REMOTE CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110221665A1
• Filed: 10/15/2010
• Published: 09/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KWON, Yong-hwan, YOON, Yeo-ri, KIM, Joo-youn
• Granted Patent: US 9,483,936 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/30 User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204

Abstract

A display system, a display device, and a remote controller for controlling the display device are provided. The remote controller includes: a touch screen which receives an input from a user and display a first manipulation UI group including a shortcut key corresponding to a plurality of buttons to control the display device; a signal output unit which outputs a control signal to the display device based on an input to the touch screen; and a controller which, in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the shortcut key, displays on the touch screen a second manipulation UI group and parts of the first manipulation UI group, the second manipulation UI group displaying the plurality of buttons.

Claims

1. A remote controller for controlling a display device, the remote controller comprising:

a touch screen which receives an input from a user and which displays a first manipulation user interface (UI) group comprising a shortcut key corresponding to a plurality of buttons to control the display device;

a signal output unit which outputs a control signal to the display device based on the received user'"'"'s input; and

a controller which, in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the shortcut key, simultaneously displays on the touch screen a second manipulation UI group and a part of the first manipulation UI group, the second manipulation UI group displaying the plurality of buttons corresponding to the shortcut key.

2. The remote controller according to claim 1, further comprising:

a signal input unit which receives information related to contents displayed on the display device,

wherein the controller displays a third manipulation UI group to control the contents displayed on the display device by combining the first and the second manipulation UI groups based on the received information.

3. The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the part of the first manipulation UI group to be reduced and displayed at a first section of the touch screen and controls the second manipulation UI group to be displayed at a second section of the touch screen.

4. The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein the controller displays the first manipulation UI group according to a user'"'"'s selection from among a plurality of first manipulation UI groups comprising shortcut keys respectively corresponding to a plurality of buttons.

5. The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of buttons corresponding to the shortcut key comprise buttons that are commonly displayed in a plurality of manipulation UI groups.

6. The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein, when the controller displays the second manipulation UI group on the touch screen, the controller further displays a return button for displaying the shortcut key and stopping the displaying of the second manipulation UI group.

7. The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein, when a button, other than the shortcut key, comprised in the first manipulation UI group is selected, the controller simultaneously displays the part of the first manipulation UI group and the second manipulation UI group.

8. The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein, if the user touches, clicks, or flicks a button or the shortcut key displayed on the touch screen, the controller executes a corresponding function.

9. The remote controller according to claim 1, further comprising:

a signal input unit which receives information related to contents displayed on the display device,

wherein the controller displays a third manipulation UI group according to the received information.

10. The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein the controller displays the second manipulation UI group with a sliding effect.

11. A display device comprising:

a signal processor which processes an image signal;

a display unit which displays an image on a screen based on the image signal processed by the signal processor;

a communication unit which performs a communication with a remote controller comprising a touch screen; and

a controller which transmits to the remote controller through the communication unit information related to contents displayed on the display unit according to a user'"'"'s input received from the remote controller.

12. The display device according to claim 11, further comprising a signal receiving unit which receives the image signal.

13. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the communication unit performs the communication by using an infrared (IR) signal or a radio frequency (RF) signal.

14. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the remote controller displays, on the touch screen, a manipulation user interface (UI) group according to the transmitted information related to the contents.

15. A display system comprising:

a remote controller comprising a touch screen which receives a user'"'"'s input and which displays a first manipulation user interface (UI) group comprising a shortcut key corresponding to a plurality of buttons, wherein the touch screen simultaneously displays a part of the first manipulation UI group and a second manipulation UI group in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the shortcut key, the second manipulation UI group displaying the plurality of buttons corresponding to the shortcut key; and

a display device which displays contents corresponding to the user'"'"'s input received from the remote controller and transmits to the remote controller information related to the displayed contents.

16. The display system according to claim 15, wherein the touch screen displays a third manipulation UI group to control the contents displayed on the display device by combining the first and the second manipulation UI groups based on the transmitted information.

17. A method of controlling a remote controller for controlling a display device, the method comprising:

displaying, on a touch screen of the remote controller, a first manipulation user interface (UI) group comprising a shortcut key corresponding to a plurality of buttons; and

in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the shortcut key, simultaneously displaying, on the touch screen, a part of the first manipulation UI group and a second manipulation UI group, the second manipulation UI group displaying the plurality of buttons corresponding to the shortcut key.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising:

receiving, from the display device, information related to contents displayed on the display device; and

displaying, on the touch screen, a third manipulation UI group to control the contents displayed on the display device by combining the first and the second manipulation UI groups based on the received information.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the displaying the part of the first manipulation UI group and the second manipulation UI group comprises reducing and displaying the part of the first manipulation UI group at a first section of the touch screen and displaying the second manipulation UI group at a second section of the touch screen.

20. The method according to claim 17, wherein the displaying the first manipulation UI group comprises displaying the first manipulation UI group according to a user'"'"'s selection from among a plurality of first manipulation UI groups comprising shortcut keys respectively corresponding to a plurality of buttons.

21. The method according to claim 17, wherein the displaying the part of the first manipulation UI group and the second manipulation UI group comprises displaying a return button for displaying the shortcut key and for stopping the displaying the second manipulation UI group.

22. The method according to claim 17, wherein the displaying the part of the first manipulation UI group and the second manipulation UI group comprises displaying the part of the first manipulation UI group and the second manipulation UI group when a button, other than the shortcut key, comprised in the first manipulation UI group is selected.

29. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 17.

23. A method for controlling a display device which displays an image by processing an image signal, the method comprising:

receiving a user'"'"'s input from a remote controller comprising a touch screen;

displaying on a screen contents corresponding to the user'"'"'s input; and

transmitting to the remote controller information related to the contents displayed on the screen.

24. The method according to claim 23, further comprising:

receiving the image signal.

30. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 23.

25. A method for controlling a display system, the method comprising:

displaying, on a touch screen of a remote controller, a first manipulation user interface (UI) group comprising a shortcut key corresponding to a plurality of buttons;

in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the shortcut key, simultaneously displaying, on the touch screen, a part of the first manipulation UI group and a second manipulation UI group, the second manipulation UI group displaying the plurality of buttons corresponding to the shortcut key; and

displaying, by a display device, contents corresponding to a user'"'"'s input received from the remote controller and transmitting, to the remote controller, information related to the displayed contents.

26. The method according to claim 25, further comprising displaying, by the remote controller, a third manipulation UI group to control the contents displayed on the display device by combining the first and the second manipulation UI groups based on the transmitted information related to the contents displayed on the display device.

31. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 25.

27. A method of controlling a remote controller for controlling a display device, the method comprising:

receiving, by the remote controller, information related to contents displayed on the display device; and

displaying, on a touch screen of the remote controller, a manipulation user interface (UI) group corresponding to the contents according to the received information.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

displaying, on the touch screen, a shortcut key corresponding to a plurality of buttons; and

displaying, on the touch screen, another manipulation UI group comprising the plurality of buttons in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the shortcut key.

32. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 27.