IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME

• US 20120023524A1
• Filed: 12/16/2010
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: SUK, Jihe, OH, Hyojung
• Granted Patent: US 9,332,298 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/43
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00408 Display of information to the user, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00413 using menus, i.e. presenting the user with a plurality of selectable options H04N1/00464 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00416 Multi-level menus
• 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 21/4438 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 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

A multifunctional display device includes a processor to control display of at least one of a broadcast signal, data packets or signals from the remote controller. Also, a home screen includes a first area displaying a program, a second area displaying one or more card objects, and a third area having a prescribed number of applications. The home screen may be changed to display additional applications when an icon is selected using a remote controller.

Claims

1. A multifunctional display device, comprising:

a tuner configured to tune to a channel of a broadcast signal;

a network interface configure to receive data packets;

a display module;

a wireless interface to receive signals from a remote controller;

a storage device to store data;

a processor to control the display module based on at least one of a broadcast signal, data packets or signals from the remote controller, wherein a home screen is displayed on the display module and wherein;

a first area of the home screen displays a program received through a channel of the broadcast signal tuned by the tuner,

a second area of the home screen displaying a card object having one of a plurality of content providers providing content through the network interface, a plurality of downloadable applications, a plurality of channels of the broadcast channels, an electronic program guide or a plurality of stored media files,

a third area having a prescribed number of applications stored in the storage device and an icon for expanding the number of applications displayed on the display module to be greater than the prescribed number,

wherein the processor is configured to execute an instruction to change the home screen to display the prescribed number of applications and additional applications when the icon is selected using the remote controller.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the prescribed number of applications and the additional applications are downloaded from an application store via the network interface.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein an application bar including the prescribed number of applications and the icon are displayed in the third area.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to display an application screen on the display module when the icon is selected, and wherein the application screen comprises the additional applications and an application bar including the prescribed number of applications.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to execute an instruction to delete one of the applications in the application screen, an icon corresponding to the application to be deleted being dragged and dropped into a predetermined area of the application screen.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the deleted application corresponds to one of a content provider, a downloadable application, a channel, a program from the electronic program guide or a media file.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein said dragging and dropping is performed based on movement of a cursor moved by a cursor key.

8. The device of claim 5, wherein said dragging and dropping is performed based on a position signal from the remote controller.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one application in the third area is not changeable.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the icon is displayed to display one or more additional applications in the third area.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor executes an instruction to create a folder to organize at least one of the prescribed number of applications.

12. The device of claim 4, wherein the processor executes an instruction to create a folder to organize at least one of the prescribed number of applications or the additional applications.

13. The device of claim 4, wherein:

the application bar is displayed in a fourth area, and

a icon corresponding to one of the prescribed or additional applications is moved to the application bar based on a movement signal, wherein a blank space is displayed in place of a position where the icon corresponding to said one of the prescribed or additional applications was moved from.

14. The device of claim 1, wherein the icon is displayed for performing a function based on a voice input signal.

15. A multifunctional display device, comprising:

a tuner configured to tune to a channel of a broadcast signal;

a network interface configure to receive data packets;

a display module;

a wireless interface to receive signals from a remote controller;

a storage device to store data;

a processor to control the display module based on at least one of a broadcast signal, data packets or signals from the remote controller, wherein;

a first area displays a program received through a channel of the broadcast signal tuned by the tuner, and

a second area displays an application bar including one or more icons corresponding to at least one application, or including one or more icons corresponding to at least one of content provider providing content through the network interface, media file or broadcast channel.

16. The display device of claim 15, wherein the processor executes an instruction to move a position of the application bar relative to a screen of the display module displaying the program in the first area.

17. The display device of claim 16, wherein the position of the application bar is moved based on a signal received from a remote controller.

18. The display device of claim 15, wherein the application bar is displayed along a border region of a screen of the display module.

19. The display device of claim 15, wherein the application bar at a central region of a screen of the display module.

20. The display device of claim 15, wherein a third area is displayed containing one or more card objects, each card object including a plurality of applications identified by a selectable icon in the third area.