Image display device and method for operating the same performing near field communication with a mobile terminal

• US 8,965,314 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2012
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jeong, Youngho
• Primary Examiner(s): Jackson, Blane J
• Application Number:
  US13/559,289
• Publication Number:
  US 20130044051A1
• Time in Patent Office: 943 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/352, 455/151.1, 455/151.2, 455/414.1
• US Class Current: 455/151.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/441 Acquiring end-user identification , e.g. using personal code sent by the remote control or by inserting a card
• 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 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration

Abstract

An image display device and a method for operating the same are provided. In the method for operating the image display device which can perform near field communication with a mobile terminal, an image is displayed on a display, device information including motion information or position information of the mobile terminal is received based on the near field communication, and a corresponding menu is displayed on the display or a corresponding operation is performed according to the received motion information or position information. This method can improve user convenience when the image display device is used.

Claims

1. A method for operating an image display device which can perform near field communication with a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an image on a display;

receiving device information including motion information or position information of the mobile terminal based on the near field communication; and

displaying a corresponding menu on the display or performing a corresponding operation according to the received motion information or position information,

wherein the device information is received from the mobile terminal via a remote control device of the image display device when the mobile terminal is positioned around the remote control device of the image display device within a predetermined distance.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the menu or operation varies according to the received motion information or position information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the menu or operation varies according to an attribute of a screen displayed on the display.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the device information further includes personal information of a user of the mobile terminal, and

the menu or operation varies according to the user of the mobile terminal.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving the device information includes receiving the device information from the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal has approached the image display device within the predetermined distance.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein, according to the received motion information or position information, a home screen is displayed or volume control is performed, or channel adjustment is performed or broadcast program information is displayed when the displayed image is a broadcast image.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the corresponding operation is a login according to the received motion information or position information.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the login is performed when specific continuous motion information or position information has been received.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising displaying a setting screen of a user who has performed the login on the display after performing the login.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the login is to login to the image display device, login to a server connected to the image display device, or login to a web server subscribed to by personal information of the user.

11. An image display device comprising:

a display;

an interface unit for receiving device information including motion information or position information of a mobile terminal from the mobile terminal or a remote control device; and

a controller for performing a control operation for displaying a corresponding menu on the display or performing a corresponding operation according to the received motion information or position information,

wherein the device information is received from the mobile terminal via a remote control device of the image display device when the mobile terminal is positioned around the remote control device of the image display device within a predetermined distance.

12. The image display device according to claim 11, wherein the interface unit includes a near field communication module for performing data communication with the mobile terminal through near field communication.

13. The image display device according to claim 11, wherein the controller performs a control operation for varying the menu or operation according to the received motion information or position information.

14. The image display device according to claim 11, wherein the controller performs a control operation for varying the menu or operation according to an attribute of a screen displayed on the display.

15. The image display device according to claim 11, wherein the interface unit further receives personal information of a user of the mobile terminal, and

the controller performs a control operation for varying the menu or operation according to the user of the mobile terminal.

16. The image display device according to claim 11, wherein the controller performs a control operation for performing login according to the received motion information or position information.

17. The image display device according to claim 11, wherein the controller performs a control operation for displaying a setting screen of a user who has performed the login on the display after performing the login.

18. An image display device which can perform near field communication with a mobile terminal, the image display device comprising:

a display;

an interface unit for receiving device information including motion information or position information of the mobile terminal based on the near field communication; and

a controller for performing a control operation for displaying a corresponding menu on the display or performing a corresponding operation according to the received motion information or position information,

wherein the device information further includes personal information of a user of the mobile terminal, and

the menu varies according to the user of the mobile terminal.

19. The image display device according to claim 18, wherein the interface unit receives the device information from the mobile terminal via a remote control device of the image display device when the mobile terminal is positioned around the remote control device of the image display device within a predetermined distance.