DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20170192641A1
• Filed: 12/30/2016
• Published: 07/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Hye-jeong, JIN, Kyoung-shin
• Granted Patent: US 10,444,861 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• 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 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

Provided is a display apparatus, which includes a display, an inputter or input device configured to input user commands to execute a function of the display apparatus, a storage configured to store a user experience index matched with each of the user commands where the user experience index represents utilization of the display apparatus by a user, and a processor configured to determine the user experience index corresponding to the input user command based on a previously-stored user experience index, and control the display to display the determined user experience index.

Claims

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display;

an input device configured to input user commands to execute a function of the display apparatus;

a storage configured to store a user experience index matched with each of the user commands, where the user experience index represents utilization of the display apparatus by a user; and

a processor configured to determine the user experience index corresponding to an input user command based on previously-stored user experience indices, and control the display to display a determined user experience index.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input device inputs a plurality of the user commands to execute a same function of the display apparatus, and

the processor determines the user experience index corresponding to the user commands based on the previously-stored user experience matched with each of the user commands to execute the same function.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input device inputs the user commands to execute a same function of the display apparatus with different types of input methods, and

the processor determines the user experience index corresponding to a type of input method with which the user commands are input, based on a previously-stored user experience index for each type of the input methods for the user commands to execute the same function.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor stores the user experience index corresponding to the user command in the storage.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor controls the display to display a graphic user interface (GUI) to guide to another user command other than an input user command, which can execute a same function as the inputted user command.

6. The display apparatus of claim 5, wherein, when the user experience index corresponding to the plurality of the user commands input for a preset duration of time is less than a preset threshold value, the processor displays the GUI to guide to the another user command that can execute the same function as at least one of the plurality of user commands.

7. The display apparatus of claim 5, wherein, when user experience indices for the plurality of the user commands to execute the same function input for a preset duration of time is less than a preset threshold value, the processor displays the GUI to guide to the another user command that can execute the same function as the plurality of user commands.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor stores the user experience index for each user who inputs a user command, and display sums of user experience indices obtained for each of the users in a decreasing sum order.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor updates a previously-stored user experience index with another user experience index received from a server, and upon input of a user command, determines the user experience index corresponding to the input user command using an updated user experience index.

10. A control method of a display apparatus, comprising:

inputting user commands to execute a function of the display apparatus;

determining a user experience index corresponding to input user commands, based on previously-stored user experience indices matched with each of the user commands; and

displaying a determined user experience index.

11. The control method of claim 10, wherein

the inputting comprises inputting a plurality of user commands to execute a same function of the display apparatus, and

the determining comprises determining the user experience index corresponding to the input user commands based on the previously-stored user experience indices matched with each of the plurality of user commands to execute the same function.

12. The control method of claim 10, wherein

the inputting comprises inputting the user commands to execute the same function of the display apparatus with different types of input methods, and

the determining comprises determining the user experience index corresponding to a type of input method with which the user commands are input, based on the previously-stored user experience index for each type of the input method for the user commands to execute the same function.

13. The control method of claim 10, further comprising storing the user experience index corresponding to the user commands.

14. The control method of claim 10, further comprising displaying a graphic user interface (GUI) to guide to another user command other than an input user command, which can execute a same function as the input user command.

15. The control method of claim 14, wherein, when the user experience index corresponding to the plurality of the user commands input for a preset duration of time is less than a preset threshold value, the displaying comprises displaying the GUI to guide to the another user command that can execute the same function as at least one of the plurality of the user commands.

16. The control method of claim 14, wherein, when user experience indices for the plurality of the user commands to execute the same function inputted for a preset duration of time is less than a preset threshold value, the displaying comprises displaying the GUI to guide to the another user command that can execute the same function as the plurality of the user commands.

17. The control method of claim 10, further comprising storing the user experience index for each of user who inputs a user command, and displaying sums of user experience indices obtained for each of the users in a decreasing sum order.

18. The control method of claim 10, wherein the determining comprises updating a previously-stored user experience index with another user experience index received from a server, and upon input of a user command, determining the user experience index corresponding to the input user command using an updated user experience index.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing methods according to claim 10.