Remote controller and control method thereof, display device and control method thereof, display system and control method thereof

• US 9,483,936 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2010
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoon, Yeo-ri, Kwon, Yong-hwan, Kim, Joo-youn
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUERTAS TORRES, AYESHA E
• Application Number:
  US12/905,668
• Publication Number:
  US 20110221665A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,209 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/30 User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204

Abstract

A display system, a display device, and a remote controller for controlling the display device are provided. The remote controller includes: a touch screen which receives an input from a user and display a first manipulation UI group including a shortcut key corresponding to a plurality of buttons to control the display device; a signal output unit which outputs a control signal to the display device based on an input to the touch screen; and a controller which, in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the shortcut key, displays on the touch screen a second manipulation UI group and parts of the first manipulation UI group, the second manipulation UI group displaying the plurality of buttons.

Claims

1. A remote controller for controlling a display device, the remote controller comprising:

a touch screen which receives an input from a user and which displays a first manipulation user interface (UI) group comprising a plurality of first items at a first section of the touch screen and a shortcut key corresponding to a plurality of buttons to control the display device;

a signal output unit which outputs a control signal to the display device based on the received user'"'"'s input; and

a controller which, in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the shortcut key, simultaneously displays on the touch screen a second manipulation UI group at a second section within the first section and a part of the first manipulation UI group non-overlapping with the second manipulation UI group, the second manipulation UI group being changed from the shortcut key to display the plurality of buttons corresponding to the shortcut key,

wherein, when the second manipulation UI group and the part of the first manipulation UI group are displayed, the controller controls the plurality of first items of the first manipulation UI group to be rearranged into a plurality of second items of the first manipulation UI group, the plurality of second items being different from the plurality of first items.

2. The remote controller according to claim 1, further comprising:

a signal input unit which receives information related to contents displayed on the display device,

wherein the controller displays a third manipulation UI group to control the contents displayed on the display device by combining the first and the second manipulation UI groups based on the received information.

3. The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein the controller displays the first manipulation UI group according to a user'"'"'s selection from among a plurality of first manipulation UI groups comprising shortcut keys respectively corresponding to groups of buttons.

4. The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of buttons corresponding to the shortcut key comprise buttons that are commonly displayed in a plurality of manipulation UI groups.

5. The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein, when the controller displays the second manipulation UI group on the touch screen, the controller further displays a return button for displaying the shortcut key and stopping the displaying of the second manipulation UI group.

6. The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein, when a button, other than the shortcut key, comprised in the first manipulation UI group is selected, the controller simultaneously displays the part of the first manipulation UI group and the second manipulation UI group.

7. The remote controller according to claim 6, wherein, when a button, other than the shortcut key, comprised in the first manipulation UI group is selected, the controller simultaneously reduces the first manipulation UI group and displays the part of the first manipulation UI group and the second manipulation UI group.

8. The remote controller according to claim 6, wherein, when a button, other than the shortcut key, comprised in the first manipulation UI group is selected, the controller simultaneously displays additional buttons within the part of the first manipulation UI group.

9. The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein, if the user touches, clicks, or flicks a button or the shortcut key displayed on the touch screen, the controller executes a corresponding function.

10. The remote controller according to claim 1, further comprising:

a signal input unit which receives information related to contents displayed on the display device,

wherein the controller displays a third manipulation UI group according to the received information.

11. The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein the controller displays the second manipulation UI group with a sliding effect.

12. The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein

each of the plurality of second items are displayed at a smaller size than each of the plurality of first items,

the second section, within the first section, is smaller than the first section,

as compared to the plurality of first items, the plurality of second items, at the second section, include newly displayed items,

a return button is displayed overlapping a part of the second section and a part outside of the second sections, and

in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the return button, the touch screen displays the first manipulation UI group at the first section and the shortcut key as displayed before the user'"'"'s selection of the shortcut key.

13. A display device comprising:

a signal processor which processes an image signal;

a display unit which displays an image on a screen based on the image signal processed by the signal processor;

a communication unit which performs a communication with a remote controller comprising a touch screen; and

a controller which transmits to the remote controller through the communication unit information related to contents displayed on the display unit according to a user'"'"'s input received from the remote controller,

wherein the remote controller displays non-overlapping manipulation user interface (UI) groups on the basis of the received information related to the displayed contents, in response to a user selection of a shortcut key,

wherein, when the manipulation UI groups are displayed, in response to the received information related to the displayed contents, a plurality of first items of a first manipulation UI group among the manipulation UI groups is controlled to be rearranged into a plurality of second items of the first manipulation UI group, the plurality of second items being different from the plurality of first items.

14. The display device according to claim 13, further comprising a signal receiving unit which receives the image signal.

15. The display device according to claim 13, wherein the communication unit performs the communication by using an infrared (IR) signal or a radio frequency (RF) signal.

