Display apparatus, control method thereof, and display system with automatic image orientation adjustment

• US 8,643,597 B2
• Filed: 10/11/2005
• Issued: 02/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Jang, Mi-sook, Yang, Geun-sam, Hong, Yun-ju
• Primary Examiner(s): Mengistu, Amare
• Assistant Examiner(s): LAM, VINH TANG
• Application Number:
  US11/246,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20060104016A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,038 Days
• Field of Search: 345/158, 345/659, 345/204, 345/649, 455 903-566, 710/45
• US Class Current: 345/158
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/105 the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence

Abstract

A display apparatus including a communication port to communicate with an external source, an on screen display (OSD) generator to generate an OSD menu, and a display panel to display the OSD menu thereon, the display apparatus further including a pivot sensor to sense a pivoting angle of the display panel, and output data corresponding to the pivoting angle when the display panel is pivoted, and a controller to set an OSD displaying direction of the OSD generator according to the data about the pivoting angle from the pivot sensor, and transmit the data relating to the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a communication port communicating with an external source;

a generator to generate a first signal;

a display panel to receive the first signal from the generator, and to display the received first signal and a second signal as an image thereon, the first signal to adjust at least one of information relating to the second signal and information relating to the display apparatus, and the second signal being an image signal received from the external source through the communication port;

a pivot sensor to sense a pivoting angle of the display panel and to output data corresponding to the pivoting angle when the display panel is pivoted and when the pivoting angle is in a first predetermined range, and to not output the output data corresponding to the pivoting angle when the pivoting angle is in a second predetermined range; and

a controller to set a display displaying direction of the image of the first signal according to the data relating to the pivoting angle from the pivot sensor and to automatically transmit the data relating to the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port when the display panel is rotated, and to control the display panel according to the first signal having the set displaying direction and the second signal pivoted by the external source based on the pivoting angle;

a memory to store the data relating to the pivoting angle of the display panel,

wherein the controller replaces the data relating to the pivoting angle stored in the memory with the data relating to the pivoting angle sensed by the pivot sensor when the data relating to the pivoting angle sensed by the pivot sensor is not equal to the data relating to the pivoting angle stored in the memory,

wherein the external source is located outside of the display apparatus and the generator, display panel, pivot sensor, and controller are enclosed within the display apparatus.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the displaying direction comprises a −

90 degree angle, and/or a 90 degree angle, and/or a 180degree angle.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller transmits the data of the pivoting angle as a virtual control panel code based on monitor control command set standards to the external source through the communication port.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller transmits the data of the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port as a virtual control panel code based on monitor control command set standards.

5. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller transmits the data of the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port as a virtual control panel code based on monitor control command set standards.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the image of the first signal displayed on the display panel includes items to adjust information relating to effective area position, color, or information about the signal.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display panel to display the image of the first signal according to the pivoting angle.

8. A display system comprising:

an external source to process a first signal;

a display apparatus having a pivoting function, comprising;

a communication port communicating with the external source,

a generator to generate a second signal which is to adjust at least one of information relating to the first signal and information relating to the display apparatus,

a display panel to receive the second signal from the generator and to display the received first signal and the second signal as an image thereon,

a memory to store data relating to a pivoting angle of the display panel,

a pivot sensor to sense the pivoting angle of the display panel and to output data corresponding to the pivoting angle when the display panel is pivoted by a user and when the pivoting angle is in a first predetermined range, and to not output the output data corresponding to the pivoting angle when the pivoting angle is in a second predetermined range, and

a controller to compare the data relating to the pivoting angle sensed by the pivot sensor with the data relating to the pivoting angle stored in the memory, to set displaying direction of the image of the second signal according to the data relating to the pivoting angle from the pivot sensor when the data relating to the pivoting angle sensed by the pivot sensor is not equal to the data relating to the pivoting angle stored in the memory, to automatically transmit the data relating to the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port when the display panel is rotated, and to control the display panel to display the video signal having the set displaying direction and the first signal pivoted by the external source based on the pivoting angle,

wherein the external source is located outside of the display apparatus while the generator, display panel, pivot sensor, memory, and controller are enclosed within the display apparatus, and

wherein the controller replaces the data relating to the pivoting angle stored in the memory with the data relating to the pivoting angle sensed by the pivot sensor when the data relating to the pivoting angle sensed by the pivot sensor is not equal to the data relating to the pivoting angle stored in the memory.

