DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150177848A1
• Filed: 12/04/2014
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JUNG, Ji-su, AHN, Hyo-in, YOO, Eun-kyung, JANG, Say, KANG, Dong-Goo
• Application Number:
  US14/560,552
• Publication Number:
  US 20150177848A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/12 Use of DVI or HDMI protocol in interfaces along the display data pipeline
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/24 Keyboard-Video-Mouse [KVM] switch
• 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 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a display; a processor configured to process a content image to be displayed on the display; a storage configured to store a database where control commands for controlling operations of the processor corresponding to a plurality of pieces of the rotation information and a plurality of pieces of the touch information are designated according to kinds of contents; and a controller configured to determine a kind of content corresponding to the content image being displayed on the display in response to receiving at least one from among rotation information corresponding to a user'"'"'s rotating operation and touch information corresponding to a user'"'"'s touching operation, from an input device, and configured to control the processor to execute a control command corresponding to the received rotation information or the received touch information from the database based on the determined kind of content.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display;

a processor configured to process a content image to be displayed on the display;

a storage configured to store a database where control commands for controlling operations of the processor corresponding to a plurality of pieces of the rotation information and a plurality of pieces of the touch information are designated according to kinds of contents; and

a controller configured to determine a kind of content corresponding to the content image being displayed on the display in response to receiving at least one from among rotation information corresponding to a user'"'"'s rotating operation and touch information corresponding to a user'"'"'s touching operation, from an input device, and configured to control the processor to execute a control command corresponding to the received rotation information or the received touch information from the database based on the determined kind of content.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller invokes information of the control command corresponding to at least one from among the rotation information and the touch information with regard to the determined kind of content from the database, and selects the control command corresponding to at least one from among the rotation information and the touch information received from the input device among the invoked pieces of information.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller controls to display a user interface (UI) image provided for designating information of the control command with respect to the determined kind of contents in response to the determination that the database comprises no information of the control command with respect to the determined kind of content, and updates the database with a user setting through the UI image.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a bezel formed at an edge of the display,

wherein the controller detects a position of the bezel, where the input device is supportable, in response to receiving at least one from among the rotation information and the touch information from the input device while the input device is being supported at the position of the bezel, and controls to display a menu image at a position with reference to the detected position of the bezel, and

the menu image comprises information about the control command corresponding to at least one from among the received rotation information and the received touch information.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the controller controls to display the menu image on the display within a preset distance range from the detected position of the bezel.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input device is remotely separated from the display apparatus.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input device comprises:

a lower housing;

an upper housing laid on the lower housing and rotatable with respect to the lower housing;

a touch region installed on a top of the upper housing;

a sensor configured to sense rotation of the upper housing and touch of the touch region; and

an input device controller configured to generate and output at least one from among the rotation information and the touch information based on a sensing result of the sensor.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the sensor comprises:

a rotation sensor configured to sense a rotation direction and amount of the upper housing;

a touch sensor configured to sense a user'"'"'s touch on the touch region.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the input device comprises a light emitting line installed in the upper housing, and

the input device controller controls a light emitting state of the light emitting line in accordance with change in the rotation amount of the upper housing.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the input device controller changes a color of the light emitting line so as to control the light emitting state of the light emitting line.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines the kind of content having the highest priority in a previously designated order among a plurality of content images in response to receiving at least one from among the rotation information and the touch information from the input device while the plurality of content images are displayed together on the display, and searches the control command based on the determined kind of content.

20. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller invokes information of the control command corresponding to at least one from among the rotation information and the touch information with regard to the determined kind of content from the database, and selects the control command corresponding to at least one from among the rotation information and the touch information received from the input device among the invoked pieces of information.

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

displaying a content image;

receiving at least one from among rotation information corresponding to a user'"'"'s rotating operation and touch information corresponding to a user'"'"'s touching operation from an input device;

determining a kind of content corresponding to the displayed content image; and

executing a control command corresponding to at least one from among the rotation information and the touch information received from the input device based on the determined kind of content, from a database where control commands for controlling operations of the processor corresponding to a plurality of pieces of the rotation information and a plurality of pieces of the touch information are designated according to kinds of content.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the executing the control command comprises:

invoking information of the control command corresponding to at least one from among the rotation information and the touch information with regard to the determined kind of content from the database; and

selecting the control command corresponding to the at least one from among rotation information and the touch information received from the input device among the invoked pieces of information.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the executing the control command comprises:

displaying a user interface (UI) image provided for designating information related to the control command with respect to a determined kind of content in response to a determination that the database comprises no information of the control command with respect to the determined kind of content; and

updating the database with a user setting through the UI image.

15. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

detecting a position of a bezel where the input device is supported, in response to receiving at least one from among the rotation information and the touch information from the input device while the input device is being supported at the position of the bezel of the display apparatus; and

displaying a menu image at a position with reference to the detected position of the bezel,

wherein the menu image comprises information related to the control command corresponding to the at least one from among received rotation information and the received touch information.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the displaying the menu image comprises displaying the menu image on the display within a preset distance range from the detected position of the bezel.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein the determining the kind of content corresponding to the displayed content image comprises determining the kind of content having a highest priority in a previously designated order among a plurality of content images, in response to receiving at least one from among the rotation information and the touch information from the input device while the plurality of content images are displayed together on the display apparatus.

18. A system comprising:

a display apparatus; and

an input device configured to output at least one from among rotation information corresponding to a user'"'"'s rotating operation and touch information corresponding to a user'"'"'s touching operation,

wherein the display apparatus comprises;

a processor configured to process a content image to be displayed on the display;

a storage configured to store a database where control commands for controlling operations of the processor corresponding to a plurality of pieces of the rotation information and a plurality of pieces of the touch information are designated according to kinds of contents; and

a controller configured to determine a kind of content corresponding to the content image being displayed on the display in response to receiving at least one from among the rotation information and the touch information, from an input device, and configured to control the processor to execute a control command corresponding to the received rotation information or the received touch information from the database based on the determined kind of content.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the input device is mountable on the display apparatus.