IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME

• US 20120054794A1
• Filed: 03/09/2011
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jongseok, Kim, Jaeuk
• Granted Patent: US 8,572,653 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/38
• 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: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• 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 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4823 using a channel name
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8545 for generating interactive applications

Abstract

A multifunctional display device and a method of controlling the same are disclosed herein. The method may include displaying a first card object in a first area of the display, displaying a second card object in a second area of the display, and partially displaying a third card object in a third area of the display to indicate that additional card objects are available for display. The first card object may be configured to display a video image and the second card object may have at least one link for connecting to a server. Based on a request to change the displayed card objects, the third card object may be displayed in the second area of the display and a fourth card object may be partially displayed in the third area of the display.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a display on a multifunctional display device, comprising:

displaying a first card object in a first area of the display, the first card object configured to display a video image;

displaying a second card object in a second area of the display, the second card object having at least one link for connecting to a content provider or to a storage device;

displaying a third card object in a third area of the display such that the third card object is partially displayed on the display;

receiving a request to change the displayed card objects; and

displaying, in response to the request, the third card object in the second area of the display and partially displaying a fourth card object in the third area of the display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a width of the partially displayed portion of the third or fourth card object is less than a width of a hidden portion of the third or fourth card object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the third area of the display is positioned at an outside edge of the display such that the partially displayed portion of the third or fourth card object is displayed at the outside edge of the display.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second area of the display is positioned adjacent to the first area of the display, and the third area is positioned adjacent to the second area opposite the first area.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the third card object in the second area of the display includes partially displaying the second card object in a fourth area of the display, the fourth area positioned between the first area and the second area.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein a selection of the second card object displayed in the fourth area of the display causes the second card object to be displayed in the second area of the display and the third card object to be partially displayed in the third area of the display.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein displaying the third card object in the second area of the display includes scrolling the third card object across the display from the third area to the second area and scrolling the second card object across the display from the second area to the fourth area.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one link includes a URL configured to retrieve a multimedia content stored on the content server.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one link corresponds to a channel in a broadcast signal, and wherein a selection the at least one link tunes a tuner in the multifunctional display device to the channel.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one link is an icon.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the third card object includes at least one thumbnail corresponding to at least one of a broadcast content, content stored on the content server, or content stored on the storage device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one thumbnail includes a still image or a video image representative of the corresponding content.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein a selection of the at least one thumbnail causes the at least one of a broadcast content, content stored on the content server, or content stored on the storage device to be retrieved for display on the display.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the displayed content is displayed as a full screen image on the display.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein, if the thumbnail corresponds to a video content, the video content is displayed in the first card object.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the video image displayed in the first card object is at least one of a broadcast video received at a tuner provided in the multifunctional display device, a streaming video received at a network interface provided in the multifunctional display device, or a video stored on a storage device provided in the multifunctional display device.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein

the receiving the request to change the displayed card objects includes detecting a selection of the third card object displayed in the third area of the display,

the third card object being selected using a cursor on the display that is controlled by a motion sensing remote controller.

18. A multifunctional display apparatus, comprising:

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

a network interface configured to receive data packets;

a display module;

a wireless input interface to receive signals from a remote controller;

a storage device to store data; and

a processor to control the display module based on a signal from the remote controller, wherein;

a first area of the display module displays a first card object configured to display a video received through a channel of the broadcast signal tuned by the tuner,

a second area of the display module displays a second card object having at least one link configured to access a content server or a local storage device, and

a third area of the display module partially displays a third card object, and wherein

the signal from the remote controller causes the processor to control the display module to display the third card object in the second area of the display module and partially display a fourth card object in the third area of the display module.

19. A method of controlling a display on a multifunctional display device, comprising:

displaying at least one first icon in a first area of the display;

displaying at least one second icon in a second area of the display such that the second icon is partially displayed on the display, wherein the at least one first and second icons include at least one link for connecting to a server or to a storage device;

receiving a selection of the at least one second icon;

scrolling, in response to the selection, the at least one first icon out of the first area and scrolling the at least one second icon into the first area of the display; and

partially displaying at least one third icon in the second area of the display.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein

selecting an icon displayed in the first area causes the multifunctional display device to retrieve a corresponding content for display on the display, and

selecting an icon displayed in the second area causes the multifunctional display device to replace a displayed icon with a hidden icon.