IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME

• US 20120120316A1
• Filed: 03/09/2011
• Published: 05/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Changgi
• Granted Patent: US 8,490,137 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/564
• 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 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• 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 21/4751 for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time

Abstract

An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed. An image display apparatus as embodied and broadly disclosed herein may include a video image displayed in a first area of the display module. A first and second card objects may be displayed in a second and third areas of the display module. The first and second card objects may include at least one link for connecting to a content provider or to a storage device or at least one link for retrieving the video image. The first or second card objects may be scrolled across the display module to cause a third card object to be scrolled onto the display. The third card object may be displayed in the second or third areas of the display if the third card object is scrolled onto the display module a prescribed amount.

Claims

1. A multifunctional display apparatus, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a video 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 configured to control the display module based on a signal from the remote controller, wherein

a video image received from the video signal is displayed in a first area of the display module,

a first card object is displayed in a second area of the display module and a second card object is displayed in a third area of the display module, the first and second card objects including at least one link for connecting to a content provider or to a storage device or at least one link for retrieving the video image, and

the first or second card objects are scrolled across the display module to cause a third card object to be scrolled onto the display, the third card object being displayed in the second or third areas of the display if the third card object is scrolled onto the display module a prescribed amount.

2. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when the third card object is scrolled onto the display module the prescribed amount, the third card object is displayed in the second area of the display and a fourth card object is displayed in the third area of the display.

3. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first and second card objects are scrolled off the display module as the third and fourth card objects are scrolled into the second and third areas of the display such that the first and second card objects are no longer displayed.

4. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when the third card object is scrolled onto the display module the prescribed amount, the second card object is scrolled into the second area of the display and the third card object is scrolled into the third area of the display module.

5. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the prescribed amount is a prescribed distance or a prescribed area.

6. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 5, wherein the prescribed distance is half of a width of the third card object and the prescribed area is half of an area of the third card object.

7. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the prescribed amount is prestored in a preference setting of the multifunctional display device.

8. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 1, wherein an input to scroll the second card object causes the first and third card objects to be scrolled on the display with the second card object.

9. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the video image displayed in the first area of the display module is configured to be fixed on the display such that the video image is not moved when the first or second card object is scrolled across the display.

10. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first card object is configured to be fixed on the display such that the first card object is not moved when the second card object is scrolled across the display.

11. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to reduce the size of the first area for displaying the video image, wherein the reducing the size of the first area reconfigures the display module to include a third area on the display module for displaying an additional card object.

12. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input is a click and drag input to move the first card object across the display a first distance.

13. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first card object is scrolled using a pointer controlled by the remote controller.

14. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the remote controller includes a sensor to detect a motion of the remote controller, and wherein the pointer is configured to move on the display module to correspond to the movement of the remote controller.

15. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first card object is scrolled across the display in a vertical or horizontal direction on the display.

16. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one link for connecting to a content provider or to a storage device includes a URL configured to retrieve a multimedia content stored on the content server.

17. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one link to retrieve the video signal corresponds to a channel in a broadcast signal, and wherein a selection of the at least one link tunes the receiver to the channel.

18. The multifunctional display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the video image displayed in the area 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.

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

displaying a video image in a first area of the display;

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

displaying a second card object in a third area of the display, the second card object having at least one link to tune to one or more channels of a broadcast signal or a network;

scrolling the first or second card objects across the display, wherein the scrolling the first or second card objects causes a third card object to be scrolled onto the display; and

displaying the third card object in the third area of the display if the fourth card object is scrolled onto the display a prescribed amount, and displaying the second card object in the second area of the display.

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

displaying a video image on the display;

changing the displayed image to display a multifunctional menu screen on the display, wherein the multifunctional menu screen includes a first area configured to display a scaled image of the video image, a second area configured to display a plurality of application icons, and a third area configured to display a plurality of card objects that includes one or more links for connecting to a content server or to a storage device or for tuning the multifunctional display device to one or more channels of a broadcast signal;

receiving an input from a motion sensing remote controller to scroll one of the displayed card objects by a prescribed amount; and

scrolling a plurality of additional card objects onto the display to replace the plurality of displayed card objects in response to the input to scroll the one card object,

wherein the scaled image displayed in the first area and the plurality of icons displayed in the second area remain stationary while the card objects are scrolled in the third area.