DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20130335453A1
• Filed: 10/31/2012
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lim, Sang-Hyun, Ahn, Sung-Sang
• Granted Patent: US 9,190,029 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/661
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03 Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/042 by opto-electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/373 for modifying the size of the graphic pattern

Abstract

A display apparatus including: a display unit for displaying image data in a first display region of the display unit; a motion sensor for sensing a motion of a user; and a display controller for controlling the display unit to divide the first display region into a bezel display region and a second display region according to the motion of the user sensed by the motion sensor, for displaying variable bezel image data in the bezel display region, for scaling the image data so as to correspond to the second display region, and for displaying the scaled image data in the second display region.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display unit configured to display image data in a first display region of the display unit;

a motion sensor configured to sense a motion of a user; and

a display controller configured to control the display unit to divide the first display region into a bezel display region and a second display region according to the motion of the user sensed by the motion sensor, to display variable bezel image data in the bezel display region, to scale the image data configured to be displayed in the first display region so as to correspond to the second display region, and to display the scaled image data in the second display region.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a case at a rim of the display unit,

wherein the motion sensor comprises a touch sensor at at least one of the display unit or the case.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2,

further comprising a processor that is electrically coupled to the display controller, and is configured to transmit the image data to the display controller and to control the display apparatus to stop an operation of the touch sensor in the bezel display region of the first display region.

4. The display apparatus of claim 2,

wherein, when the user touches the touch sensor for a first time period, the display controller is configured to control the display unit to form the bezel display region at a portion of the first display region that corresponds to where the user touched the touch sensor.

5. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the display controller comprises:

a timing controller configured to define the bezel display region in which the variable bezel image data is displayed according to the motion of the user sensed by the motion sensor; and

a scaler configured to receive the image data from an external device, and to scale the image data so as to correspond to the first display region or the second display region.

6. The display apparatus of claim 2,

wherein, when a signal is generated in at least two or more portions of the touch sensor, the display controller is configured to control the display unit to display the bezel display region and the second display region.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the motion sensor comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a proximity sensor, a thermal sensor, an infrared ray (IR) sensor, and a photosensor.

8. The display apparatus of claim 7,

wherein, when it is determined by the motion sensor that a body part of the user touches the display unit, the display controller is configured to control the display unit to display the bezel display region and the second display region.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8,

wherein, when a signal is sensed by the motion sensor for a second time period, the display controller is configured to control the display unit to display the bezel display region and the second display region.

10. The display apparatus of claim 7,

wherein the motion sensor is at a side surface of the display unit.

11. The display apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the motion sensor comprises a gyro sensor that senses a plurality of inclinations of the display unit.

12. The display apparatus of claim 11,

wherein the display controller is configured to control the display unit to display the bezel display region in a portion of the display region in which an inclination among the inclinations measured by the gyro sensor is a minimum inclination.

13. The display apparatus of claim 1,

wherein, when it is determined that the motion has been stopped, the display controller is configured to control the display unit to stop displaying the bezel display region.

14. The display apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the display controller is configured to control the display unit to display an input unit for receiving an input signal from the user in the bezel display region.

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

sensing a motion of a user;

dividing a first display region of a display unit into a bezel display region, in which a variable bezel is to be formed, and a second display region, in which image data is to be displayed, according to the sensed motion;

scaling the image data so as to correspond to the second display region;

displaying the scaled image data in the second display region; and

displaying variable bezel data in the bezel display region.

16. The method of claim 15,

wherein the motion comprises at least one of a motion of grasping the display unit, a motion of accessing the display unit, a motion of touching at least two or more portions of the display unit or a case, and a motion of shaking or inclining the display unit.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising, when the motion has stopped, stop displaying the variable bezel data and start displaying the image data in the first display region.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising displaying an input unit for receiving an input signal from the user in the bezel display region.