DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR PERFORMING ANIMATION OPERATIONS

• US 20100182324A1
• Filed: 06/25/2009
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ko, Sung-wook, Han, Yeon-taek, Kim, Da-rae
• Application Number:
  US12/491,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20100182324A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/473
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites

Abstract

A display apparatus and a displaying method of the same are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display unit; a detector which detects a user'"'"'s motion; a signal processor; and a controller which controls the signal processor to display on the display unit an animation operation related to a still image if the still image is being displayed on the display unit and the user'"'"'s motion is detected by the detector.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a detector which detects motion of a user;

a signal processor; and

a controller which controls the signal processor to display on the display unit an animation operation related to a still image displayed on the display unit in response to detection of the motion of the user by the detector.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the animation operation comprises at least one of a movement of a specific object, a movement of a background and a change in colors.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the still image comprises at least one object which has a detection area set for detecting a motion of the user in the detection area, and an animation operation that the object moves is performed if the motion of the user is detected in the detection area.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the detection area comprises a plurality of specific detection areas and different animation operations are performed for each of the specific detection areas where the motion of the user is detected.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the still image comprises a plurality of objects, and an animation operation that at least two of the plurality of objects move sequentially or simultaneously is performed if the motion of user is detected.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein if the motion of the user in a predetermined direction is detected from the detection area, different animation operations are performed corresponding to the predetermined direction.

7. The display apparatus according to one of claim 1, wherein the animation operation comprises a plurality of different animation modes, and

an animation mode is performed in one of a preset order or randomly or in an animation mode which is different from a previously-performed animation mode when the motion of the user is detected.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if the animation operation is completed, the signal processor displays on the display unit a still image which was displayed before the motion of the user was detected.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a speaker which outputs a sound, wherein the signal processor processes a sound which accompanies the animation and outputs the sound to the speaker.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detector comprises at least one of a contact detector which detects a contact made to the still image, and a non-contact detector which detects a non-contact motion of the user made to the still image.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the non-contact detector comprises at least one of a camera to capture the motion of the user and a light-receiving detector to detect a light corresponding to the motion of the user.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if the motion of the user is not detected during a predetermined time, the controller controls the signal processor to display the animation operation on the display unit.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit which stores therein the still image and image data with respect to the animation operation related to the still image.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising a signal receiver which receives the image data.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 14, wherein if new image data related to existing image data are received through the signal receiver, the controller updates the existing image data stored in the storage unit.

16. A displaying method of a display apparatus which comprises a display unit, the displaying method comprising:

displaying a predetermined still image;

detecting a motion of a user; and

displaying an animation operation related to the still image, corresponding to the motion of the user.

17. The displaying method according to claim 16, wherein the still image comprises at least one object,

the detecting the motion of the user comprises detecting the motion of the user from a detection area that is set in the object;

and

the displaying the animation operation comprises performing an animation operation that moves the object.

18. The displaying method according to claim 16, wherein the still image comprises a plurality of objects, and

if the motion of the user is detected, the displaying the animation operation comprises performing an animation operation that at least two of the plurality of objects move sequentially or simultaneously.

19. The displaying method according to claim 17, wherein if the motion of the user in a predetermined direction is detected from the detection area, the displaying the animation operation comprises performing different animation operations corresponding to the predetermined direction.

20. The displaying method according to claim 17, wherein the detection area comprises a plurality of specific detection areas, and

the displaying the animation operation comprises performing different animation operations for each of the specific detection areas where the motion of the user is detected.

21. The displaying method according to claim 16, wherein the animation operation comprises a plurality of different animation modes, and

the displaying the animation operation comprises performing at least one of the plurality of different animation modes in a preset order or randomly or performing an animation mode that is different from a previously-performed animation mode whenever the motion of the user is detected.

22. The displaying method according to claim 16, wherein the displaying the animation operation comprises displaying a still image which was shown before the detecting the motion of the user if the animation operation is completed.

23. The displaying method according to claim 16, wherein the display apparatus further comprises a speaker to output a sound, the display method further comprising:

processing a sound to be output to the speaker, where the sound accompanies an animation.

24. The displaying method according to claim 16, further comprising:

receiving the still image and image data with respect to the animation operation related to the still image; and

updating existing image data if new image data that are received are related to the existing image data.