9. The display system of claim 8, wherein the controller transmits the data relating to the pivoting angle of the display panel stored in the memory to the external source through the communication port when the external source requests the data relating to the pivoting angle of the display panel.

10. The display system of claim 8, wherein the controller transmits the data relating to the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port as a virtual control panel code according to monitor control command set standards, and

wherein the external source includes a computer having a pivot program recognizing the virtual control panel code according to the monitor control command set standards.

11. The display system of claim 9, wherein the controller transmits the data about the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port as a virtual control panel code according to monitor control command set standards, and

wherein the external source includes a computer having a pivot program recognizing the virtual control panel code according to the monitor control command set standards.

12. The display system of claim 8, wherein the controller controls the display panel to display the image of the signal according to the pivoting angle.

13. A method of controlling a display apparatus comprising a communication port communicating with an external source, a generator to generate a first signal , and a display panel to receive the first signal from the generator and to display an image, the method comprising:

storing data relating to a pivoting angle of the display panel;

sensing the pivoting angle of the display panel and outputting sensed data relating to the sensed pivoting angle when the sensed pivoting angle is in a first predetermined range, and not outputting the sensed data when the sensed pivoting angle is in a second predetermined range;

comparing the sensed data relating to the pivoting angle with the stored data relating to the pivoting angle; and

setting a displaying direction of the image of the first signal of the generator according to the sensed data relating to the pivoting angle when the output sensed data relating to the pivoting angle is not equal to the stored data relating to the pivoting angle, and automatically transmitting the output sensed data relating to the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port when the display panel is rotated,

displaying the first signal corresponding to the image having the set the display displaying direction and a second signal output from the external source according to the pivoting angle data, the first signal to adjust at least one of information relating to the second signal and information relating to the display apparatus, and the second signal being an image signal pivoted by the external source based on the pivoting angle,

wherein the stored data relating to the pivoting angle is replaced with the sensed data relating to the pivoting angle when the sensed data relating to the pivoting angle is not equal to the stored data relating to the pivoting angle, and

wherein the external source is located outside of the display apparatus while the generator and display panel are enclosed within the display apparatus.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the displaying direction comprises a −

90 degree angle, and/or a 90 degree angle, and/or a 180 degree angle.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the data transmitted to the external source comprises a virtual control panel code according to monitor control command set standards.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the data transmitted to the external source comprises a virtual control panel code according to monitor control command set standards.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the image of the signal displayed on the display panel includes items to adjust information relating to effective area position, color, or information about the video signal.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying the image of the signal according to the pivoting angle.

19. A display apparatus comprising:

a communication port operable to receive a first signal from an external source;

a generator operable to generate a second signal to be displayed as an image to adjust settings of the display apparatus;

a display panel which is rotatable about an axis, operable to receive the second signal, to display the image of the second signal, and operable to display an image based on the first signal received from the external source;

a pivot sensor operable to sense a pivoting angle of the display panel and operable to output data corresponding to the pivoting angle when the pivoting angle is in a first predetermined range, and to not output the output data when the pivoting angle is a second predetermined range;

a controller operable to control the generator to rotate the image of the second signal displayed on the display panel based on the data corresponding to the pivoting angle when the pivoting angle is greater than a predetermined reference angle, to transmit to the external source the data corresponding to the pivoting angle, and operable to control the display panel to display the image based on the first signal received from the external source and pivoted by the external source based on the external source and the image of the second signal that is rotated;

a memory to store the data relating to the pivoting angle of the display panel,

wherein the controller replaces the data relating to the pivoting angle stored in the memory with the data relating to the pivoting angle sensed by the pivot sensor when the data relating to the pivoting angle sensed by the pivot sensor is not equal to the data relating to the pivoting angle stored in the memory.

20. The display apparatus of claim 19, wherein the pivot sensor outputs the data corresponding to the pivoting angle if the display rotates about the axis.