IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR

• US 20100302151A1
• Filed: 12/24/2009
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Jae Kyung, LEE, Kun Sik, KIM, Gyu Seung, BAE, Hae Jin
• Application Number:
  US12/647,222
• Publication Number:
  US 20100302151A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/158
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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 21/42221 Transmission circuitry, e.g. infrared [IR] or radio frequency [RF]
• 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 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• 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 21/488 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

An image display device and an operation method thereof are provided. This may include displaying an image on a display, displaying a pointer that moves in correspondence with an operation of a pointing device on the display, and displaying an object for receiving a command or representing image display device-related information on the display when the pointer moves to a predetermined area of the display.

Claims

1. A method for operating an image display device, comprising:

displaying an image on a display;

displaying a pointer on the display that moves based on movement of a pointing device having a first wireless communication module and a second wireless communication module; and

displaying an object or information when the pointer is moved to a predetermined area of the display.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein displaying the object or the information comprises displaying the object or the information at the predetermined area of the display to which the pointer has moved or in a vicinity of the predetermined area.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the object or the information is a widget.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein displaying the object or the information comprises transparently displaying the object or the information in a vicinity of the predetermined area.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a submenu of the object or the information transparently on the display, or contracting the image and displaying the submenu of the object or the information outside the contracted image upon receipt of a command for selecting the object or the information.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

displaying a widget over the image; and

changing a size of the widget or a display area of the widget based on a contraction rate of the image.

7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

removing the displayed object or the displayed information from the display when the command for selecting the object or the information has not been received for a predetermined time.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a widget over the image, and

wherein displaying the object or the information comprises changing a display area of the object or the information or a display area of the widget when the display area of the object or the information overlaps with the display area of the widget.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the object or the information is a widget for receiving at least one of a menu list display command, a widget list display command, a video channel list display command or a short menu display command.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

changing a display area of the object or the information upon receipt of a command for changing the display area of the object or the information.

11. A method for operating television, comprising:

displaying an image on a display of the television;

displaying a pointer on the display that moves based on movement of a pointing device; and

displaying an object for controlling an operation of the television when the pointer is moved to a predetermined location of the display.

12. A method for operating an image display device, comprising:

displaying an image on a display;

displaying a pointer on the display that moves based on movement of a pointing device having an infrared (IR) module; and

displaying an object or information when the pointer is moved to a predetermined area of the display.

13. An image display device comprising:

a display for displaying an image; and

a controller for displaying a pointer that moves based on movement of a pointing device having a first wireless communication module and a second wireless communication module, and the controller for displaying an object or information when the pointer moves to a predetermined area of the display.

14. The image display device according to claim 13, wherein the controller displays the object or the information at the predetermined area to which the pointer has moved or in a vicinity of the predetermined area.

15. The image display device according to claim 13, wherein the controller transparently displays the object or the information in a vicinity of the predetermined area.

16. The image display device according to claim 13, wherein upon receipt of a command for selecting the object or the information, the controller transparently displays a submenu of the object or the information on the display, or contracts the image and displays the submenu of the object or the information outside the contracted image.

17. The image display device according to claim 13, wherein when the command for selecting the object or the information has not been received for a predetermined time, the controller controls the display such that the object or the information disappears from the display.

18. The image display device according to claim 13, wherein the object or the information is a widget for receiving at least one of a menu list display command, a widget list display command, a video channel list display command or a short menu display command.

19. A television comprising:

a display to display an image; and

a controller to display a pointer on the display that moves based on movement of a pointing device, and to display an object for controlling an operation of the television when the pointer is moved to a predetermined location of the display.

20. An image display device, comprising:

a display to display an image on a display; and

a controller to display a pointer on the display that moves based on movement of a pointing device having an infrared (IR) module, and to display an object or information when the pointer is moved to a predetermined area of the display.