DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM

• US 20150163444A1
• 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: YOON, Yeo-ri, KIM, Han-soo, LEE, Dong-heon
• Application Number:
  US14/562,031
• Publication Number:
  US 20150163444A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• 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 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence

Abstract

A display apparatus including a display, a receiver configured to receive a remote control signal from a remote controller including a touch pad and a protrusion portion formed thereon, and a controller configured to control the display to display a guidance graphic user interface (GUI) configured to guide a control function allocated to the protrusion portion in response to receiving a remote control signal corresponding to a touch of the protrusion portion.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display;

a receiver configured to receive a remote control signal from a remote controller comprising a touch pad and a protrusion portion formed thereon; and

a controller configured to control the display to display at least one guidance graphic user interface (GUI) configured to guide a control function allocated to the protrusion portion in response to receiving the remote control signal,

wherein the remote control signal corresponds to a touch of the protrusion portion.

2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display the at least one guidance GUI in a display region positioned in a position corresponding to the touched protrusion portion on the touch pad.

3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the protrusion portion comprises a first protrusion portion that is ridge-shaped in a horizontal direction formed on the touch pad; and

the controller is further configured to control the display to display a first guidance GUI, from among the at least one guidance GUI, configured to guide a page conversion function which converts an image displayed on the display into a different image on a page basis according to a user manipulation of the first protrusion portion in response to the first protrusion portion being touched.

4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

the protrusion portion further comprises a second protrusion portion that is ridge-shaped in a vertical direction formed on the touch pad; and

the controller is further configured to control the display to display a second guidance GUI, from among the at least one guidance GUI, configured to guide a scroll function which scrolls an image displayed on the display according to a user manipulation of the second protrusion portion in response to the second protrusion portion being touched.

5. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to remove the first or the second guidance GUIs in response to the touch of the first protrusion portion or the second protrusion portion being released, respectively, or the user manipulation of the first protrusion portion or the second protrusion portion being input, respectively.

6. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the protrusion portion comprises a button-shaped protrusion; and

the controller is further configured to control the display to display a third guidance GUI, from among the at least on guidance GUI, configured to guide a display of a control GUI which controls an additional function provided by the display apparatus in response to the protrusion portion being touched.

7. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display the control GUI in response to the protrusion portion being retouched while the third guidance GUI is displayed.

8. A display system comprising:

a remote controller comprising a touch pad and a protrusion portion formed thereon; and

a display apparatus configured to be controlled according to a remote control signal transmitted from the remote controller,

wherein the display apparatus is further configured to display a guidance graphic user interface (GUI) configured to guide a control function allocated to the protrusion portion in response to receiving the remote control signal, and

wherein the remote control signal corresponds to a touch of the protrusion portion.

9. The display system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the protrusion portion comprises at least one from among a ridge-shaped protrusion portion formed on an edge portion of the touch pad and a button-shaped protrusion portion formed on one region of the touch pad.

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

receiving a remote control signal corresponding to a touch of a protrusion portion from a remote controller comprising a touch pad and the protrusion portion formed thereon; and

displaying at least one guidance graphic user interface (GUI) for guiding a control function allocated to the touched protrusion portion.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the displaying comprises displaying the guidance GUI in a display region positioned in a position corresponding to the touched protrusion portion on the touch pad.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein:

the protrusion portion comprises a first protrusion portion that is ridge-shaped in a horizontal direction formed on the touch pad; and

the displaying comprises displaying a first guidance GUI, from among the at least one guidance GUI, for guiding a page conversion function for converting an image displayed on a display into a different image on a page basis according to a user manipulation of the first protrusion portion in response to the first protrusion portion being touched.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein:

the protrusion portion further comprises a second protrusion portion that is ridge-shaped in a vertical direction formed on the touch pad; and

the displaying comprises displaying a second guidance GUI, from among the at least one guidance GUI, for guiding a scroll function for scrolling an image displayed on the display according to a user manipulation of the second protrusion portion in response to the second protrusion portion being touched.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

removing the first or the second guidance GUIs in response to the touch of the first protrusion portion or the second protrusion portion being released, respectively, or the user manipulation of the first protrusion portion or the second protrusion portion being input, respectively.

15. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein:

the protrusion portion comprises a button-shaped protrusion; and

the displaying comprises displaying a third guidance GUI, from among the at least one guidance GUI, for guiding a control GUI for controlling an additional function provided by the display apparatus in response to the protrusion portion being touched.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

displaying the control GUI in response to the protrusion portion being retouched while the third guidance GUI is displayed.

17. A display apparatus comprising:

a display;

a receiver configured to receive a control signal from an input unit, the input unit being configured to receive tactile input on a portion of the input unit and output the control signal based on the tactile input; and

a controller configured to, in response to receiving the control signal, control the display to display a guidance graphic user interface (GUI) configured to guide a control function allocated to the portion.

18. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display a plurality of guidance GUIs configured to guide control functions corresponding to respective portions of the input unit in response to receiving respective control signals corresponding to respective tactile inputs of the respective portions of the input unit.

19. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein the portion of the input unit comprises at least one from among a protruding portion, an indented portion, and a colored portion.

20. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein the tactile input comprises a sliding motion on the portion of the input unit,

wherein the control signal corresponds to the sliding motion on the portion of the input unit, and

wherein the controller is configured to, in response to receiving the control signal corresponding to the sliding motion, control the display to display a guidance GUI configured to guide a scroll function which scrolls an image displayed on the display.