DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150160917A1
• Filed: 10/23/2014
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: KIM, Jung-geun, LEE, Dong-Hun
• Application Number:
  US14/521,704
• Publication Number:
  US 20150160917A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

A display apparatus and a controlling method thereof are provided. The method for controlling a display apparatus includes displaying at least one display item and a cursor on a display screen; when a predetermined user motion is input while the cursor is located at one of the at least one display item, displaying voice guide information corresponding to the one of the at least one display item where the cursor is located; and when a user voice is input based on the voice guide information while the predetermined user motion is maintained, controlling the one of the at least one display item according to the input user voice.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying at least one display item and a cursor on a display screen;

when a predetermined user motion is input while the cursor is located at one of the at least one display item, displaying voice guide information corresponding to the one of the at least one display item where the cursor is located; and

when a user voice is input based on the voice guide information while the predetermined user motion is maintained, controlling the one of the at least one display item according to the input user voice.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the one of the at least one display item is an item among a plurality of items included in a list, the voice guide information includes at least one text item to control the item.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the controlling comprises, when a user voice which matches with one of the at least one text item included in the voice guide information is input while the predetermined user motion is maintained, controlling the one of the at least one display item according to the one of the at least one text item.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the one of the at least one display item is a widget for providing information, the voice guide information includes a message for guiding a user to control the widget to provide another information.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, comprising:

when the user voice is input based on the voice guide information while the predetermined user motion is maintained, transmitting the user voice to an external server; and

when information corresponding to the user voice is received from the server, displaying the received information through the widget.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

when the predetermined user motion is released, removing the voice guide information from the display screen.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displaying the voice guide information comprises, when the predetermined user motion is maintained for a predetermined time while the cursor is located at the one of the at least one display item, applying power to a voice input apparatus and displaying the voice guide information corresponding to the one of at least one display item where the cursor is located.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displaying the at least one display item and the cursor comprises:

displaying the at least one display item; and

when a user motion for operating a motion task mode is input, displaying the cursor on the display screen.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displaying the voice guide information comprises displaying an indicator for indicating that the user voice is recognizable on at least a portion of the display screen.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined user motion is a pinch or grab motion.

11. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display configured to display at least one display item and a cursor on a display screen;

a motion inputter configured to receive a user motion;

a voice inputter configured to receive a user voice; and

a controller configured to, when a predetermined user motion is input through the motion inputter while the cursor is located at one of the at least one display item, control the display to display voice guide information corresponding to the one of the at least one display item where the cursor is located, and when a user voice is input based on the voice guide information through the voice inputter while the predetermined user motion is maintained, control the one of the at least one display item according to the input user voice.

12. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein, when the one of the at least one display item is an item among a plurality of items included in a list, the voice guide information includes at least one text item to control the item.

13. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the controller, when a user voice which matches with one of the at least one text item included in the voice guide information is input through the voice inputter while the predetermined user motion is maintained, controls the one of the at least one display item according to the one of the at least one text item.

14. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein, when the one of the at least one display item is a widget for providing information, the voice guide information includes a message for guiding a user to control the widget to provide another information.

15. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

a communicator,

wherein the controller, when the user voice is input based on the voice guide information through the voice inputter while the predetermined user motion is maintained, controls the communicator to transmit the user voice to an external server, and when information corresponding to the user voice is received from the external server, controls the display to display the received information through the widget.

16. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller, when the predetermined user motion is released, controls the display to remove the voice guide information from the display screen.

17. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller, when the predetermined user motion is maintained for a predetermined time while the cursor is located at the one of the at least one display item, controls the display to apply power to the voice inputter and display the voice guide information corresponding to the one of the at least one display item where the cursor is located.

18. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller controls the display to display the at least one display item, and when a user motion for operating a motion task mode is input, to display the cursor on the display screen.

19. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller controls the display to display an indicator for indicating that the user voice is recognizable on at least a portion of the display screen.

20. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the predetermined user motion is a pinch or grab motion.