Display apparatus and display method thereof

• US 8,947,488 B2
• Filed: 07/23/2012
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Han, Sang-jin, Kim, Yoo-tai, Kim, Jung-geun, Yu, Seung-dong, Choi, Jung-ah
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramakrishnaiah, Melur
• Application Number:
  US13/555,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20130088559A1
• Time in Patent Office: 925 Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• 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 21/42206 characterized by hardware details
• 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 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/141 between two video terminals, e.g. videophone telephonic communication systems combined with television receiver for reception of entertainment or information matter H04M11/085
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

A display method is provided, which includes displaying content on a screen; and if a user motion having directivity is recognized, dividing the screen into plural screens according to the directions of the user motion.

Claims

1. A display method comprising:

displaying content on a screen; and

if a user motion having directivity is captured, analyzing a direction of captured user motion and dividing the screen into plural screens according to the directivity of the user motion.

2. The display method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising displaying the content on a first screen among the plural divided screens, and displaying a captured image of an object on a second screen among the plural divided screens.

3. The display method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising, displaying the content on a first screen among the plural divided screens, and displaying captured images of different objects on remaining plural screens of the plural divided screens, respectively.

4. The display method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising displaying the content on a first screen among the plural divided screens, and displaying captured images of an object which are captured in different time zones on remaining plural screens of the plural divided screens, respectively.

5. The display method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the captured image of the object is at least one of a background-removed image from which a background of the object has been removed and a silhouette image for displaying only a silhouette of the object.

6. The display method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the dividing the screen into plural screens comprises, if the directivity of the user motion is vertical, dividing the screen into a left screen and a right screen, and if the directivity of the user motion is horizontal, dividing the screen into an upper screen and a lower screen.

7. The display method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising, if a following user motion having directivity is recognized in a state where the screen has been divided into the plural screens, dividing the plural divided screens according to directivity of the following user motion.

8. The display method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

converting the content, which is output through one of the divided screens according to a user command, into a still image; and

enlarging a specified portion of the converted still image.

9. The display method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the user motion is input through at least one of a depth camera and a color camera.

10. The display method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising displaying a user'"'"'s captured image for video calling on a first screen among the plural divided screens, and displaying a captured image of an opposite party for video calling on a second screen among the plural divided screens.

11. A display apparatus comprising:

a display unit that displays content on a screen;

a user motion detection unit that captures a user motion; and

a control unit that analyzes a direction of a captured user motion and divides the screen into plural screens according to directivity of a user motion if the user motion having the directivity is recognized.

12. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit displays the content on a first screen among the plural divided screens, and displays a captured image of an object on a second screen among the plural divided screens.

13. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the content is displayed on a first screen among the plural divided screens and captured images of different objects are displayed on remaining plural screens of the plural divided screens, respectively.

14. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the content is displayed on a first screen among the plural divided screens and captured images of an object which are captured in different time zones are displayed on remaining plural screens of the plural divided screens, respectively.

15. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the captured image of the object is at least one of a background-removed image from which a background of the object has been removed and a silhouette image for displaying only a silhouette of the object.

16. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the control unit divides the screen into a left screen and a right screen if the directivity of the user motion is vertical, and divides the screen into an upper screen and a lower screen if the directivity of the user motion is horizontal.

17. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the control unit divides the plural divided screens according to directivity of a following user motion if the following user motion is recognized in a state where the screen has been divided into the plural screens.

18. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the control unit converts the content, which is output through one of the divided screens according to a user command, into a still image, and enlarges a specified portion of the converted still image.

19. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the user motion is input through at least one of a depth camera and a color camera.

20. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit displays a user'"'"'s captured image for video calling on a first screen among the plural divided screens, and displays a captured image of an opposite party for video calling on a second screen among the plural divided screens.

21. A display apparatus comprising:

a display that displays content;

a video receiving unit that captures a motion of a user;

a processor that determines a directivity of the motion of the user captured by the video receiving unit, controls the display to divide the display into a first viewing area and a second viewing area based on the determined directivity, and controls the display to display the content in one of the first viewing area and the second viewing area.

22. The display apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the processor determines the directivity of the motion of the user to be one of a horizontal directivity and a vertical directivity.

23. The display apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the directivity of the motion of the user is the horizontal directivity, and the processor controls the display to divide the display horizontally, the first viewing area comprising an upper viewing area displayed on an upper portion of the display and the second viewing area comprising a lower viewing area displayed on a lower portion of the display.

24. The display apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the directivity of the motion of the user is the vertical directivity, and the processor controls the display to divide the display vertically, the first viewing area comprising a left viewing area displayed on a left portion of the display and the second viewing area comprising a right viewing area displayed on a right portion of the display.