DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND SERVER THEREOF

• US 20130035927A1
• Filed: 06/18/2012
• Published: 02/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHA, Tae-hwan, KIM, Jae-cheol, KIM, Jae-hwan, BAK, Eun-sang, CHAE, Ju-rack
• Application Number:
  US13/525,760
• Publication Number:
  US 20130035927A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads

Abstract

A display apparatus, a method of controlling the same, and a server thereof are provided, in which the display apparatus includes: a communication unit which communicates with a terminal via a conversation mode; a video processor which processes an image related to the conversation mode; a display unit which displays the image processed by the video processor; and a controller which controls the display unit to display a conversation graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a translation selection item and a conversation window for having a conversation with a user of the terminal if the conversation mode is selected, and provides a result from a translation of the conversation if the translation selection item is selected.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a communication unit which communicates with another party terminal having a conversation function;

a video processor which processes an image related to the conversation function to be displayed;

a display unit which displays the image processed by the video processor; and

a controller which controls the display unit to display a conversation graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a translation function selection item and a conversation window for having a conversation with a user of the other party terminal if the conversation function is selected by a user, and provides a result from translating the conversation if a user makes a request for translation through the translation function selection item.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conversation GUI further comprises a setting item for the translation function, and

the controller performs the settings for the translation function in accordance with an input received through the setting item, and provides the result from translating the conversation in accordance with the settings.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the settings for the translation function comprises settings for an improvement in accuracy of the translation.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the settings for the improvement in the accuracy of the translation comprises settings for at least one of a language, a situation and a topic of the conversation.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller performs the settings for the translation function with respect to each user of a plurality of other party terminals, and provides results from translating conversations with the users of the plurality of other party terminals in accordance with the settings.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the conversation GUI comprises a plurality of conversation windows corresponding to the plurality of other party terminals, and

the controller controls the translation results to correspond to the plurality of conversation windows, respectively.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller receives the translation result from an external server and provides the received translation result.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the conversation GUI further comprises a setting item for the translation function, and

the controller performs the settings for the translation function in accordance with an input through the setting item, and transmits the settings to the external server.

9. A method of controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:

selecting a function to have a conversation with a user of another party terminals;

displaying a conversation graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a translation function selection item and a conversation window for having a conversation with the user of the other party terminal; and

providing a result from translating the conversation if the translation function selection item is selected.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the conversation GUI further comprises a setting item for the translation function,

the method further comprises performing the settings for the translation function in accordance with an input through the setting item, and

the providing the result from the translating of the conversation comprises providing a result from translating the conversation in accordance with the settings.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the settings for the translation function comprises settings for an improvement in accuracy of the translation.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the settings for the improvement in the accuracy of the translation comprises settings for at least one of a language, a situation and a topic of the conversation.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the performing the settings comprises performing the settings for the translation function with respect to each user of a plurality of other party terminals, and

the providing the result from the translating the conversation comprises providing results from translating conversations with users of the plurality of other party terminals in accordance with the settings.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the conversation GUI comprises a plurality of conversation windows corresponding to the plurality of other party terminals, and

the providing the result from the translating the conversation comprises providing the translation results to correspond to the plurality of conversation windows, respectively.

15. The method according to claim 10, further comprising receiving the translation result from an external server, and

the providing the result from the translating the conversation comprises providing the received translation result.