DISPLAY APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROLLER, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY METHOD

• US 20150163443A1
• Filed: 12/05/2014
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Han-soo, YOON, Yeo-ri, LEE, Dong-heon
• Application Number:
  US14/561,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20150163443A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42228 the reprogrammable keys being displayed on a display screen in order to reduce the number of keys on the remote control device itself
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence

Abstract

A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a touch signal corresponding to a projection formed within a touch pad of a remote controller, a display configured to, when the touch signal is received, display a control graphic user interface (GUI) having at least one function menu corresponding to the projection, and a controller configured to, when a user manipulation is received from the projection, select and automatically execute a function menu in response to the user manipulation.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a touch signal corresponding to a projection formed within a touch pad of a remote controller;

a display configured to display a control graphic user interface (GUI) having at least one function menu corresponding to the projection in response to the touch signal being received; and

a controller configured to select and automatically execute a function menu corresponding to a user manipulation in response to the user manipulation being received from the projection.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller generates the control GUI with different function menus according to a type of the content, and displays the generated control GUI on a side of the content in response to the touch signal being received while the content is displayed on the display.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control GUI is displayed in a linear form on a side of a displayed content, and

wherein the controller moves a cursor in the control GUI to correspond to a touched position of the projection.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the controller displays a cursor on a center of the control GUI, and displays different function menus on both sides of the control GUI in response to a touch signal corresponding to a center of the projection being received.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controller moves the cursor in a direction corresponding to a direction of a drag signal, and selects a function menu corresponding to the direction where the cursor is moved in response to the drag signal in the direction where the projection is formed being received.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the controller selects a function menu corresponding to a direction of a drag and hold signal, and executes the selected function menu consecutively while a hold state is maintained in response to the drag and hold signal in the direction where the projection is formed being received.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the control GUI comprises a plurality of control GUIs which respectively correspond to a plurality of projections formed on the touch pad.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller generates an on screen display (OSD) on a side of the content, and displays the control GUI on a side of the generated OSD in response to the touch signal being received.

9. A remote controller having a touch pad of sensing a touch, the remote controller comprising:

a touch signal generator configured to generate a touch signal in response to a touch on a projection formed within the touch pad being sensed; and

an output configured to output the generated touch signal,

wherein the generated touch signal controls a display to display a control graphic user interface (GUI) having at least one function menu corresponding to the projection, on a display apparatus.

10. The remote controller as claimed in claim 9, wherein the projection is formed in a linear form on a side of the touch pad.

11. A display system comprising:

a remote controller comprising a touch pad and a projection formed within the touch pad; and

a display apparatus configured to be controllable by a touch signal transmitted from the remote controller,

wherein in response to a touch on the projection being received, the display apparatus displays a control graphic user interface (GUI) having at least one function menu corresponding to the projection, and in response to a user manipulation being received from the projection, the display apparatus selects and automatically executes a function menu corresponding to the user manipulation.

12. A display method comprising:

receiving a touch signal corresponding to a projection formed within a touch pad of a remote controller;

displaying a control graphic user interface (GUI) having at least one function menu corresponding to the projection in response to receiving the touch signal; and

selecting and automatically executing a function menu according to a user manipulation in response to the user manipulation being received from the projection.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the displaying a control GUI comprises displaying the control GUI with different function menus according to a type of content in response to the touch signal being received while the content is displayed.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12 further comprising:

moving a cursor in the control GUI to correspond to a touched position of the projection.

15. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the displaying a control GUI comprises displaying a cursor on a center of the control GUI, and displaying different function menus on both sides of the control GUI in response to a touch signal corresponding to a center of the projection being received.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the selecting and automatically executing at least one function menu comprises moving the cursor in a direction corresponding to a direction where the projection is formed and selecting and automatically executing a function menu corresponding to the direction where the cursor is moved in response to a drag signal in the direction where the projection is formed being received.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the selecting and automatically executing at least one function menu comprises selecting and consecutively executing a function menu corresponding to a drag direction while a hold state is maintained in response to a drag and hold signal in the direction where the projection is formed being received.

18. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the displaying a control GUI comprises forming an on screen display (OSD) on a side of the content;

and

displaying the control GUI on a side of the formed OSD in response to the touch signal being received.

19. A display method comprising:

receiving a touch signal at one projection of a plurality projections on a touch pad of a remote controller;

in response to receiving the touch signal, displaying one control graphic user interface (GUI) corresponding to the one projection, of a plurality of a control GUIs; and

selecting a function of the one control GUI according to a user manipulation of the projection.

20. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the displaying the one control GUI comprises displaying the one control GUI with different functions based on a type of content being displayed.

21. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the one control graphic user interface (GUI) comprises a cursor, and

wherein the selecting comprises moving the cursor in the control GUI to correspond to a touched position of the one projection.