DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS IN PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20130050230A1
• Filed: 08/23/2012
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Jin, Kim, Min-Ji, JEONG, Yong-Soo
• Granted Patent: US 10,430,141 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/522
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1438 using more than one graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/04 Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/06 Consumer Electronics Control, i.e. control of another device by a display or vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/10 Use of a protocol of communication by packets in interfaces along the display data pipeline
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

A display method and apparatus of a portable terminal are provided. A given application is executed on the portable terminal and the executed application is entered into a division mode. At least one device other than the portable terminal is set to output at least one of a plurality of layers of the executed application. The at least one layer is transmitted to the at least one device.

Claims

1. A display method in a portable terminal, the display method comprising the steps of:

executing a given application on the portable terminal and entering the executed application into a division mode;

setting at least one device other than the portable terminal to output at least one of a plurality of layers of the executed application; and

transmitting the at least one layer to the at least one device.

2. The display method as claimed in claim 1, wherein entering the executed application into the division mode comprises:

when the executed application supports the division mode, confirming with a user of the portable terminal whether to enter the division mode; and

entering the executed application into the division mode, when confirmed by the user of the portable terminal.

3. The display method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of layers comprise On Screen Display (OSD) layers.

4. The display method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising displaying the at least one of the plurality of OSD layers transmitted from the portable terminal by the at least one device.

5. The display method as claimed in claim 3, wherein setting at least one device comprises:

displaying the plurality of OSD layers of the executed application on the portable terminal, and searching for and displaying different devices around the portable terminal, which support the division mode; and

selecting the at least one OSD layer to be output in the at least one device from the searched different devices from among the plurality of OSD layers of the executed application.

6. The display method as claimed in claim 3, wherein setting at least one different device comprises:

displaying the plurality of OSD layers of the executed application on the portable terminal, and searching for and displaying different devices around the portable terminal, which support the division mode; and

automatically selecting an uppermost OSD layer of the plurality of OSD layers of the executed application as the at least one OSD layer to be displayed in the at least one device having a largest display screen among the searched different devices.

7. The display method as claimed in claim 3, wherein, remaining OSD layers from the plurality of OSD layers, excluding the at least one OSD layer set for the at least one device, are automatically set for the portable terminal.

8. The display method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising, upon detecting user input through one of the plurality of OSD layers, updating the at least one OSD layer set for the at least one device based on the detected user inputs, and transmitting the updated at least one OSD layer to the at least one devices.

9. The display method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising receiving and displaying the updated at least one OSD layer at the at least one device.

10. The display method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising, when the at least one OSD layer set for the at least one device is updated according to operations of the executed application, transmitting the updated at least one OSD layer set for the at least one device to the at least one device.

11. The display method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising receiving and displaying the updated at least one OSD layer set for the at least one device at the at least one device.

12. A display apparatus in a portable terminal, the display apparatus comprising:

a controller for controlling the portable terminal such that when a given application is executed on the portable terminal and enters a division mode, at least one device other than the portable terminal is set to output at least one of a plurality of layers of the executed application, and the at least one layer is transmitted to the at least one device.

13. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein, when the executed application supports the division mode, the controller confirms with a user of the portable terminal whether to enter the division mode, and performs control such that the executed application enters the division mode when confirmed by the user of the portable terminal.

14. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the plurality of layers comprise On Screen Display (OSD) layers.

15. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the at least one device displays the transmitted at least one OSD layer.

16. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the controller performs control such that the plurality of OSD layers of the executed application are displayed on the portable terminal, different devices around the portable terminal, which support the division mode, are searched for and displayed, that at least one OSD layer to be output in the at least one device from the searched different devices is selected from among the plurality of OSD layers of the executed application, and that at least one device in which to output the at least one OSD layer is set.

17. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the controller performs control such that the plurality of OSD layers of the executed application are displayed on the portable terminal, different devices around the portable terminal, which support the division mode, are searched for and displayed, and an uppermost OSD layer of the plurality of OSD layers of the executed application is automatically selected as the at least one OSD layer to be displayed in the at least one device having a largest display screen among the searched different devices.

18. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the controller performs control such that remaining OSD layers from the plurality of OSD layers, excluding the at least one OSD layer set for the at least one device are automatically set for the portable terminal.

19. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein, upon detecting user input through the one of the plurality of OSD layers, the controller performs control such that the at least one OSD layer set for the at least one device is updated based on the detected user inputs, and the updated at least one OSD layer is transmitted to the at least one device.

20. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the at least one device receives and displays the updated at least one OSD layer.

21. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein, when the at least one OSD layer set for the at least one device is updated according to operations of the executed application, the controller performs control such that the updated at least one OSD layer set for the at least one device is transmitted to the at least one device.

22. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 21, wherein the at least one device receives and displays the updated at least one OSD layer set for the at least one device.