Image display apparatus and method

• US 9,219,875 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2010
• Issued: 12/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Jongha
• Primary Examiner(s): Lewis, Jonathan V
• Application Number:
  US12/913,616
• Publication Number:
  US 20110113445A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,882 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/338 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06

Abstract

A method for operating an image display apparatus having a first display and a second display different from the first display includes displaying an image on the first display, displaying a search window on the second display, and displaying search results matching a search term entered in the search window.

Claims

1. A method for controlling display of information, comprising:

displaying, by a first controller, an image on a first display;

displaying, by a second controller, a search window on a second display that is physically separate from the first display, wherein the first and second controller are operated in parallel, the search window is displayed on the second display by a separate procedure from the image on the first display, and the image displayed on the first display is not scaled or disturbed by the search window displayed on the second display;

receiving a search term input at the search window;

displaying search results that match the search term input into the search window while displaying the image on the first display,

wirelessly receiving, through an RF module, motion information regarding movement of a remote controller;

calculating, by a coordinate calculator, coordinates of a pointer to be displayed; and

displaying the pointer in the first display or the second display,

wherein the pointer moves across the first and second displays,

wherein the calculating step calculates coordinates of the pointer by correcting the motion information for error based on a user'"'"'s handshake,

wherein the search results include at least one of

broadcast information corresponding to the image,

coding information corresponding to the image,

information corresponding to a product appearing in the image,

information corresponding to a place or location appearing in the image, or

information corresponding to a person or a character appearing in the image,

wherein the first display and second display are in a same image display device, and

wherein the first display and the second display are independent display panels.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the search term includes a text-based term and wherein the displayed search results match the text-based search term.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the search term is generated by dragging and dropping an image from the first display to the search window in the second display and wherein the search results correspond to at least part of the image dragged or dropped into the search window using the pointer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the search results are obtained by performing a search based on a circuit or browser operated within the image display device or operated within an external device coupled to the image display device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the search results are obtained based on a Web search.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

scrolling the search results in response to a scroll command.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the scroll command is issued by the pointer based on information from a remote controller.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein when an object in an image is dragged and dropped in the search window, information of the search results displayed on the second display is varied according to the object.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when an object in an image is dragged and dropped in the search window, extracting metadata concerning the object included in the image.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein a list of images corresponding to the search results are displayed.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

outputting contents corresponding to a selected one of the images.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein when a broadcast image displayed on the first display is dragged and dropped in the search window, broadcast information is displayed as the search results, the broadcast information including a title of a program corresponding to the broadcast image and a start time and an end time of the program.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the broadcast information is extracted by demultiplexing a data stream carrying the broadcast information.

14. The method of claim 1,

wherein, when the remote controller moves back or forth, the image displayed on the first display is gradually enlarged or reduced.

15. An image display apparatus comprising:

a first display;

a second display that is physically separate from the first display;

an interface to receive motion information from a remote controller;

a first controller to control the first display to display an image; and

a second controller to control the second display to display a search window simultaneously with display of the image in the first display to receive a search term input into the search window and to control the second display to display search results that match the search term entered in the search window while displaying the image on the first display,

wherein the pointer is displayed on the first display or the second display,

wherein the pointer moves across the first and second displays,

wherein the coordinate calculator calculates coordinates of the pointer by correcting the motion information for error based on a user'"'"'s handshake,

wherein the search results include at least one of

broadcast information corresponding to the image,

coding information corresponding to the image,

information corresponding to a product appearing in the image,

information corresponding to a place or location appearing in the image, or

information corresponding to a person or a character appearing in the image,

wherein the first and second controller are operated in parallel,

wherein the search window is displayed on the second display by a separate procedure from the image on the first display,

wherein the image displayed on the first display is not scaled or disturbed by the search window displayed on the second display, and

wherein the first display and the second display are independent display panels.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:

a tuner to receive a broadcast signal of a selected channel or a broadcast signal of a preliminarily stored channel; and

an external input to receive an external signal, wherein the image is a broadcast image or an external input image.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:

an image generator to generate one or more images obtained from a search performed using the search window.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein when an object in an image is dragged and dropped in the search window, the second controller controls the second display to display information of the search results varied according to the object.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein when a broadcast image displayed on the first display is dragged and dropped in the search window, broadcast information is displayed as the search results, the broadcast information including a title of a program corresponding to the broadcast image and a start time and an end time of the program.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the broadcast information is extracted by demultiplexing a data stream carrying the broadcast information.

21. The apparatus of claim 15,

wherein, when the remote controller moves back or forth, the image displayed on the first display is gradually enlarged or reduced.

22. An image display apparatus comprising:

an enclosure;

a first display device mounted in the enclosure;

a second display device mounted in the enclosure and positioned adjacent the first display device, the first and second display devices being different display devices and mounted in the enclosure to be physically separate from each other;

an interface to receive motion information from a remote controller;

a first controller to control the first display device to display an image; and

a second controller to control the second display device to display a search window simultaneously with display of the image in the first display device to receive a search term input into the search window and to control the second display device to display search results that match the search term entered in the search window while displaying the image on the first display device,

wherein the interface includes

an RF module configured to wirelessly receive motion information regarding movement of a remote controller, and

a coordinate calculator configured to calculate coordinates of a pointer to be displayed,

wherein the pointer is displayed on the first display or the second display,

wherein the pointer moves across the first and second displays,

wherein the coordinate calculator calculates coordinates of the pointer by correcting the motion information for error based on a user'"'"'s handshake,

wherein the search results include at least one of

broadcast information corresponding to the image,

coding information corresponding to the image,

information corresponding to a product appearing in the image,

information corresponding to a place or location appearing in the image, or

information corresponding to a person or a character appearing in the image,

wherein the first and second controllers are operated in parallel, and

wherein the search window is displayed on the second window by a separate procedure from the image displayed on the first display device.