IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20140267097A1
• Filed: 10/01/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: CHOI, Dongwon, HWANG, Sunjung, KIM, Namhun, PARK, Junghoon, LEE, Cheonhee
• Granted Patent: US 9,134,846 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/026 Video wall, i.e. juxtaposition of a plurality of screens to create a display screen of bigger dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0232 Special driving of display border areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/04 Changes in size, position or resolution of an image
• 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 2380/02 Flexible displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06

Abstract

An image display apparatus includes a display defined by a front surface for outputting screen information and a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and a bezel part formed along edges of the display, wherein the display includes a plane portion configured to output at least part of the screen information, and at least one bent portion integrally formed with the plane portion and bent from an edge of the plane portion by a preset angle, the at least one bent portion outputting at least one of a part of the screen information and a preset image.

Claims

1. An image display apparatus comprising:

a display defined by a front surface for outputting screen information and a rear surface opposite to the front surface; and

a bezel part formed along edges of the display,

wherein the display comprises;

a plane portion configured to output at least part of the screen information; and

at least one bent portion integrally formed with the plane portion and bent from an edge of the plane portion by a preset angle, the at least one bent portion outputting at least one of a part of the screen information and a preset image.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a front surface of the bent portion is a curved surface or a flat surface.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a case connected to the bezel part and covering the rear surface of the display; and

a fixing unit protruding from the case to fix the image display apparatus,

wherein the bent portion is bent toward the rear surface of the display, and

wherein a distance from the plane portion to an end of the fixing unit is the same as a distance from the plane portion to an edge of the bent portion.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a width of the bent portion is less than ⅙

of a width of the plane portion.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:

a controller configured to receive a control command input by a user, and configured to control the display to output a control image corresponding to the control command; and

an audio output unit configured to output sound,

wherein the controller controls the display to output a control image corresponding to the sound on the bent portion.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the control image corresponding to the sound is output in a different shape according to the volume of the sound.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the controller restricts the output of the control image on the bent portion in a mute state that the sound output is restricted.

8. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:

a controller configured to receive a control command input by a user, and configured to control the display to output a control image corresponding to the control command; and

a microphone configured to sense a user'"'"'s voice for controlling the display,

wherein the controller controls the display to output the control image on the bent portion based on the voice.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the plane portion is formed by an upper edge, a lower edge and left and right edges, and the bent portion is formed on the lower edge.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a touch sensing unit formed in the bent portion and configured to sense a user'"'"'s touch input,

wherein the controller controls the display to output at least one graphic image on the bent portion, a touch input being applied onto the graphic image.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a distance sensing unit formed in the display and configured to sense a distance with the user,

wherein the controller controls the display to output the graphic image on the bent portion when the distance sensing unit senses that the user is located within a preset range.

12. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:

a controller configured to receive a control command input by a user, and control the display to output a control image corresponding to the control command; and

a sensing unit formed adjacent to the display and configured to sense a user'"'"'s location based on the display,

wherein the controller controls the display to output the screen information on at least one of the at least one bent portion and the plane portion based on the user'"'"'s location sensed by the sensing unit.

13. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:

a controller configured to receive a control command input by a user, and control the display to output a control image corresponding to the control command; and

a distance sensing unit formed in the display and configured to sense a distance with a user,

wherein when a part of the screen information is output on the bent portion, the controller controls the display to output the control image on the bent portion if a distance with the user is shorter than a preset first distance.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller controls the display to restrict the output of the screen information on the plane portion when the distance with the user is shorter than a preset second distance.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising an audio output unit configured to output sound corresponding to the screen information,

wherein the controller controls the display to output another control image corresponding to the change in the sound on the bent portion.

16. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a controller configured to receive a control command input by a user, and control the display to output a control image corresponding to the control command,

wherein the controller controls the display to output the control image according to an operation executed based on a preset time.

17. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:

a controller configured to receive a control command input by a user, and control the display to output a control image corresponding to the control command; and

a wireless communication unit configured to receive a wireless signal,

wherein the controller controls the display to output the control image on the bent portion when a wireless signal is received through the wireless communication unit.

18. A screen-division image display apparatus comprising:

a plurality of displays each having a bent portion formed by bending one area of an edge of the display, the plurality of displays outputting a plurality of divided images of screen information;

an adhesive member configured to attach surfaces of the bent portions of the plurality of displays, the surfaces facing each other; and

a controller configured to control the plurality of displays to output the plurality of divided images.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the bent portion has a curved surface with a preset curvature, and the controller compensates for a scaling value of the divided image output on the curved surface.

20. A control method for an image display apparatus comprising:

outputting screen information on a display, the display having a plane portion and a bent portion bent from an edge of the plane portion by a preset angle; and

converting a part of the screen information output on the bent portion into a control image based on an externally input control command.