TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION USING THE SAME

• US 20120069050A1
• Filed: 09/14/2011
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: PARK, Heeyeon, Joo, Yeonjoo, Park, Sunju
• Application Number:
  US13/232,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20120069050A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/632
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/434 using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/436 using biological or physiological data of a human being, e.g. blood pressure, facial expression, gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for detecting an object includes receiving, on a transparent display, object selection information, determining an eye direction associated with the received object selection information, selecting at least one object displayed within a region of the transparent display defined by the received object selection information based on the determined eye direction, acquiring information on the selected object, and displaying the acquired information on the transparent display.

Claims

1. A method for detecting an object, comprising:

receiving, on a transparent display, object selection information;

determining an eye direction associated with the received object selection information;

selecting at least one object displayed within a region of the transparent display defined by the received object selection information based on the determined eye direction;

acquiring information on the selected object; and

displaying the acquired information on the transparent display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the object selection information comprises:

detecting a down event at a first location on the transparent display; and

detecting an up event at a second location on the transparent display,

wherein the region includes the first and second locations on the transparent display.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the object selection information comprises at least one of an image, object name or object property.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a mark to highlight a shape of the selected object is displayed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the acquiring the information on the selected object comprises:

transmitting to a server a request for searching the information on the selected object; and

receiving a search result from the server,

wherein the information on the selected object includes at least one of an image or location information of the detected object.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the acquiring the information on the selected object comprises:

searching an object associated with the selected objected from a storage;

comparing the selected object with a searched object; and

reading and acquiring information of the searched object when the detected object and the searched object are identical, the information of the searched object corresponding to the information on the selected object.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected object comprises at least one of a human, animal, thing, vehicle, building or natural thing.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information on the selected object comprises at least one of an object name, object kind information, object history information, object appearance information, object weight information, location information of the object or a detailed explanation of the object.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed information is moved according to a recognized gesture.

10. A transparent display device, comprising:

a transparent display; and

a controller configured to receive object selection information, to determine an eye direction associated with the received object selection information, to select at lest one object displayed within a region of the transparent display defined by the received object selection information based on the determined eye direction, to acquire information on the selected object, and to control the transparent display to display the acquired information.

11. The transparent display device of claim 10, wherein the controller detects a down event at a first location on the transparent display and an up event at a second location on the transparent display, wherein the region includes the first and second locations on the transparent display.

12. The transparent display device of claim 10, wherein the object selection information comprises at least one of an image, an object name or an object property.

13. The transparent display device of claim 10, wherein the controller controls the transparent display to display a mark to highlight a shape of the selected object.

14. The transparent display device of claim 10, wherein the controller transmits to a server a search requesting signal for requesting search of the information on the selected object, and controls a search result to be received from the server, and the information on the selected object includes at least one of an image or location information of the detected object.

15. The transparent display device of claim 10, wherein the controller searches an object associated with the selected objected from a storage, compares the selected object with a searched object, and reads and acquires information of the searched object when the detected object and the searched object are identical, and the information of the searched object corresponds to the information on the selected object.

16. The transparent display device of claim 10, wherein the displayed information is moved according to a recognized gesture.

17. A method for providing region information comprising:

selecting an area of a background seen via a transparent display;

displaying, on the transparent display, a photographed image of the selected area and at least one menu;

selecting a menu from the displayed at least one menu; and

displaying, on the transparent display, a screen related to the selected menu,

wherein the displayed screen includes a map of the selected area.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the selecting the area comprises:

detecting a down event at a first location on the transparent display;

detecting an up event at a second location on the transparent display;

determining an eye direction within a region of the transparent display including the first and second locations; and

selecting the region including the first and second locations,

wherein the region is indicated by a mark.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving a moving command to move the mark to a specific area of the background seen via the transparent display;

selecting the specific area corresponding to the moving command; and

displaying, on the transparent display, a photographed image of the specific area and the at least one menu.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the displayed information is moved according to a recognized gesture.