermined first event has occurred, move a content displayed on the first display unit among the plurality of display units and display the content on the second display unit among the plurality of display units,

wherein the control unit is configured to control the display of the content such that the movement process of the content is visually recognized.

2. The DTV of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to control the display of the content during the movement of the content such that the movement path of the content is visually recognized.

3. The DTV of claim 2, wherein the movement path of the content varies according to at least one of the type of the first event, the type of the content, and the settings of the user.

4. The DTV of claim 1, wherein the first display unit and the second display unit different from each other in size, and

when displaying the content on the second display unit, the control unit is configured to control the size of the content by considering the resolution of the second display unit.

5. The DTV of claim 4, wherein the control unit is configured to gradually change the size of the content during the movement of the content by considering the resolution of the second display unit.

6. The DTV of claim 4, wherein the control unit is configured to gradually change the size of the content by considering the resolution of the second display unit after moving the content to the second display unit without a change in size.

7. The DTV of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to display the content on both of the first display unit and the second display unit.

8. The DTV of claim 7, wherein the control unit is configured to display detailed information of the content on any one of the first display unit and the second display unit and brief information of the content on the other one.

9. The DTV of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured not to display the content on the first display unit after the movement of the content.

10. The DTV of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to turn off the first display unit after the movement of the content.

11. The DTV of claim 10, wherein, if a predetermined second event has occurred, the control unit is configured to turn on the first display unit and move the content to the first display unit.

12. The DTV of claim 1, wherein the first event includes the selection of the content and the arrival of a predetermined point in time.

18. The method of claim 8, further comprising maintaining the display of the content on the first display unit.

13. A method of displaying contents using a DTV, which displays contents using the DTV comprising a first display unit and a second display unit physically isolated from each other, the method comprising:

displaying a content on the first display unit; and

if a predetermined first event has occurred, moving the content to the second display unit such that the movement process of the content is visually recognized.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the moving of the content comprises controlling the display of the content during the movement of the content such that the movement path of the content is visually recognized.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the movement path of the content varies according to at least one of the type of the first event, the type of the content, and the settings of the user.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the first display unit and the second display unit different from each other in size, and

the moving of the content comprises gradually changing the size of the content during the movement of the content by considering the resolution of the second display unit.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the first display unit and the second display unit different from each other in size, and

the moving of the content comprises gradually changing the size of the content by considering the resolution of the second display unit after moving the content to the second display unit without a change in size.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising deleting the content from the first display unit after the movement of the content.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising turning off the first display unit after the movement of the content.