Computer display having display direction control

• US 7,310,082 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2004
• Issued: 12/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Yoon-man
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Henry N
• Application Number:
  US10/855,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20050024347A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,299 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-178, 178/18.01, 178/18.03, 178/18.04, 178/18.1, 178/19.01, 178/19.02, 178/19.07, 178 2001- 2004, 361681-683, 715858-866, 725/37, 725/44, 725/47
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/046 by electromagnetic means

Abstract

A display has a display part displaying an image signal, an image signal processor providing the image signal to the display part, a pen sensor sensing at least two locations on a main body of the pen positioned on the display part and generating a first pen sensor signal and a second pen sensor signal, and a controller controlling the image signal processor to display the image as rotated based on the first pen sensor signal and the second pen sensor signal. The display senses an exact display direction which a user wants to use without operating a display direction converting switch and rotates the displayed image according to the sensed display direction.

Claims

1. A display comprising:

a display part displaying an image;

an image signal processor providing the image to the display part;

a pen sensor sensing at least two locations on a main body of a pen positioned on the display part and generating a first pen sensor signal and a second pen sensor signal; and

a controller controlling the image signal processor to rotate the image displayed on the display part based on the first pen sensor signal and the second pen sensor signal.

2. The display according to claim 1, wherein the pen sensor uses different resonating frequency signals output from resonant circuits respectively built in the at least two locations of the main body of the pen.

3. The display according to claim 1, wherein the controller sets a temporary coordinates system for the display part, and controls the image signal processor to rotate the image relative to an angle formed by a randomly defined standard line in the temporary coordinates system and a line connecting coordinates corresponding to the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal respectively.

4. The display according to claim 2, wherein the controller sets a temporary coordinates system for the display part, and controls the image signal processor to rotate the image relative to an angle formed by a randomly defined standard line in the temporary coordinates system and a line connecting coordinates corresponding to the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal.

9. The display of claim 3, wherein relative to a display direction of the image,

if the formed angle is bigger than 180°

and smaller than 270°

, the image is rotated 90 degrees,

if the formed angle is bigger than 270° and

smaller than 360°

, the image is rotated 180 degrees, and

if the formed angle is bigger than 0° and

smaller than 90°

, the image is rotated 270 degrees.

5. A portable computer having a main body and a display part comprising:

an image signal processor providing an image to the display part;

a pen sensor sensing at least two locations on a main body of a pen positioned on the display part and generating a first pen sensor signal and a second pen sensor signal; and

a controller controlling the image signal processor to rotate the image displayed on the display part based on the first pen sensor signal and the second pen sensor signal.

6. The portable computer according to claim 5, wherein the pen sensor uses different resonating frequency signals output from resonant circuits built in the at least two locations of the main body of the pen.

7. The portable computer according to claim 5, wherein the controller sets a temporary coordinates system for the display part, and controls the image signal processor to rotate the image relative to an angle formed by a randomly defined standard line in the temporary coordinates system and a line connecting coordinates corresponding to the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal respectively.

8. The portable computer according to claim 6, wherein the controller sets a temporary coordinates system for the display part, and controls the image signal processor to rotate the image relative to an angle formed by a randomly defined standard line in the coordinates system and a line connecting coordinates corresponding to the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal respectively.

10. A computer having a main body and a display part comprising:

a pen sensor sensing at least two locations on a main body of a pen positioned on the display part and generating a first pen sensor signal and a second pen sensor signal; and

a programmed computer processor rotating an image displayed on the display part based on the first pen sensor signal and the second pen sensor signal.

11. The computer of claim 10, wherein the pen sensor is provided in the display part.

12. The computer of claim 10, wherein the pen sensor comprises:

at least two resonant circuits in the at least two locations of the main body of the pen and outputting different frequency resonating signals; and

a plurality of antenna coils disposed in a matrix form to output the first and second pen sensor signals according to a sensing of the different frequency resonating signals output by the resonant circuits of the pen.

13. The computer of claim 12, wherein the pen sensor further comprises a signal discriminator locating from among the antenna coils at least two antenna coils that receive the different frequency resonating signals in a maximum rate, and outputting the first and second pen sensor signals according to the located at least two antenna coils.

14. A method, comprising:

displaying an image on a display;

sensing at least two locations on a main body of a pen positioned on the display;

generating a first pen sensor signal and a second pen sensor signal; and

rotating the image based on the first pen sensor signal and the second pen sensor signal.