IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGE

• US 20170264959A1
• Filed: 02/17/2017
• Published: 09/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: MOON, Joo-sun, PARK, Han-sol, SHIM, A-hyeon, LEE, Young-ah, JANG, Sung-hyun, JANG, Sang-hyun
• Application Number:
  US15/435,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20170264959A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0384 Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/30 User interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/45 Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

An image display apparatus and a method of displaying an image are disclosed. The image display apparatus includes: a display; and a controller configured to display on the display a channel list area including a plurality of channels and an index group area including a plurality of index groups indexing the plurality of channels by grouping the plurality of channels, to dynamically determine the plurality of index groups to be displayed on the index group area based on information regarding the plurality of channels, and to control the display to display the plurality of index groups on the index group area.

Claims

1. An image display apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a controller configured to display on the display a channel list area comprising a plurality of channels and an index group area comprising a plurality of index groups indexing the plurality of channels by grouping the plurality of channels, to dynamically determine the plurality of index groups to be displayed on the index group area based on information regarding the plurality of channels, and to control the display to display the plurality of index groups on the index group area.

2. The image display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, the controller is further configured to move a highlight to the selected index group and to display at least one channel corresponding to the selected index group on the channel list area in response to receiving an input selecting one of the plurality of index groups displayed on the index group area.

3. The image display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to change a number of index groups to which the highlight moves at a time on the index group area.

4. The image display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to set a number of channels corresponding to each of the plurality of index groups, based on a total number of channels displayed on the channel list area.

5. The image display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to set a name for each of the plurality of index groups on the channel list area based on channel arrangement criteria.

6. The image display apparatus of claim 5, wherein, when the plurality of channels are arranged on the channel list area based on channel numbers, and the controller is further configured to set a name of each of the plurality of index groups using the channel numbers.

7. The image display apparatus of claim 5, wherein, when the plurality of channels are arranged on the channel list area based on channel names, and the controller is further configured to set a name of each of the plurality of index groups using a character.

8. The image display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display is configured to display, on an upper portion of the index group area, an index group comprising one or more favorite channels of a user.

9. A method of displaying an image, the method comprising:

displaying a channel list area comprising a plurality of channels and an index group area comprising a plurality of index groups indexing the plurality of channels by grouping the plurality of channels;

dynamically determining the plurality of index groups to be displayed on the index group area based on information regarding the plurality of channels; and

displaying the plurality of index groups on the index group area.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

moving a highlight to the selected index group based on a received input selecting one of the plurality of index groups displayed on the index group area; and

displaying at least one channel corresponding to the selected index group on the channel list area.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the moving of the highlight comprises changing a number of index groups to which the highlight moves at a time, based on the input.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the dynamic determining of the plurality of index groups comprises setting a number of channels corresponding to each of the plurality of index groups based on a total number of channels displayed on the channel list area.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the dynamic determining of the plurality of index groups comprises setting a name of each of the plurality of index groups based on channel arrangement criteria on the channel list area.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the dynamic determining of the plurality of index groups comprises setting a name of each of the plurality of index groups using the channel numbers, when the plurality of channels are arranged on the channel list area based on channel numbers.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the dynamic determining of the plurality of index groups comprises, setting a name of each of the plurality of index groups using a character when the plurality of channels are arranged on the channel list area based on channel names.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the displaying of the plurality of index groups comprises displaying, on an upper portion of the index group area, an index group comprising one or more favorite channels of a user.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program which, when executed by a processor, causes an image display apparatus to perform the method of claim 9.