DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130050073A1
• Filed: 08/15/2012
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: BAE, Simon
• Granted Patent: US 9,106,944 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration

Abstract

A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes: a signal receiver which receives an input signal corresponding to a user'"'"'s input, from at least one of a plurality of input devices receiving the user'"'"'s input; a display unit which displays thereon information on the plurality of input devices; and a controller which identifies whether the plurality of input devices are capable of receiving the user'"'"'s input, and displays on the display unit connection information displaying at least one of the plurality of input devices which is capable of receiving the user'"'"'s input. Accordingly, information on a plurality of input devices which are capable of controlling the display apparatus are displayed on the apparatus.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a signal receiver which receives an input signal corresponding to a user'"'"'s input, from at least one of a plurality of input devices capable of controlling the display apparatus through the user'"'"'s input;

a display unit which displays thereon information on the plurality of input devices; and

a controller which identifies whether the plurality of input devices are capable of controlling the display apparatus through the user'"'"'s input, and displays on the display unit connection information displaying at least one of the plurality of input devices which is capable of controlling the display apparatus through the user'"'"'s input.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connection information comprises a plurality of user interface (UI) objects corresponding to each of the plurality of input devices, and the controller displays on the display unit a UI object corresponding to the input device capable of controlling the display apparatus through the user'"'"'s input differently from the remaining plurality of UI objects.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller displays on the display unit the UI object corresponding to the input device capable of controlling the display apparatus through the user'"'"'s input differently from the remaining UI objects when the connection of the input devices is commenced and when the connection of the input devices is ended.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the UI object is displayed as one of an icon and a text.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connection information comprises information on a communication method between the plurality of input devices and the signal receiver.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of input devices comprise one of a voice recognition device and a motion recognition device.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the connection information comprises command information on either a voice or a motion corresponding to a particular input command.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the signal receiver receives an input signal from the input devices by one of communication methods comprising Bluetooth, Wifi, Ethernet and Zigbee.

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

receiving an input signal corresponding to a user'"'"'s input, from at least one of a plurality of input devices which is capable of controlling the display apparatus through the user'"'"'s input; and

displaying connection information which displays the at least one of the plurality of input devices which is capable of controlling the display apparatus through the user'"'"'s input.

10. The control method according to claim 9, further comprising identifying whether the plurality of input devices are capable of controlling the display apparatus through the user'"'"'s input.

11. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the displaying the connection information comprises displaying a plurality of user interface (UI) objects corresponding to each of the plurality of input devices, and displaying a UI object corresponding to the input device capable of controlling the display apparatus through the user'"'"'s input differently from among the remaining plurality of UI objects.

12. The control method according to claim 11, wherein the UI object corresponding to the input device capable of controlling the display apparatus is displayed differently from the remaining plurality of UI objects when the connection of the input device is commenced and when the connection of the input device is ended.

13. The control method according to claim 12, wherein the UI object corresponding to the input device is displayed as one of an icon and a text.

14. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the connection information comprises information on a communication method for the plurality of input devices.

15. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of input devices comprise one of a voice recognition device and a motion recognition device.

16. The control method according to claim 15, wherein the connection information comprises command information on one of a voice and a motion corresponding to a particular input command.

17. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the display apparatus receives an input signal from the plurality of input devices by one of communication methods comprising Bluetooth, Wifi, Ethernet and Zigbee.

18. A display apparatus comprising:

a controller which searches for a plurality of input devices capable of transmitting an input signal to the display apparatus, and which identifies which of the plurality of searched input devices are capable of controlling the display apparatus through a user'"'"'s input;

a display unit which displays thereon connection information of the plurality of input devices; and

a signal receiver which receives the input signal from at least one of the plurality of input devices capable of controlling the display apparatus through the user'"'"'s input.

19. The display apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the controller displays on the display unit the connection information which comprises a plurality of user interface (UI) objects corresponding to each of the plurality of input devices, and a UI object corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of input device capable of controlling the display apparatus through the user'"'"'s input is displayed differently from the remaining plurality of UI objects.