Display apparatus, external peripheral device connectable thereto and image displaying method

• US 9,219,935 B2
• Filed: 10/18/2012
• Issued: 12/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Je-ik
• Primary Examiner(s): Mamo, Elias
• Application Number:
  US13/654,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20130169866A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,160 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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: G09G 2370/20 Details of the management of multiple sources of image data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4112 having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4184 providing storage capabilities, e.g. memory stick
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4318 by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image region image enhancement or restoration in general G06T5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44012 involving rendering scenes according to scene graphs, e.g. MPEG-4 scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859

Abstract

A display apparatus, an external peripheral device connectable thereto and an image displaying method. The display apparatus includes a video receiver which receives a video signal; a display unit which displays an image; and a peripheral device connector which includes a first port to transmit and receive a video signal and a second port to receive a video signal, both of which are connected to the external peripheral device.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a video receiver which receives a compressed video signal;

a display unit;

a connector which is connected to an external upgrade signal processing module; and

a processor which transmits the compressed video signal to the external upgrade signal processing module such that the external upgrade signal processing module decompresses the compressed video signal, receives the decompressed video signal from the external upgrade signal processing module, generates a graphic signal related to the received decompressed video signal, synthesizes the decompressed video signal with the graphic signal to form a synthesis signal and controls the display to display an image based on the synthesis signal.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connector comprises one of a USB interface and a PCI express interface, an HDMI and a DVI.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the video receiver comprises at least one of:

a digital broadcasting receiver which receives a digital broadcasting signal, an analog broadcasting receiver which receives an analog broadcasting signal, an Ethernet interface, a digital video receiver which receives a digital video signal, an analog video receiver which receives an analog video signal, and a USB interface.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the video receiver comprises:

an analog receiver which receives an analog video signal;

a bit stream encoder which encodes the analog video signal into a digital video signal;

a digital receiver which receives a digital video signal; and

a bit stream extractor which extracts the bit stream of the digital video signal.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to integrate the synthesized signal with at least one of channel information, a subtitle, and a teletext.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a video processor which extracts and encodes a bit stream of the video signal, wherein the upgrade signal processing module provides an enhanced processing of the bit stream in comparison with the video processor.

17. The display apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the video signal is a broadcast signal and wherein the external upgrade signal processing module searches Internet regarding information related to the broadcast signal and synthesizes the found information with the broadcast signal to form the synthesized signal.

18. The display apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the information comprises at least one of an advertisement, a program information, a survey, and stock information.

19. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the external upgrade signal processing module comprises a scaler and at least one of a widget application or an on screen display generator application.

20. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the external upgrade signal processing module generates a main image window for the video signal and a search window for the graphic signal and provides the synthesized signal comprising both windows.

21. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the external upgrade signal processing module is configured to upgrade the video signal.

6. A display apparatus comprising:

a video receiver which receives a compressed video signal;

a display unit;

a connector which is connected to an external upgrade signal processing module;

a controller which controls the connector to output the compressed video signal to the external upgrade signal processing module and receive a synthesis signal from the external upgrade signal processing module and to display an image based on the synthesis signal on the display unit,

wherein the compressed video signal is decompressed by the external upgrade signal processing module,

wherein the synthesized signal is the decompressed video signal synthesized with a graphic signal that relates to contents of the decompressed video signal.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the external update signal processing module is configured to synthesize the synthesis signal and at least one of channel information, a subtitle, and a teletext.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

an MPEG encoder which converts an analog broadcasting signal into a digital signal upon receiving the analog broadcasting signal from the video receiver, wherein the controller controls the connector to output the converted digital signal to the external upgrade signal processing module.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the video receiver comprises at least one of a digital broadcasting receiver which receives a digital broadcasting signal, an analog broadcasting receiver which receives an analog broadcasting signal, an Ethernet interface, a digital video receiver which receives a digital video signal, an analog receiver which receives an analog video signal, and a USB interface.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the connector:

comprises a first port comprising one of a USB interface and a PCI express interface, and a second port comprising one of a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) and a digital visual interface (DVI), and wherein a video signal which is compressed into a digital signal is transmitted to the external upgrade signal processing module via the first port, and a decompressed video signal is transmitted by the external upgrade signal processing module via the second port.

11. An image displaying method comprising:

receiving a compressed video signal by a display apparatus;

outputting the compressed video signal to an external upgrade signal processing module connected to the display apparatus;

decompressing the compressed video signal by a processor of the external upgrade signal processing module;

receiving by the display apparatus the decompressed signal from the external upgrade signal processing module;

generating a graphic signal related to the received decompressed video signal by a processor of the display apparatus;

synthesizing the decompressed video signal received from the external upgrade signal processing module with the graphic signal to form a synthesis signal by the processor of the display apparatus; and

displaying an image based on the synthesis signal by the processor of the display apparatus.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the receiving the video signal comprises receiving at least one of a digital broadcasting signal, an analog broadcasting signal, a digital video signal, and an analog video signal.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the synthesis signal comprises another graphic signal received from the external upgrade signal processing module.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the receiving the video signal comprises receiving an analog broadcasting signal and wherein the method further comprises converting the analog broadcasting signal into a digital signal.

15. A display apparatus comprising:

a video receiver which receives a compressed video signal;

a display unit; and

a connector which is connected to an external upgrade signal processing module; and

a processor which transmits the compressed video signal to the external upgrade signal processing module such that the external upgrade signal processing module decompresses the compressed video signal, receives the decompressed video signal from the external upgrade signal processing module, generates a graphic signal related to the received decompressed video signal, synthesizes the decompressed video signal with the graphic signal to form a synthesis signal and controls the display to display an image based on the synthesis signal,

wherein the external upgrade signal processing module which is connected to the display apparatus comprising;

a display apparatus connector which comprises a first port to receive a compressed video signal and a second port to transmit a decompressed video signal; and

an enhanced processor which decompresses the compressed video signal received via the display apparatus connector.