Display apparatus and control method

• US 6,859,200 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2001
• Issued: 02/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kang, Ho-Woong, Park, Kwon-Yop
• Primary Examiner(s): Shankar, Vijay
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dharia, Prabodh M.
• Application Number:
  US09/983,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20020080128A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,215 Days
• Field of Search: 345/74, 345/75, 345/204, 345/904, 345/156, 345/1.2, 345/3.4, 345/110, 345/364, 345/157, 345/172, 345/132, 345/173, 345/508, 345/112, 345/12, 345/3, 345/20, 257/59, 348/687
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 1/167 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a CRT details suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/006, specific for a flat panel G09G3/2096
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/12 Test circuits or failure detection circuits included in a display system, as permanent part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/047 using display data channel standard [DDC] communication

Abstract

The present invention relates to a display apparatus and a control method, which comprises a monitor displaying a picture by receiving a video signal according to a display data channel standard. The present invention is comprised of microcomputer including a voltage detector detecting a voltage level of said video signal, wherein the microcomputer determines whether or not the detected voltage level is beyond a predetermined allowable limit and controls the display apparatus to display an indication of an abnormality of the video signal if the detected voltage level is beyond the predetermined allowable limit. With this configuration, a display apparatus and a method for controlling the same, which can determine whether or not the voltage level input from a video card is abnormal, by detecting the voltage level of the video signal, and solve a unstable output generated from the video signal having the abnormal voltage level signal.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising a monitor displaying a picture by receiving a video signal, further comprising:

a voltage detector detecting a voltage level of the video signal; and

a microcomputer determining whether or not the voltage level detected by the voltage detector is beyond a predetermined allowable limit, and indicating abnormality of a video card when the detected voltage level is beyond the allowable limit.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the microcomputer is further comprised of a voltage controller adjusting the voltage level so that the detected voltage level is under t he allowable limit.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the microcomputer uses a DDC1 Display Data Channel) standard and a DDC2 standard for data transmission between a computer and the monitor, and, if the detected voltage level is beyond the allowable limit, the data is transmitted according to the DDC2 standard.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the microcomputer uses a DDC1 (Display Data Channel) standard and a DDC2 standard for data transmission between a computer and the monitor, and, if the detected voltage level is beyond the allowable limit, the data is transmitted according to the DDC2 standard.

5. A method for controlling a display apparatus comprising a monitor displaying a picture by receiving a video signal, comprising the steps of:

detecting a voltage level of the video signal;

determining whether or not the detected voltage level of the video signal is beyond a predetermined allowable limit; and

indicating abnormality of the video signal if it is determined that the detected voltage level is beyond the allowable limit.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the step of detecting the video signal comprises the steps of:

adjusting the voltage level of the video signal by a predetermined amount; and

detecting the adjusted voltage level.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the display apparatus uses a DDC1 (Display Data Channel) standard and a DDC2 standard for data transmission between a computer and the monitor, and, if the detected voltage level is beyond the allowable limit, the data is transmitted according to the DDC2 standard.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the display apparatus uses a DDC1 (Display Data Channel) standard and a DDC2 standard for data transmission between a computer and the monitor, and, if the detected adjusted voltage level is beyond the allowable limit, the data is transmitted according to the DDC2 standard.

9. A microcomputer in a monitor displaying a picture in response to a received video signal transmitted from a video card of a computer according to a display data channel (DDC) standard, said microcomputer comprising:

a voltage controller adjusting the voltage level of a video signal transmitted by the video card according to a DDC1 standard; and

a voltage detector detecting the adjusted voltage level;

said microcomputer determining whether or not the voltage level detected by the voltage detector is beyond a predetermined allowable limit, and changing to a DDC2 standard when the detected voltage level is beyond the allowable limit.

10. The microcomputer as set forth in claim 9, wherein said voltage controller adjusts the voltage level by reducing the voltage level by a predetermined amount.

11. The microcomputer as set forth in claim 10, wherein said voltage controller attempts to adjust the voltage level to a ground level of said microcomputer by reducing the voltage level by said predetermined amount.

12. The microcomputer as set forth in claim 11, changing to said DDC2 standard when the detected voltage level is determined to be greater than 0.7 volts.

13. The microcomputer as set forth in claim 12, controlling said monitor to display an indication normality or abnormality of the video signal, the abnormality being indicated when the detected voltage level is determined to be greater than 0.7 volts.