DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150331598A1
• Filed: 09/04/2014
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KANG, Sangkyu, PARK, Sewon, AHN, Wooseok
• Granted Patent: US 10,088,901 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves

Abstract

Provided is an operating method of a display device. The method includes: recognizing a wearable device; and providing a user interface screen of the display device differently on the basis of a wearing state of the wearable device representing whether a user wears the recognized wearable device.

Claims

1. An operating method of a display device, the method comprising:

recognizing a wearable device; and

providing a user interface screen of the display device differently on the basis of a wearing state of the wearable device representing whether a user wears the recognized wearable device.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, when it is confirmed that the user wears the wearable device, receiving user'"'"'s exercise information from the wearable device,

wherein the providing of the user interface screen of the display device differently comprises displaying the received user'"'"'s exercise information and a media content being played by the display device in one screen.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the providing of the user interface screen of the display device differently comprises, when it is confirmed that the user does not wear the wearable device, displaying a media content being played by the display device in full screen.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the recognizing of the wearable device comprises recognizing a plurality of wearable devices,

wherein the providing of the user interface screen of the display device differently comprises, when it is confirmed that a plurality of users wear the plurality of wearable devices respectively, displaying a media content being played by the display device and exercise information received from each of the plurality of wearable devices in one screen.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the providing of the user interface screen of the display device differently comprises differently providing the user interface screen of the display device on the basis of the wearing state of the wearing device and a user'"'"'s exercise state.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising, when a user'"'"'s exercise amount is greater than a reference exercise amount, increasing an audio output of the media content being played,

wherein the reference exercise amount is one of a predetermined number of user'"'"'s movements per second a predetermined user'"'"'s movement amount per second.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the size of a screen displaying user'"'"'s exercise information when a user'"'"'s exercise amount is greater than a reference exercise amount is smaller than the size of a screen displaying user'"'"'s exercise information when a user'"'"'s exercise amount is less than a reference exercise amount.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the providing of the user interface screen of the display device differently on the basis of the wearing state of the wearing device and the user'"'"'s exercise state comprises:

when a user'"'"'s exercise amount is less than a reference exercise amount, displaying a first screen displaying user'"'"'s exercise information, a second screen displaying a media content being played, and a third screen displaying a user'"'"'s exercise result in one screen, or

when a user'"'"'s exercise amount is less than a reference exercise amount, changing a screen displaying user'"'"'s exercise information into a screen displaying a user'"'"'s exercise result to display a screen displaying the user'"'"'s exercise result and a screen displaying the media content being played in one screen.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

recognizing at least one user'"'"'s hand gesture; and

on the basis of whether the wearable device is worn on a hand corresponding to the recognized hand gesture, selectively controlling a function of the display device corresponding to the hand gesture or a function of a wearable device corresponding to the hand gesture.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

recognizing at least one user'"'"'s hand gesture; and

on the basis of a user'"'"'s exercise state, selectively controlling a function of a display device corresponding to the recognized hand gesture or a function of a wearable device corresponding to the recognized hand gesture.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the wearing state of the wearable device is determined by receiving user'"'"'s body information detected through a sensor included in the wearable device or determined by extracting an image of a wearable device worn on a user'"'"'s specific body portion from a user'"'"'s image obtained through a camera included in the display device.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the display device is combined with exercise equipment.

13. A display device comprising:

a display unit;

a communication unit performing a communication with a wearable device; and

a control unit recognizing a wearable device and controlling the display unit thereby providing a user interface screen of the display device differently on the basis of a wearing state of the wearable device representing whether a user wears the recognized wearable device.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein the control unit, when it is confirmed that the user wears the wearable device, receives user'"'"'s exercise information from the wearable device through the communication unit and controls the display unit thereby displaying the received user'"'"'s exercise information and a media content being played by the display device in one screen.

15. The device according to claim 13, wherein the control unit, when it is confirmed that the user does not wear the wearable device, control the display unit thereby displaying a media content being played by the display device in full screen.

16. The device according to claim 13, wherein the control unit recognizes a plurality of wearable devices and, when it is confirmed that a plurality of users wear the plurality of wearable devices respectively, controls the display unit thereby displaying a media content being played by the display device and exercise information received from each of the plurality of wearable devices in one screen.

17. The device according to claim 14, wherein the control unit differently provides the user interface screen of the display device on the basis of the wearing state of the wearing device and a user'"'"'s exercise state.

18. The device according to claim 17, wherein the control unit, when a user'"'"'s exercise amount is greater than a reference exercise amount, increases an audio output of the media content being played, wherein the reference exercise amount is one of a predetermined number of user'"'"'s movements per second a predetermined user'"'"'s movement amount per second.

19. The device according to claim 17, wherein the control unit controls the display unit thereby displaying the size of a screen displaying user'"'"'s exercise information when a user'"'"'s exercise amount is greater than a reference exercise amount is smaller than the size of a screen displaying user'"'"'s exercise information when a user'"'"'s exercise amount is less than a reference exercise amount.

20. The device according to claim 17, wherein the control unit controls the display unit thereby when a user'"'"'s exercise amount is less than a reference exercise amount, displaying a first screen displaying user'"'"'s exercise information, a second screen displaying a media content being played, and a third screen displaying user'"'"'s exercise result, or controls the display unit thereby, when a user'"'"'s exercise amount is less than a reference exercise amount, changing a screen displaying user'"'"'s exercise information into a screen displaying a user'"'"'s exercise result to display a screen displaying the user'"'"'s exercise result and a screen displaying the media content being played in one screen.

21. The device according to claim 13, further comprising a camera recognizing at least one user'"'"'s hand gesture,

wherein the control unit performs a control, on the basis of whether the wearable device is worn on a hand corresponding to the hand gesture recognized through the camera, thereby selectively controlling a function of the display device corresponding to the hand gesture or a function of a wearable device corresponding to the hand gesture.

22. The device according to claim 13, further comprising a camera recognizing at least one user'"'"'s hand gesture,

wherein the control unit performs a control, on the basis of a user'"'"'s exercise state, thereby selectively controlling a function of a display device corresponding to the hand gesture recognized through the camera or a function of a wearable device corresponding to the hand gesture recognized through the camera.