Display apparatus and control method thereof

• US 9,293,075 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2014
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Han, Jae-ryong
• Primary Examiner(s): Rhu, Kris
• Application Number:
  US14/168,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20140226025A1
• Time in Patent Office: 782 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/263 Generation of test inputs, e.g. test vectors, patterns or sequences ; with adaptation of the tested hardware for testability with external testers
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0606 Manual adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/12 Test circuits or failure detection circuits included in a display system, as permanent part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/006 Electronic inspection or testing of displays and display drivers, e.g. of LED or LCD displays testing individual LED's G01R31/2635; testing lamps G01R31/44; testing of optical features of LCD displays G02F1/1309
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/2096 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a flat panel suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/006; specific for a CRT G09G1/167
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/24 Testing correct operation

Abstract

A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes: a communication interface configured to receive a video signal by using a preset setting value; a sensor configured to generate a test signal for checking whether the display apparatus is abnormal in order to sense an abnormality of the display apparatus; a controller configured to adjust a setting value of the communication interface in response to an abnormality of the display apparatus not being sensed; and a display configured to display the video signal received by the communication interface, the setting value of which has been adjusted.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive a video signal from an external device;

a display; and

a controller configured to;

process the received video signal by using a preset setting value,

in response to the processed video signal not meeting a preset condition, generate and provide a test signal, instead of the video signal, to the communication interface, for checking whether the display apparatus is abnormal or the received video signal is abnormal, based on a characteristic of the test signal,

process the test signal by using the preset setting value, and

in response to the display apparatus being normal according to a result of the checking the characteristic of the processed test signal, adjust the setting value and process the video signal with the adjusted setting value, and

control the display to display the processed video signal.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to check the abnormality of the display apparatus only if a characteristic of the processed video signal does not meet the preset condition.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to adjust the setting value by using at least one of characteristics of a voltage level, a frequency sync, and an eye diagram of the video signal.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to change at least one of an internal impedance value, a sync phase-locked loop (PLL) range, and a setting value of a signal equalizer of the communication interface in order to adjust the setting value.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display a menu for adjusting the setting value and adjust the setting value by using the setting value input through the menu.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a storage configured to store the setting value,

wherein whenever the display apparatus restarts, the controller processes the received video signal by using the stored setting value.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein in response to the abnormality of the display apparatus being checked, the controller controls the display a message indicating to display an apparatus abnormality.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller applies the generated test signal to the communication interface and checks the abnormality based on the characteristic of the applied test signal.

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

receiving, at a communication interface of the display apparatus, a video signal from an external device;

processing, at controller of the display apparatus, the received video signal by using a preset setting value;

generating and providing, at the controller, a test signal, instead of the video signal, for checking whether the display apparatus is abnormal or the received video signal is abnormal based on a characteristic of the test signal, in response to the processed video signal not meeting a preset condition;

processing, at the controller, the test signal by using the preset setting value;

adjusting, at the controller, the setting value and processing the video signal with the adjusted setting value, in response to the display apparatus being normal according to a result of the checking the characteristic of the test signal; and

displaying, at a display of the display apparatus, the processed video signal.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the generating the test signal comprises checking the abnormality of the display apparatus only if a characteristic of the processed video signal does not meet the preset condition.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the setting value is adjusted by using at least one of characteristics of a voltage level, a frequency sync, and an eye diagram of the video signal.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein at least one of an internal impedance value, a sync PLL range, and a setting value of a signal equalizer of the communication interface is changed in order to adjust the setting value.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the adjusting of the setting value comprises:

displaying a menu for adjusting the setting value; and

adjusting the setting value by using a setting value input through the menu.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

storing the setting value; and

in response to the display apparatus restarting, processing the video signal by using the stored setting value.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

in response to the abnormality of the display apparatus being checked, displaying a message indicating an apparatus abnormality.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the generating the test signal comprises applying the generated test signal to the communication interface, and checks the abnormality of the display apparatus based on the characteristic of the applied test signal.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a program stored therein as a data structure, wherein a processor of a computer causes the computer to execute program to carry out a method of controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a video signal from an external device;

processing the received video signal by using a preset setting value;

generating and providing a test signal, instead of the video signal, for checking whether the display apparatus is abnormal or the received video signal is abnormal based on a characteristic of the test signal, in response to the processed video signal not meeting a preset condition;

processing the test signal by using the preset setting value;

adjusting the setting value and processing the video signal with the adjusted setting value, in response to the display apparatus being normal according to a result of the checking the characteristic of the processed test signal; and

displaying the processed video signal.