16. A display system comprising:

a remote controller comprising a touch screen which receives a user'"'"'s input and which displays a first manipulation user interface (UI) group comprising a plurality of first items at a first section of the touch screen and a shortcut key corresponding to a plurality of buttons, wherein the touch screen simultaneously displays a part of the first manipulation UI group and a second manipulation UI group at a second section within the first section, non-overlapping with the first manipulation UI group, in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the shortcut key, the second manipulation UI group being changed from the shortcut key to display the plurality of buttons corresponding to the shortcut key; and

a display device which displays contents corresponding to the user'"'"'s input received from the remote controller and transmits to the remote controller information related to the displayed contents,

wherein, when the part of the first manipulation UI group and the second manipulation UI group are displayed, the remote controller rearranges the plurality of first items of the first manipulation UI group into a plurality of second items of the first manipulation UI group, the plurality of second items being different from the plurality of first items.

17. The display system according to claim 16, wherein the touch screen displays a third manipulation UI group to control the contents displayed on the display device by combining the first and the second manipulation UI groups based on the transmitted information.

18. A method of controlling a remote controller for controlling a display device, the method comprising:

displaying, on a touch screen of the remote controller, a first manipulation user interface (UI) group comprising a plurality of first items at a first section of the touch screen and a shortcut key corresponding to a plurality of buttons; and

in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the shortcut key, simultaneously displaying, on the touch screen, a part of the first manipulation UI group and a second manipulation UI group at a second section within the first section, non-overlapping with the first manipulation UI group, the second manipulation UI group being changed from the shortcut key to display the plurality of buttons corresponding to the shortcut key,

wherein, when the part of the first manipulation UI group and the second manipulation UI group are displayed, the displaying the part of the first manipulation UI group and the second manipulation UI group comprises controlling the plurality of first items of the first manipulation UI group to be rearranged into a plurality of second items of the first manipulation UI group, the plurality of second items being different from the plurality of first items.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:

receiving, from the display device, information related to contents displayed on the display device; and

displaying, on the touch screen, a third manipulation UI group to control the contents displayed on the display device by combining the first and the second manipulation UI groups based on the received information.

20. The method according to claim 18, wherein the displaying the first manipulation UI group comprises displaying the first manipulation UI group according to a user'"'"'s selection from among a plurality of first manipulation UI groups comprising shortcut keys respectively corresponding to a plurality of buttons.

21. The method according to claim 18, wherein the displaying the part of the first manipulation UI group and the second manipulation UI group comprises displaying a return button for displaying the shortcut key and for stopping the displaying the second manipulation UI group.

22. The method according to claim 18, wherein the displaying the part of the first manipulation UI group and the second manipulation UI group comprises displaying the part of the first manipulation UI group and the second manipulation UI group when a button, other than the shortcut key, comprised in the first manipulation UI group is selected.

23. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 18.

24. A method for controlling a display device which displays an image by processing an image signal, the method comprising:

receiving a user'"'"'s input from a remote controller comprising a touch screen;

displaying on a screen contents corresponding to the user'"'"'s input; and

transmitting to the remote controller information related to the contents displayed on the screen,

wherein the remote controller displays non-overlapping manipulation user interface (UI) groups on the basis of the received information related to the displayed contents, in response to a user selection of a shortcut key,

wherein, when the manipulation UI groups are displayed, in response to the received information related to the displayed contents, a plurality of first items of a first manipulation UI group among the manipulation UI groups is controlled to be rearranged into a plurality of second items of the first manipulation UI group, the plurality of second items being different from the plurality of first items.

25. The method according to claim 24, further comprising:

receiving the image signal.

26. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 24.

27. A method for controlling a display system, the method comprising:

displaying, on a touch screen of a remote controller, a first manipulation user interface (UI) group comprising a plurality of first items at a first section of the touch screen and a shortcut key corresponding to a plurality of buttons;

in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the shortcut key, simultaneously displaying, on the touch screen, a part of the first manipulation UI group and a second manipulation UI group at a second section within the fist section, non-overlapping with the first manipulation UI group, the second manipulation UI group being changed from the shortcut key to display the plurality of buttons corresponding to the shortcut key; and

displaying, by a display device, contents corresponding to a user'"'"'s input received from the remote controller and transmitting, to the remote controller, information related to the displayed contents,

wherein, when the part of the first manipulation UI group and the second manipulation UI group are displayed, the simultaneously displaying comprises rearranging the plurality of first items of the first manipulation UI group into a plurality of second items of the first manipulation UI group, the plurality of second items being different from the plurality of first items.

28. The method according to claim 27, further comprising displaying, by the remote controller, a third manipulation UI group to control the contents displayed on the display device by combining the first and the second manipulation UI groups based on the transmitted information related to the contents displayed on the display device.

29. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 27.

30. A method of controlling a remote controller for controlling a display device, the method comprising:

receiving, by the remote controller, information related to contents displayed on the display device; and

displaying, on a touch screen of the remote controller, a plurality of non-overlapping manipulation user interface (UI) group corresponding to the contents according to the received information, in response to a user selection of a shortcut key,

wherein, when the manipulation UI groups are displayed, in response to the received information related to the contents displayed on the display device, the displaying comprises rearranging a plurality of first items of a first manipulation UI group among the manipulation UI groups into a plurality of second items of the first manipulation UI group, the plurality of second items being different from the plurality of first items.

31. The method of claim 30, further comprising:

displaying, on the touch screen, a shortcut key corresponding to a plurality of buttons; and

displaying, on the touch screen, another manipulation UI group comprising the plurality of buttons in response to a user'"'"'s selection of the shortcut key.

32. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 30.