Display system

• US 7,542,027 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2004
• Issued: 06/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Young-chan, Park, Dong-sik
• Primary Examiner(s): Mengistu; Amare
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rainey; Robert R
• Application Number:
  US11/009,541
• Publication Number:
  US 20050204284A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,632 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/168, 345/204, 345/211
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/08 Arrangements within a display terminal for setting, manually or automatically, display parameters of the display terminal
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/047 using display data channel standard [DDC] communication
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration

Abstract

A display system displaying an image on a basis of an image signal received from an image signal source, including: a key signal generator generating a key signal according to a user'"'"'s manipulation; a configuration controller providing a GUI for controlling a display state of the image, and outputting a control order corresponding to the user'"'"'s manipulation on the GUI, and detecting whether a user'"'"'s access to the GUI is limited; and a display controller controlling the display state of the image on a basis of the control order received from the configuration controller, recognizing the key signal as a first control signal to implement a pre-set control function according to the recognized first control signal if the key signal is input from a key signal input part while determining that the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is not limited, and recognizing the key signal as a second control signal to control the display state of the image according to the recognized second control signal if the key signal is input from the key signal input part while determining that the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is limited.

Claims

1. A display apparatus displaying an image based on an image signal received from an image signal source, the display apparatus comprising:

a displayer to display the image;

a key input unit to generate a key signal according to a user'"'"'s manipulation; and

a display controller to determine a current display state of the displayer and to set the key input unit to implement a power on function if the current display state is power off, to implement a screen adjustment function if the displayer is in one or more first power on the display states, and to implement a power off function if the displayer is in one or more second power on display states.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display controller sets the function of the key input unit to an automatic screen adjustment function of the key input unit when the determined current display state is a game state or a dos state.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an OSD generator which displays an OSD on the displayer, wherein the display controller controls the OSD generator to display on the displayer according to the key signal when the determined current display state is the game state or the dos state.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a configuration controller to control the displayer to change the display state of the displayer.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the display controller controls the display state of the image according to the key signal.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the display controller is capable of turning power on or off according to the key signal when the image signal is not received from the image signal source.

8. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the display state configuration program reads data on the size of the image provided by the activated program and the size of the desktop screen provided by the operating system from a registry of the image signal source.

9. The display system according to claim 8, wherein the display controller implements an automatic screen adjustment function when the key signal is recognized as the second control signal.

10. The display system according to claim 8, further comprising an OSD generator displaying an OSD screen for controlling the display state of the image, wherein

the display controller controls the OSD generator to display the OSD screen when the inputted key signal is recognized as the second control signal.

11. The display system according to claim 8, wherein the display controller turns power on or off according to the first control signal when the inputted key signal is recognized as the first control signal.

12. The display system according to claim 11, wherein the display controller recognizes the key signal as the first control signal to turn the power on or off according to the first control signal when the key signal is inputted from the key signal input part while the image signal is not received from the image signal source.

13. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the display state configuration program outputs a function preservation signal if the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is not limited.

14. The display system according to claim 13, wherein the display state configuration program outputs the function preservation signal continuously if determined that the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is not limited, and blocks the output of the function preservation signal if the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is limited.

15. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the display state configuration program outputs a function shift signal if the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is limited.

7. A display system displaying an image on a basis of an image signal received from an image signal source, comprising:

a key signal generator generating a key signal according to a user'"'"'s manipulation;

a configuration controller providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for controlling a display state of the image, and outputting a control order corresponding to the user'"'"'s manipulation on the GUI, and detecting whether a user'"'"'s access to the GUI is limited; and

a display controller controlling the display state of the image on a basis of the control order received from the configuration controller, recognizing the input key signal as a first control signal to implement a pre-set control function according to the recognized first control signal if the key signal is inputted from a key signal input part while determining through the configuration controller that the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is not limited, and recognizing the input key signal as a second control signal and controlling the display state of the image according to the recognized second control signal if the key signal is inputted from the key signal input part while determining through the configuration controller that the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is limited,

wherein the configuration controller comprises a display state configuration program installed in the image signal source and being driven based on an operating system of the image signal source, and

wherein the display state configuration program recognizes that the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is not limited when a size of the image provided by a program activated on the operating system of the image signal source is smaller than a size of a desktop screen provided by the operating system of the image signal source, and recognizes that the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is limited when the size of the image provided by the program activated the operating system of the computer is bigger than the size of the image of the desktop screen provided by the operating system of the computer.

