CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE SETTINGS FROM A MOBILE DEVICE TOUCH INTERFACE

• US 20170270848A1
• Filed: 03/21/2016
• Published: 09/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roku, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Roku, Inc.
• Inventors: LIU, Steve Shaw-Jong, SHAW, James Harold, RANGANATH, Anita, GATES, Gregory S., FU, Michael Chin-Ming, WEE, Matthew, COOPER, Kevin Ralph, SMITH, Charles L., SUN, Harold
• Granted Patent: US 10,528,241 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0606 Manual adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0693 Calibration of display systems
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/06 Consumer Electronics Control, i.e. control of another device by a display or vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• 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 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4854 for modifying image parameters, e.g. image brightness, contrast

Abstract

System, method, and computer product embodiments for controlling a display device'"'"'s display settings from a computing device'"'"'s touch-based user interface are described. In an embodiment, the computing device establishes a wireless connectivity with the display device. The computing device sends a command generated to query information related to the display setting. Then, the computing device receives the queried information from the display device. The computing device configures a graphical user interface (GUI) with the queried information to display configurations of the display settings on the touchscreen. The configurations include the display settings currently configured in the display device. The computing device further enables, within GUI, a displayed configuration from the display configurations to be calibrated by one or more touch gestures on the touchscreen.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a memory;

at least one processor coupled to the memory;

a communications interface that when executing in the at least one processor establishes a wireless connectivity with a display device having configurable display settings;

a command component that when executing in the at least one processor transmits to the display device, via the wireless connectivity, a command generated to query information related to the display settings, wherein the communications interface further receives the queried information from the display device; and

a graphical user interface (GUI) controller that when executing in the at least one processor;

configures a GUI with the queried information to display configurations of the display settings on a touchscreen coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the configurations include the display settings currently configured in the display device, and

enables, within the GUI, a displayed configuration from the display configurations to be calibrated by one or more touch gestures on the touchscreen.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a gesture detector that when executing in the one or more processors detects the one or more touch gestures, wherein the one or more touch gestures includes one or more of a tap, a double tap, a press and hold, a pan, a flick, a pinch, a stretch, a drag, a swipe, or a multi-touch gesture including one or more of the touch gestures thereof.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein

the GUI controller further:

receives a calibration for the displayed configuration based on the one or more touch gestures, and

updates the displayed configuration of the GUI to reflect the calibration; and

wherein the command component further;

generates a command including the calibration for the displayed configuration; and

transmits, via the wireless connectivity, the calibration command to the display device that uses the calibration to adjust a display setting corresponding to the displayed configuration.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the command component further:

generates a command to register the system to receive a notification whenever a display setting is adjusted in the display device; and

transmits, via the wireless connectivity, the register command to the display device that registers the system for the notification of the adjusted display setting.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the adjustment occurs in the display device subsequent to the system being registered at the display device, and wherein the GUI controller further:

receives the notification, from the display device via the wireless connectivity, that indicates how the display setting is adjusted; and

uses the received notification to reconfigure, within the GUI, a displayed configuration corresponding to the adjusted display setting such that the reconfigured displayed configuration displays the adjusted displays setting in the display device.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the command component further:

generates a command to deregister the system from receiving the notification; and

transmits, via the wireless connectivity, the deregister command to the display device that deregisters the system for the notification.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the GUI controller further:

receives, from a wireless network, a software update to the GUI; and

changes how the GUI displays the configurations of the display settings in the touchscreen based on the received software update.

