DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR

• US 20180270525A1
• Filed: 06/02/2016
• Published: 09/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: YU, Seonil, AN, Obong, SUN, Gahyun Chloe, JEONG, Kwangseob, LEE, Jaesung
• Granted Patent: US 10,616,636 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/21 Programming remote control devices via third means
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/92 Universal remote control
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• 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 21/42225 characterized by types of remote control, e.g. universal remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/436 Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• 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 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/02 Automatically-operated arrangements

Abstract

A method for setting an integrated remote control of a display device, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: displaying a first image outputted from an external device connected to the display device; confirming a service providing company of the external device by using information included in the displayed first image; acquiring a remote control model, among a plurality of remote control models provided from the confirmed service providing company, for controlling the external device; and transmitting a key code set of the acquired remote control model to a remote control device.

Claims

1. A method of setting an integrated remote controller of a display device, the method comprising:

displaying a first image output from an external device connected to the display device;

verifying a service provider of the external device using information included in the displayed first image;

acquiring a remote controller model for controlling the external device from among a plurality of remote controller models provided by the verified service provider; and

transmitting a key code set of the acquired remote controller model to a remote control device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information included in the first image is a logo indicating the service provider or data for identifying the service provider.

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

extracting an identification key for identifying the remote controller model; and

sequentially, transmitting key codes corresponding to an identification key extracted with respect to the plurality of remote controller models to the remote control device,

wherein the acquiring of the remote controller model includes acquiring a remote controller model for causing display of a second image from among the plurality of remote controller models based on the key codes if the second image is displayed.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the verifying of the service provider of the external device includes:

recognizing text configuring the log using optical character recognition (OCR) technology; and

verifying the service provider based on the recognized text.

5. The method according to claim 3, further comprising acquiring a plurality of key code sets corresponding to the plurality of remote controller models,

wherein the extracting of the identification key includes extracting a specific key having all different key codes from the plurality of key code sets as the identification key.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the acquiring of the plurality of key code sets includes receiving the plurality of key code sets from a server of the service provider.

7. The method according to claim 3,

wherein, if the extracted identification key is a menu key for outputting a menu window, the second image is the menu window, and

wherein the acquiring of the remote controller model includes acquiring a remote controller model corresponding to a key code at a point of time if the menu window is displayed.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the external device is any one of a set-top box, a DVD player, a Blu-ray player, a game console and a sound bar.

9. A display device comprising:

a display configured to display an image;

an external device interface configured to connect with an external device;

a user input interface configured to communicate with a remote control device; and

a controller configured to;

display a first image output from an external device connected to the display device,

verify a service provider of the external device using information included in the displayed first image,

acquire a remote controller model for controlling the external device from among a plurality of remote controller models provided by the verified service provider, and

transmit a key code set of the acquired remote controller model to a remote control device.

10. The display device according to claim 9, wherein the information included in the first image is a logo indicating the service provider or data for identifying the service provider.

11. The display device according to claim 9, wherein the controller extracts an identification key for identifying the remote controller model, sequentially transmits key codes corresponding to an identification key extracted with respect to the plurality of remote controller models to the remote control device, and acquires a remote controller model for causing display of a second image from among the plurality of remote controller models based on the key codes if the second image is displayed.

12. The display device according to claim 10, wherein the controller recognizes text configuring the log using optical character recognition (OCR) technology and verifies the service provider based on the recognized text.

13. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the controller acquires a plurality of key code sets corresponding to the plurality of remote controller models and extracts a specific key having all different key codes from the plurality of key code sets as the identification key.

14. The display device according to claim 13, wherein the controller receives the plurality of key code sets from a server of the service provider.

15. The method according to claim 9,

wherein, if the extracted identification key is a menu key for outputting a menu window, the second image is the menu window, and

wherein the controller acquires a remote controller model corresponding to a key code at a point of time if the menu window is displayed.