DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120262371A1
• Filed: 04/12/2012
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Cancer Advocacy Network, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHOI, Sung-wook, LEE, Hye-jeong, LEE, Hee-ran, SONG, In-jee, SHIN, Seung-min
• Application Number:
  US13/445,537
• Publication Number:
  US 20120262371A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/157
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4424 Monitoring of the internal components or processes of the client device, e.g. CPU or memory load, processing speed, timer, counter or percentage of the hard disk space used error monitoring in general G06F11/30; arrangements for monitoring conditions of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/32; diagnosis, testing or measuring for television receivers H04N17/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4432 Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server resetting in general G06F1/14; program loading or initiating in general G06F9/445; bootstrapping in general G06F9/4401; secure boots of computer platforms G06F21/57
• 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 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

Provided are a display apparatus and a control method thereof. The display apparatus includes: a display unit; a video processor which processes an image to be displayed on the display unit; a storage unit which stores status information related to at least one of a structure and a function of the display apparatus; and a controller which, when an event for performing a process including a plurality of sequential steps occurs, controls the video processor so that a plurality of user interface (UI) images for setting up the plurality of sequential steps are displayed in correspondence with the steps on the display unit, wherein the controller controls a UI image corresponding to a first step among the plurality of sequential steps to include at least one of setup guide information for the first step and guide information for a second step following the first step according to current status information.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a video processor which processes an image for display on the display unit;

a storage unit which stores status information related to at least one of a structure and a function of the display apparatus; and

a controller which, in response to an event for performing a process comprising a plurality of sequential steps, controls the video processor so that a plurality of user interface (UI) images for setting up the plurality of sequential steps are sequentially displayed, on the display unit, in correspondence with the plurality of sequential steps,

wherein the controller controls a UI image, among the plurality of UI images, corresponding to a first step among the plurality of sequential steps to comprise at least one of setup guide information for the first step and guide information for a second step sequentially following the first step according to current status information.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller skips over the second step after the first step in performing the process and displays a UI image corresponding to a third step sequentially following the second step if a setup status in the second step for implementing the process is equal to a current status of the display apparatus.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

the storage unit stores use pattern information of a user with respect to the display apparatus; and

the controller determines whether the setup status in the second step is equal to the current status of the display apparatus according to at least one of the use pattern information and the status information stored in the storage unit.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setup guide information for the first step comprises an emphasis on a setup item or a selection item in the UI image to implement the process.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the emphasis on the setup item or the selection item comprises at least one of highlighting the setup item or the selection item, automatically moving a pointer to the setup item or the selection item, and causing the setup item or the selection item to flicker.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide information for the second step comprises a message window comprising a description about at least one of a content and a setup method of the second step.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller displays a lump-proceeding UI image that provides a setup for the plurality of sequential steps to be individually implemented in response to the event of performing the process, and performs the plurality of sequential steps in a lump in accordance with the setup through the lump-proceeding UI image.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the storage unit stores a user'"'"'s use pattern information with respect to the display apparatus; and

the controller determines a recommendation setup for each step based on at least one of the use pattern information and the status information stored in the storage unit, and displays the determined recommendation setup as a default value of each step in the lump-proceeding UI image.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a user input unit for generating the event for performing the process.

10. A control method of a display apparatus, the method comprising:

generating an event for performing a process comprising a plurality of sequential steps; and

displaying, in sequence corresponding to the respective plurality of sequential steps, a plurality of user interface (UI) images for setup of the plurality of sequential steps,

wherein a UI image, among the plurality of UI images, corresponding to a first step among the plurality of sequential steps comprises at least one of setup guide information for the first step and guide information for a second step sequentially following the first step according to current status information of the display apparatus.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the displaying the plurality of UI images comprises skipping over the second step after the first step and displaying a UI image corresponding to a third step sequentially following the second step if a setup status in the second step for implementing the process is equal to a current status of the display apparatus.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the displaying the UI image corresponding to the third step comprises determining whether the setup status in the second step is equal to the current status of the display apparatus according to at least one of use pattern information of a user with respect to the display apparatus and the current status information about the display apparatus.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the setup guide information for the first step comprises an emphasis on a setup item or a selection item in the UI image to implement the process.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the emphasis on the setup item or the selection item comprises at least one of highlighting the setup item or the selection item, automatically moving a pointer to the setup item or the selection item, and causing the setup item or the selection item to flicker.

15. The method according to claim 10, wherein the guide information for the second step comprises a message window comprising a description about at least one of a content and a setup method of the second step.

16. The method according to claim 10, wherein the displaying the UI image comprises:

displaying a lump-proceeding UI image that provides a setup for the plurality of sequential steps to be individually implemented; and

performing the plurality of sequential steps in a lump in accordance with the setup through the lump-proceeding UI image.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the displaying the lump-proceeding UI image comprises:

determining a recommendation setup for each step based on at least one of the use pattern information and the current status information of the display apparatus; and

displaying the determined recommendation setup as a default value of each step in the lump-proceeding UI image.

18. A control method of an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:

generating an event for performing a process comprising a plurality of sequential steps; and

outputting, in sequence corresponding to the plurality of sequential steps, a plurality of user interface (UI) images for setup of the plurality of sequential steps,

wherein a UI image, among the plurality of UI images, corresponding to a first step among the plurality of sequential steps comprises setup guide information for the first step according to current status information.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the current status information relates to at least one of a structure and a function of the image processing apparatus or at least one of a structure and a function of a display apparatus that displays the plurality of UI images.

20. The method according to claim 18, wherein the outputting the plurality of UI images comprises skipping over a second step after the first step and displaying a UI image corresponding to a third step sequentially following the second step if a setup status in the second step for implementing the process is equal to a current status.

21. The method according to claim 18, wherein the setup guide information for the first step comprises a message window comprising a description about at least one of a content and a setup method of the first step.

22. The method according to claim 18, wherein the outputting the UI image comprises:

outputting a lump-proceeding UI image that provides a setup for the plurality of sequential steps to be individually implemented; and

performing the plurality of sequential steps in a lump in accordance with the setup through the lump-proceeding UI image.

23. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a video processor which processes an image for output; and

a controller which, in response to an event for performing a process comprising a plurality of sequential steps, controls the video processor so that a plurality of user interface (UI) images for setting up the plurality of sequential steps are output for sequential display in correspondence with the plurality of sequential steps,

wherein the controller controls a UI image, among the plurality of UI images, corresponding to a first step among the plurality of sequential steps to comprise setup guide information for the first step according to current status information.