METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL USER INTERFACE

• US 20110010666A1
• Filed: 06/01/2010
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: CHOI, Sung Ho
• Granted Patent: US 9,549,165 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/111 Transformation of image signals corresponding to virtual viewpoints, e.g. spatial image interpolation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/128 Adjusting depth or disparity
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/183 On-screen display [OSD] information, e.g. subtitles or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/30 Image reproducers optical systems for producing stereoscopic or other three-dimensional effects G02B30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2013/405 the images being stereoscopic or three dimensional

Abstract

A method is provided that includes displaying a user interface including at least one menu item using at least one of first image data or second image data, receiving a signal related to the at least one menu item, and changing a spacing of the first image data and the second image data displayed on a screen in response to the received signal such that a change of depth of the menu item is perceived by a viewer.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying a user interface including at least one menu item using at least one of first image data or second image data;

receiving a signal related to the at least one menu item; and

changing a spacing of the first image data and the second image data displayed on a screen in response to the received signal such that a change of depth of the at least one menu item is perceived by a viewer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the spacing comprises changing a lateral spacing of the first image data and the second image data that corresponds to the at least one menu item.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first image data is left image data and the second image data is right image data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the spacing includes moving the first image data away from the second image data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the spacing occurs for the at least one menu item while maintaining spacing of image data for unselected menu items.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one menu item relates to a sound volume.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the received signal is a signal received from a remote controller to change the sound volume.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein when a value corresponding to the at least one menu item increases, the depth of the at least one menu item perceived by the viewer increases.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the received signal converts a plurality of the menu items into a three-dimensional image.

10. A method comprising:

displaying a user interface including at least one menu item using at least one of first image data or second image data;

receiving a signal related to the at least one menu item; and

moving the first image data and the second image data displayed on a screen relative to each other in response to the received signal such that a change of depth of the at least one menu item is perceived by a viewer.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein moving the first image data and the second image data includes moving the first image data and the second image data apart relative to each other such that a greater change of depth of the at least one menu item is perceived by the viewer.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein moving the first image data and the second image data includes moving the first image data and the second image data closer together relative to each other such that a less change of depth of the at least one menu item is perceived by the viewer.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein moving the first image data and the second image data occurs for the at least one menu item while maintaining spacing of image data for unselected menu items.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the depth of only a selected menu item of the user interface is changed.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the first image data is left image data and the second image data is right image data.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one menu item relates to a sound volume.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the received signal is a signal received from a remote controller to change the sound volume.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein when a value of the at least one menu item increases, the depth of the selected menu item perceived by the viewer increases.

19. The method of claim 10, wherein the received signal converts a plurality of the menu items into a three-dimensional image.

20. A method for displaying a User Interface (UI), the method comprising:

receiving, at a receiving unit, a request to display a UI that includes at least one item;

providing, at a UI controller, a depth of item information to be displayed on the UI based on the request; and

displaying the item information having a changed depth on a display unit.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein a depth of only a selected item in the UI is changed.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the depth of each item in the UI is differentiated according to a value set for each item.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the depth is changed by controlling a spacing between first image data and second image data.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein controlling the spacing occurs for the selected item while maintaining spacing of image data for unselected items.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the at least one item relates to a sound volume.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein when a value of the item increases, the depth of item perceived by a viewer increases.