Display apparatus controlled by motion and motion control method thereof

• US 9,398,243 B2
• Filed: 02/09/2015
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Ryu, Hee-seob, Park, Seung-kwon, Jeong, Seong-hun, Teshome, Mikiyas, Kim, Sang-yoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Trang U
• Application Number:
  US14/617,663
• Publication Number:
  US 20150156441A1
• Time in Patent Office: 526 Days
• Field of Search: 348/734, 348/155, 348/169, 348/700, 345156-157, 345/158, 345/145, 345/146
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4383 Accessing a communication channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45

Abstract

A display apparatus is provided, which includes a motion recognition unit which recognizes a motion of an object that is located outside the display device, and a control unit which, when the motion of the object is recognized, determines a change amount that varies according to a motion speed or a motion distance of the object, and performs an operation which corresponds to the motion of the object according to the change amount. Accordingly, channel change or page shift can be easily performed.

Claims

1. A broadcasting signal receiving apparatus comprising:

a display device;

a tuner unit which selects a broadcasting channel;

a signal processing unit which processes a broadcasting signal that is received through the broadcasting channel selected by the tuner unit; and

a camera unit which recognizes a 3D motion of an object that is located outside the display device; and

a control unit which, when the 3D motion of the object is recognized, determines a change amount that varies according to the 3D motion of the object, and performs an operation which corresponds to the 3D motion of the object according to the change amount,

wherein the control unit performs a first operation according to a first change amount when an attribute of the 3D motion is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value and performs a second operation according to a second change amount which is different from the first change amount when the attribute of the 3D motion is less than the predetermined threshold value, and

wherein the control unit performs the second operation using a plurality of threshold values that are greater than the predetermined threshold value and different change amounts corresponding to each of the plurality of threshold values.

2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

wherein if a channel-changing motion that instructs a broadcasting channel change is recognized, the control unit controls the tuner unit to change and select the broadcasting channel according to the change amount in a motion direction of the channel-changing motion, wherein the change amount is differently determined according to the motion speed or the motion distance of the channel-changing motion.

3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control unit changes the broadcasting channel by the first change amount if the motion speed or the motion distance is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold value, while the control unit changes the broadcasting channel by the second change amount that is smaller than the first change amount if the motion speed or the motion distance is less than the predetermined threshold value.

4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control unit controls the change amount so that the change amount is increased gradually or by stages in proportion to the motion speed or the motion distance of the channel-changing motion.

5. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an output unit which displays content that includes a plurality of pages;

wherein if a page-shifting motion that instructs a page shift is recognized, the control unit controls the output unit to shift the page according to the change amount in a motion direction of the page-shifting motion, wherein the change amount is differently determined in proportion to the motion speed or the motion distance of the page-shifting motion.

6. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the control unit shifts the content page by the first change amount if the motion speed or the motion distance is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold value, while the control unit shifts the content page by the second change amount that is smaller than the first change amount if the motion speed or the motion distance is less than the predetermined threshold value.

7. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the control unit controls the change amount so that the change amount is increased gradually or by stages in proportion to the motion speed or the motion distance of the page-shifting motion.

8. A motion control method of a broadcasting signal receiving apparatus, comprising:

recognizing a 3D motion of an object that is located outside the display device;

determining a change amount according to the recognized 3D motion; and

changing a broadcasting channel according to the change amount,

wherein the change amount is differently determined according to amount of the channel-changing motion when the recognized 3D motion is a channel-changing motion for instructing the broadcasting channel change, and

wherein the changing comprises changing the broadcasting channel according to a first change amount when an attribute of the 3D motion is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value and changing the broadcasting channel according to a second change amount which is different from the first change amount when the attribute of the 3D motion is less than the predetermined threshold value, and

wherein the changing comprises changing the broadcasting channel using a plurality of threshold values that are greater than the predetermined threshold value and different change amounts corresponding to each of the plurality of threshold values.

9. The motion control method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the performing step changes the broadcasting channel by the first change amount if the motion speed or the motion distance is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold value, while the performing step changes the broadcasting channel by the second change amount that is smaller than the first change amount if the motion speed or the motion distance is less than the predetermined threshold value.

10. The motion control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of determining the change amount controls the change amount so that the change amount is increased gradually or by stages in proportion to the motion speed or the motion distance of the channel-changing motion.