Digital television and method of displaying contents using the same

• US 9,077,935 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2009
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Hyun Min, Ryu, Jung Han, Kim, Kyoung Joung, Kim, Jung Eun, Song, Min Su, Lee, Na Ri, Park, Kyung Mi, Kim, Byung Soo, Park, Yun Mi, Shin, Jeong A
• Primary Examiner(s): Amini, Javid A
• Application Number:
  US12/648,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20100171765A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,016 Days
• Field of Search: 345/672
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• 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 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

A DTV and a method of displaying content using the same are provided. The DTV includes: a plurality of display units physically isolated from each other; and a control unit configured to, if a predetermined first event has occurred, move a content displayed on the first display unit among the plurality of display units and display the content on the second display unit among the plurality of display units, wherein the control unit is configured to control the display of the content such that the movement process of the content is visually recognized.

Claims

1. A DTV comprising:

a display unit including a plurality of display areas; and

a control unit configured to;

cause the display unit to display at least one content related to broadcast programs on a first display area among the plurality of display areas,

receive a predetermined first event,

move, from the first display area to a second display area among the plurality of display areas, the specific content corresponding to broadcasting content, and

cause the display unit to display the specific content by gradually changing a size of the specific content on the second display area.

2. The DTV of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to control the display of the specific content by moving the specific content based on a set movement path on the second display area, the set movement path corresponding to a type of the specific content.

3. The DTV of claim 1, wherein the first display area and the second display area differ from each other in size, and

when displaying the specific content on the second display area, the control unit is configured to control the size of the content by considering a resolution of the second display area.

4. The DTV of claim 1,

wherein the control unit is configured to control the display of the content such that the movement process of the content from the first display area to the second display area is visually recognized and wherein the movement process of the content includes gradually changing a size of the content during the movement of the content by considering the resolution of the second display area according to steps of the movement process.

5. The DTV of claim 1,

wherein the control unit is configured to control the display of the content such that the movement process of the content from the first display area to the second display area is visually recognized and wherein the movement process of the content includes gradually changing a size of the content during the movement of the content by considering the resolution of the second display area after moving the content to the second display area without a change in size according to the steps of the movement process.

6. The DTV of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to display the content on both of the first display area and the second display area.

7. The DTV of claim 6, wherein the control unit is configured to display detailed information of the content on any one of the first display area and the second display area and brief information of the content on the other one.

8. The DTV of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured not to display the content on the first display area after the movement of the content.

9. The DTV of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to turn off the first display area after the movement of the content.

10. The DTV of claim 9, wherein, if a predetermined second event has occurred, the control unit is configured to turn on the first display area and move the content to the first display area.

11. The DTV of claim 1, wherein the first event includes selection of the content and arrival of a predetermined point in time.

19. The DTV of claim 1, wherein the first predetermined event comprises arrival of a time for broadcasting a specific content of the at least one content or receipt of an input, by a user, for selecting a specific content of the at least one content.

12. A method of displaying contents using a DTV, which displays contents using the DTV comprising a display unit including a first display area and a second display area, the method comprising:

causing the display unit to display at least one content related to broadcast programs on the first display area;

receiving a predetermined first event;

moving, from the first display area to the second display area, the specific content corresponding to broadcasting content; and

causing the display unit to display the specific content by gradually changing a size of the specific content on the second display area.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein causing the display unit to display the specific content comprises moving the specific content based on a set movement path on the second display area, the set movement path corresponding to a type of the specific content.

14. The method of claim 12,

wherein causing the display unit to display the specific content comprises gradually changing a size of the specific content by considering the resolution of the second display area.

15. The method of claim 12,

wherein causing the display unit to display the specific content comprises gradually changing a size of the specific content by considering the resolution of the second display area after moving the specific content to the second display area without a change in size according to steps of the movement process.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising maintaining the display of the content on the first display area.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising deleting the content from the first display area after the movement of the content.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising turning off the first display area after the movement of the content.