METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING DISPLAY SCREEN, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20120176543A1
• Filed: 12/20/2011
• Published: 07/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: JEONG, Youngho
• Application Number:
  US13/330,897
• Publication Number:
  US 20120176543A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/563
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Disclosed herein are an image display device capable of improving user convenience and a method of operating the same. The method includes displaying a first list including execution menu items of available applications and functions of the image display device, displaying a predetermined region of a display screen as a mapping region of the execution menu items included in the first list, receiving a mapping signal for mapping the execution menu items included in the first list to the mapping region, and storing user interface setting information based on the received mapping signal. Accordingly, it is possible to retrieve various menus simply moving a pointer and readily and conveniently perform a desired operation in the image display device.

Claims

1. A method of setting a user interface of an image display device, the method comprising:

receiving a user interface setting signal;

displaying a first list including execution menu items of available applications and functions of the image display device;

displaying a predetermined region of a display screen as a mapping region of the execution menu items included in the first list;

receiving a mapping signal for mapping the execution menu items included in the first list to the mapping region; and

storing user interface setting information based on the received mapping signal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying of the predetermined region of the display screen as the mapping region of the execution menu items included in the first list includes displaying the mapping region including a first region including an upper side of the display screen, a second region including a left side of the display screen, a third region including a right side of the display screen and a fourth region including a lower side of the display screen.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

detecting whether a predetermined pointer moves any one of sides of the display screen; and

executing a function or application of an execution menu item mapped to the side, to which the pointer moves, if it is detected that the predetermined pointer moves.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the executing of the function or the application includes scrolling and displaying an execution screen of the function or application from the side, to which the pointer moves.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving of the mapping signal includes:

moving a specific execution menu item among the execution menu items included in the first list to the mapping region through a predetermined pointer; and

mapping the specific execution menu item to the mapping region.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the moving the specific execution menu item includes recognizing that the specific execution menu item moves for mapping to the mapping region, only when a movement speed or acceleration of the pointer is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying of the first list includes, if a predetermined application or function is being executed, displaying the first list including an execution menu item of the application or function which is being executed.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the storing of the user interface setting information includes:

recognizing a user who is currently controlling the image display device; and

storing the user interface setting information on a user basis based on the user recognition result.

9. The method according to claim 2, wherein the storing of the user interface setting information includes mapping user accounts of different email services to the first to fourth regions, if the execution menu item is an email service.

10. An image display device for setting a user interface, comprising:

a display configured to display content received by the image display device and a pointer for controlling the image display device;

a user interface configured to receive a movement signal and a control signal of the pointer;

a user interface setting unit configured to store a user interface setting matter; and

a controller configured to display a first list including execution menu items of available applications and function of the image display device, display a predetermined region of a display screen as a mapping region of the execution menu items included in the first list, and receive a mapping signal for mapping the execution menu items included in the first list to the mapping region, if a user interface setting signal is received.

11. The image display device according to claim 10, wherein the display displays the mapping region including a first region including an upper side of the display screen, a second region including a left side of the display screen, a third region including a right side of the display screen and a fourth region including a lower side of the display screen.

12. The image display device according to claim 11, wherein the controller detects whether a predetermined pointer moves any one of sides of the display screen, and executes a function or application of an execution menu item mapped to the side, to which the pointer moves, if it is detected that the predetermined pointer moves.

13. The image display device according to claim 12, wherein the controller scrolls and displays an execution screen of the function or application from the side, to which the pointer moves.

14. The image display device according to claim 10, wherein the controller receives a movement signal for moving a specific execution menu item among the execution menu items included in the first list to the mapping region through the pointer, and maps the specific execution menu item to the mapping region.

15. The image display device according to claim 10, wherein the controller recognizes that the specific execution menu item moves for mapping to the mapping region, only when a movement speed or acceleration of the pointer is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.

16. The image display device according to claim 10, wherein the controller displays the first list including an execution menu item of a predetermined application or function which is being executed, if the user interface setting signal is received in a state in which the predetermined application or function is being executed.

17. The image display device according to claim 10, further comprising a user recognizer configured to recognize a user who is currently controlling the image display device,

wherein the user interface setting unit stores the user interface setting information on a user basis based on the user recognition result.

18. The image display device according to claim 10, wherein the controller maps user accounts of different email services to the first to fourth regions, if the execution menu item is an email service.