16. A method of controlling a display state of an image provided by an image producing apparatus, the method comprising:

generating a key signal according to a manipulation of a key on a display;

when the key is manipulated and if it is determined that access to a graphical user interface (GUI) provided by the image producing apparatus is not limited, recognizing the inputted key signal as a first control signal to implement a pre-set control function according to the recognized first control signal; and

when the key is manipulated and if it is determined that access to the GUI is limited, recognizing the inputted key signal as a second control signal to control the display state of the image according to the recognized second control signal,

wherein recognizing that the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is not limited occurs when a size of the image provided by a program activated on the operating system of the image signal source is smaller than a size of a desktop screen provided by the operating system of the image signal source, and

wherein recognizing that the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is limited when the size of the image provided by the program activated the operating system of the computer is bigger than the size of the image of the desktop screen provided by the operating system of the computer.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein a display state configuration program outputs a function preservation signal if the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is not limited.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein a display state configuration program outputs a function shift signal if the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is limited.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein a display state configuration program outputs a function preservation signal continuously if determined that the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is not limited, and blocks the output of the function preservation signal if the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is limited.

20. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

receiving at the display a function preservation signal generated by the image producing apparatus if the access to the GUI is not limited; and

determining whether access to the GUI is limited according to the received function preservation signal.

21. A method of controlling a display state of an image provided by an image producing apparatus, the method comprising:

determining whether a key on a display has been manipulated and generating a key signal according to the manipulation of the key on the display if the key has been manipulated;

when the key is manipulated and if it is determined that access to a graphical user interface (GUI) provided by the image producing apparatus is not limited, recognizing the inputted key signal as a first control signal to implement a pre-set control function according to the recognized first control signal;

when the key is manipulated and if it is determined that access to the GUI is limited, recognizing the inputted key signal as a second control signal to control the display state of the image according to the recognized second control signal,

wherein recognizing that the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is not limited occurs when a size of the image provided by a program activated on the operating system of the image signal source is smaller than a size of a desktop screen provided by the operating system of the image signal source, and

wherein recognizing that the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is limited when the size of the image provided by the program activated the operating system of the computer is bigger than the size of the image of the desktop screen provided by the operating system of the computer; and

when the key is not manipulated and the access to the GUI is not limited, changing the display state according to a manipulation of the GUI.

22. The method according to claim 21, further comprising, when the key is not manipulated and the access to the GUI is not limited, generating the GUI on the display using a program resident on the image producing apparatus.

23. A computer readable medium encoded with processing instructions for performing a method of controlling a display state of an image provided by an image producing apparatus performed by a computer connected to an image producing apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a generated key signal according to a manipulation of a key on a display;

when the key is manipulated and if it is determined that access to a graphical user interface (GUI) provided by the image producing apparatus is not limited, recognizing the inputted key signal as a first control signal to implement a pre-set control function according to the recognized first control signal; and

when the key is manipulated and if it is determined that access to the GUI is limited, recognizing the inputted key signal as a second control signal to control the display state of the image according to the recognized second control signal,

wherein recognizing that the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is not limited occurs when a size of the image provided by a program activated on the operating system of the image signal source is smaller than a size of a desktop screen provided by the operating system of the image signal source, and

wherein recognizing that the user'"'"'s access to the GUI is limited when the size of the image provided by the program activated the operating system of the computer is bigger than the size of the image of the desktop screen provided by the operating system of the computer.

24. The computer readable medium according to claim 23, wherein the method further comprises detecting at the display a function preservation signal generated by the image producing apparatus if the access to the GUI is not limited, and determining whether access to the GUI is limited according to the detected function preservation signal.

25. The computer readable medium according to claim 23, wherein when the key is not manipulated and the access to the GUI is not limited, changing the display state according to a manipulation of the GUI.

26. The computer readable medium according to claim 25, wherein when the key is not manipulated and the access to the GUI is not limited, generating the GUI on the display using a program resident on the image producing apparatus.