8. A method, comprising:

establishing, by a computing device, a wireless connectivity with a display device having configurable display settings;

transmitting, by the computing device, via the wireless connectivity, a command generated to query information related to the display settings;

receiving, by the computing device, the queried information from the display device;

configuring, by the computing device, a GUI with the queried information to display configurations of the display settings on a touchscreen of the computing device, wherein the configurations include the display settings currently configured in the display device; and

enabling, by the computing device, within the GUI, a displayed configuration from the display configurations to be calibrated by one or more touch gestures on the touchscreen.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

detecting the one or more touch gestures, wherein the one or more touch gestures includes one or more of a tap, a double tap, a press and hold, a pan, a flick, a pinch, a stretch, a drag, a swipe, or a multi-touch gesture including one or more of the touch gestures thereof.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a calibration for the displayed configuration based on the one or more touch gestures;

updating the displayed configuration of the GUI to reflect the calibration;

generating a command including the calibration for the displayed configuration; and

transmitting, via the wireless connectivity, the calibration command to the display device that uses the calibration to adjust a display setting corresponding to the displayed configuration.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

generating a command to register the computing device to receive a notification whenever a display setting is adjusted in the display device; and

transmitting, via the wireless connectivity, the register command to the display device that registers the computing device for the notification of the adjusted display setting.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the adjustment occurs in the display device subsequent to the computing device being registered at the display device, further comprising:

receiving the notification, from the display device via the wireless connectivity, that indicates how the display setting is adjusted; and

using the received notification to reconfigure, within the GUI, a displayed configuration corresponding to the adjusted display setting such that the reconfigured displayed configuration displays the adjusted displays setting in the display device.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

generating a command to deregister the system from receiving the notification; and

transmitting, via the wireless connectivity, the deregister command to the display device that deregisters the system for the notification.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, from a wireless network, a software update to the GUI; and

changing how the GUI displays the configurations of the display settings on the touchscreen based on the received software update.

15. A tangible computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

establishing, by a computing device, a wireless connectivity with a display device having configurable display settings;

transmitting, by the computing device, via the wireless connectivity, a command generated to query information related to the display settings;

receiving, by the computing device, the queried information from the display device;

configuring, by the computing device, a GUI with the queried information to display configurations of the display settings on a touchscreen of the computing device, wherein the configurations include the display settings currently configured in the display device; and

enabling, by the computing device, within the GUI, a displayed configuration from the display configurations to be calibrated by one or more touch gestures on the touchscreen.

16. The computer-readable device of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

receiving a calibration for the displayed configuration based on the one or more touch gestures;

updating the displayed configuration of the GUI to reflect the calibration;

generating a command including the calibration for the displayed configuration; and

transmitting, via the wireless connectivity, the calibration command to the display device that uses the calibration to adjust a display setting corresponding to the displayed configuration.

17. The computer-readable device of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

generating a command to register the system to receive a notification whenever a display setting is adjusted in the display device; and

transmitting, via the wireless connectivity, the register command to the display device that registers the system for the notification of the adjusted display setting.

18. The computer-readable device of claim 17, wherein the adjustment occurs in the display device subsequent to the computing device being registered at the display device, the operations further comprising:

receiving the notification, from the display device via the wireless connectivity, that indicates how the display setting is adjusted; and

using the received notification to reconfigure, within the GUI, a displayed configuration corresponding to the adjusted display setting such that the reconfigured displayed configuration displays the adjusted displays setting in the display device.

19. A system, comprising:

at least one processor

a display coupled to the at least one processor and having configurable display settings;

a memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing information related to the display settings;

a communications interface that when executing in the at least one processor establishes a wireless connectivity with a computing device; and

a command component that when executing in the at least one processor;

receives, from the computing device via the wireless connectivity, a command to query information related to the display settings, and

transmits, to the computing device, the information queried from the memory, wherein the transmitted information is used by the computing device to configure a GUI to display configurations of the display settings on a touchscreen of the computing device, wherein the configurations include the display settings currently configured in the display.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

an adjustment detector that when executing in the at least one processor detects when a display setting is adjusted, and wherein the command component further;

receives, from the computing device, a command to register the computing device to receive a notification whenever the display setting is adjusted in the display;

registers the computing device to receive the notification; and

transmits, to the computing device, the notification that indicates how the display setting is adjusted when the adjustment detector detects that the display setting is adjusted.