Image display apparatus and method for operating the same

• US 9,332,298 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2010
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Suk, Jihe, Oh, Hyojung
• Primary Examiner(s): Bruckart, Benjamin R
• Assistant Examiner(s): THOMAS, JASON M
• Application Number:
  US12/970,202
• Publication Number:
  US 20120023524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,965 Days
• Field of Search: 725 37- 47, 725 50- 52, 725/62
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00408 Display of information to the user, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00413 using menus, i.e. presenting the user with a plurality of selectable options H04N1/00464 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00416 Multi-level menus
• 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 21/4438 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 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

A multifunctional display device includes a processor to control display of at least one of a broadcast signal, data packets or signals from the remote controller. Also, a home screen includes a first area displaying a program, a second area displaying one or more card objects, and a third area having a prescribed number of applications. The home screen may be changed to display additional applications when an icon is selected using a remote controller.

Claims

1. A multifunctional display device, comprising:

a broadcast receiver to receive a broadcast signal;

a display;

a user input interface to receive a control signal from a remote controller;

a processor to control the display based on at least one of the broadcast signal, data packets or signals from the remote controller, wherein a home screen is displayed on the display and wherein;

a first area of the home screen displays a broadcast image corresponding to the broadcast signal received from the broadcast receiver,

a second area of the home screen displays a card object including a plurality of content items, and

a third area of the home screen displays an application bar in a compact view mode having a prescribed number of applications stored in a memory and a view more menu item for switching from the compact view mode to a full screen view mode displaying additional applications when the view more menu item is selected using the remote controller,

wherein the processor controls the display to display an application screen on the display in response to a selection of the view more menu item, and

wherein the displayed application screen includes an extended application menu and the application bar including the prescribed number of applications,

wherein the application bar from the displayed application screen includes an item for displaying original applications in the home screen instead of the view more menu item for displaying additional applications,

wherein the extended application menu further comprises the additional applications and includes an object representing movement to a next page, and

wherein in response to a selection of the object representing movement to the next page, the processor controls the display to display a new extended application menu.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor executes an instruction to delete one of the applications displayed on the application screen, an icon corresponding to the application to be deleted by being dragged and dropped into a predetermined area of the application screen.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the deleted application corresponds to one of a content provider, a downloadable application, a channel, a program from the electronic program guide or a media file.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein said dragging and dropping is performed based on movement of a cursor moved by a cursor key.

5. The device of claim 2, wherein said dragging and dropping is performed based on a position signal from the remote controller.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one application in the third area is not changeable.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor executes an instruction to create a folder to organize at least one of the prescribed number of applications.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor executes an instruction to create a folder to organize at least one of the prescribed number of applications or the additional applications.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein when the view more menu item is selected using the remote controller, additional applications are displayed on the display.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the second area of the home screen further displays another card object for providing a list of applications.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the prescribed number of applications are divided into mandatory applications and optional applications set by a user.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein the prescribed number of applications includes a social network service (SNS) application.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein the home screen further displays a search item for searching content by an inputted keyword,

wherein the prescribed number of applications includes a web browsing application,

wherein a size of the broadcast image is greater than a size of the card object.

14. A multifunctional display device, comprising:

a broadcasting receiver to receive a broadcast signal;

a display;

a user input interface to receive a control signal from a remote controller; and

a processor to control the display based on at least one of the broadcast signal, data packets or signals from the remote controller, wherein;

a first area displays a broadcast image corresponding to the broadcast signal received from the broadcasting receiver, and

a second area displays an application bar in a compact view mode having a prescribed number of applications stored in a memory and a view more menu item for switching from the compact view mode to a full screen view mode displaying additional applications when the view more menu item is selected using the remote controller,

wherein the processor controls the display to display an application screen on the display in response to a selection of the view more menu item, and

wherein the displayed application screen includes an extended application menu and the application bar including a prescribed number of applications,

wherein the application bar from the displayed application screen includes an item for displaying original applications in a home screen instead of the view more menu item for displaying additional applications,

wherein the extended application menu comprises the additional application, and includes an object representing movement to a next page, and

wherein in response to a selection of the object representing movement to the next page, the processor controls the display to display a new extended application menu.

15. The display device of claim 14, wherein the processor executes an instruction to move a position of the application bar relative to the display of the broadcast image in the first area.

16. The display device of claim 15, wherein the position of the application bar is moved based on a signal received from the remote controller.

17. The display device of claim 14, wherein the user input interface receives motion information from the remote controller,

wherein the controller determines a movement of the remote controller based on the motion information, and the controller calculates coordinates of a pointer, and

wherein the display displays the pointer at the calculated coordinates.

18. The display device of claim 14, wherein when the view more menu item is selected using the remote controller, additional applications are displayed on the display.

19. The display device of claim 14, wherein the prescribed number of applications includes a social network service (SNS) application.

20. The display device of claim 14, wherein the display displays a search item for searching content by an inputted keyword,

wherein the prescribed number of applications includes a web browsing application,

wherein a size of the broadcast image is greater than a size of the application.