Display apparatus and controlling methods thereof

• US 9,191,656 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2013
• Issued: 11/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Bong-yeon, Ko, Chang-seog
• Primary Examiner(s): ELAHI, SHAN E
• Application Number:
  US14/132,243
• Publication Number:
  US 20140104401A1
• Time in Patent Office: 699 Days
• Field of Search: 348/56
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/332 Displays for viewing with the aid of special glasses or head-mounted displays [HMD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/341 using temporal multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/398 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2013/403 the images being monoscopic
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2013/405 the images being stereoscopic or three dimensional

Abstract

A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit which outputs a plurality of content views using a plurality of image frames; an interface unit which is connected with a glasses apparatus according to a predetermined communication standard; a synchronization signal generator which generates a synchronization signal that synchronizes one of the plurality of content views with the glasses apparatus; and a controller which, when a glasses apparatus is connected, controls the display apparatus to synchronize the one of the plurality of content views with the glasses.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

an interface which communicates with a glasses apparatus according to a predetermined communication standard;

a sync signal generator which generates a sync signal that synchronizes one of the plurality of content views with the glasses apparatus; and

a controller which;

controls the display apparatus to display a first content view among a plurality of content views with a graphic object indicating start of a multi-view mode and a second content view among the plurality of content views with the graphic object, the second content view being displayed following the first content view;

in response to receiving a content view selection command from a first glasses apparatus while the graphic object is displayed on the first content view, controls the sync signal generator to generate a first sync signal in order to synchronize the first content view with the first glasses apparatus; and

in response to receiving a content view selection command from a second glasses apparatus while the graphic object is displayed on the second content view, controls the sync signal generator to generate a second sync signal in order to synchronize the second content view with the second glasses apparatus.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the controller controls the display apparatus to synchronize one or more glasses apparatus connected through the interface with the plurality of content views sequentially at a predetermined time interval.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller controls the display apparatus to display a timer object which indicates the remaining time for switching to a next content view in the predetermined time interval.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display apparatus to synchronize the glasses apparatus with a content view not synchronized with another glasses apparatus from among the plurality of content views, in response to connecting to the glasses apparatus through the interface.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display apparatus to display an object which indicates that a content view is not synchronized with any glasses apparatus to the glasses apparatus, in response to determining that there exists a content view that is not synchronized with any glasses apparatus from among the plurality of content views.

6. A controlling method of a display apparatus, the method comprising:

generating a sync signal which synchronizes a predetermined content view with a glasses apparatus;

transmitting the sync signal signal to the glasses apparatus; and

displaying a first content view among a plurality of content views with a graphic object indicating a start of a multi-view mode and a second content view among the plurality of content views with the graphic object, the second content view being displayed following the first content view,

wherein the generating comprises generating a first sync signal in order to synchronize the first content view with the first glasses apparatus, in response to receiving a content view selection command from a first glasses apparatus while the graphic object is displayed on the first content view, and generating a second sync signal in order to synchronize the second content view with the second glasses apparatus, in response to receiving a content view selection command from a second glasses apparatus while the graphic object is displayed on the second content view.

7. The controlling method according to claim 6, wherein the generating the sync signal generates one or more sync signals which synchronize one or more glasses apparatus connected through the interface with the plurality of content views sequentially at a predetermined time interval.

8. The controlling method according to claim 7, further comprising displaying a timer object which indicates the remaining time for switching to a next content view in the predetermined time interval.

9. The controlling method according to claim 6, wherein the generating the sync signal generates a sync signal which synchronizes the glasses apparatus with a content view not synchronized with any glasses apparatus from among the plurality of content views, in response to the glasses apparatus connecting to the display apparatus.

10. The controlling method according to claim 6, further comprising displaying a graphic object which indicates that a content view is not synchronized with any glasses apparatus to the glasses apparatus in response to determining that there exists a content view that is not synchronized with any glasses apparatus from among the plurality of content views.