Display apparatus and method for controlling display apparatus and remote controller having a plurality of sensor arrays
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1. A display apparatus comprising:
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a signal receiver that receives a wireless signal from a remote controller, the wireless signal indicating a user motion detected by the remote controller in a three-dimensional space defined by a plurality of sensor arrays arranged in three axis directions of the three-dimensional space, a plurality of sensors being disposed in each of the three axis directions such that a position of the user motion in the three-dimensional space corresponding to a location of sensors of the sensor arrays, the sensors detecting the user motion, the wireless signal includes on/off information of the plurality of sensors; and
a controller that calculates a coordinate value for the user motion in the three-dimensional space using the on/off information of the plurality of sensors, and performs a control operation to control the display apparatus according to the calculated coordinate value indicating the user motion in the three-dimensional space,wherein the controller displays a three-dimensional GUI, the three-dimensional GUI comprising a plurality of menus in a plurality of planes in the three-dimensional space, each plane having a menu therein, and the controller is configured to change a display status of the three-dimensional GUI in accordance with the user motion relative to the plane having the menu to be selected.
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Abstract
Controlling operations of a display apparatus using a remote controller that detects user motion in a three-dimensional space and transmits the detected motion of the user in the three-dimensional space to thereby determine commands corresponding to the detected motion of the user.
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1. A display apparatus comprising:
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a display; a signal receiver that receives a wireless signal from a remote controller, the wireless signal indicating a user motion detected by the remote controller in a three-dimensional space defined by a plurality of sensor arrays arranged in three axis directions of the three-dimensional space, a plurality of sensors being disposed in each of the three axis directions such that a position of the user motion in the three-dimensional space corresponding to a location of sensors of the sensor arrays, the sensors detecting the user motion, the wireless signal includes on/off information of the plurality of sensors; and a controller that calculates a coordinate value for the user motion in the three-dimensional space using the on/off information of the plurality of sensors, and performs a control operation to control the display apparatus according to the calculated coordinate value indicating the user motion in the three-dimensional space, wherein the controller displays a three-dimensional GUI, the three-dimensional GUI comprising a plurality of menus in a plurality of planes in the three-dimensional space, each plane having a menu therein, and the controller is configured to change a display status of the three-dimensional GUI in accordance with the user motion relative to the plane having the menu to be selected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:
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receiving a wireless signal from a remote controller, the wireless signal indicating a user motion detected by the remote controller in a three-dimensional space defined by a plurality of sensor arrays arranged in three axis directions of the three-dimensional space, a plurality of sensors being disposed in each of the three axis directions such that a position of the user motion in the three-dimensional space corresponding to a location of sensors of the sensor arrays, the sensors detecting the user motion, the wireless signal includes on/off information of the plurality of sensors; calculating a coordinate value for the user motion in the three-dimensional space using the on/off information of the plurality of sensors; and controlling the display apparatus according to the calculated coordinate value indicating the user motion in the three-dimensional space, wherein the controlling further comprises; displaying a three-dimensional GUI on a display of the display apparatus, the three-dimensional GUI comprising a plurality of menus in a plurality of planes in the three-dimensional space, each plane having a menu therein, changing a display status of the three-dimensional GUI in accordance with the user motion relative to the plane having the menu to be selected. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A remote controller comprising:
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a sensor that senses user motion in a three-dimensional space defined by a plurality of sensor arrays arranged in three axis directions of the three-dimensional space, a plurality of sensors being disposed in each of the three axis directions such that a position of the user motion in the three-dimensional space corresponding to a location of sensors of the sensor arrays, the sensors detecting the user motion; and a remote controller signal transmitter that transmits a wireless signal indicating the sensed user motion to a display apparatus, wherein the wireless signal includes on/off information of the plurality of sensors so that the display apparatus calculates a coordinate value for the user motion in the three-dimensional space using the on/off information of the plurality of sensors, and wherein the wireless signal includes a signal for displaying a three-dimensional GUI, the three-dimensional GUI comprising a plurality of menus in a plurality of planes in the three-dimensional space, each plane having a menu therein, and changing a display status of the three-dimensional GUI in accordance with the user motion relative to the plane having the menu to be selected. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A display system comprising:
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a display apparatus, the display apparatus comprising; a display; a signal receiver that receives a wireless signal, the wireless signal identifying motion of a user in a three-dimensional space; and a processor that controls an operation of the display apparatus based on the motion of the user in the three-dimensional space identified by the wireless signal received by the signal receiver; and a remote controller, the remote controller comprising; a plurality of sensors arranged in each direction of three axis directions and detect the motion of the user in the three-dimensional space; and a signal transmitter that transmits to the display apparatus the wireless signal identifying the motion of the user in the three-dimensional space detected by the sensor, wherein a plurality of sensors being disposed in each of the three axis directions such that a position of the user motion in the three-dimensional space corresponds to a location of the sensors detecting the user motion, wherein the wireless signal includes on/off information of the plurality of sensors, wherein the processor of the display apparatus calculates a coordinate value for the user motion in the three-dimensional space using the on/off information of the plurality of sensors and controls the operation of the display apparatus based on the calculated coordinate value, and wherein the processor displays a three-dimensional GUI, the three-dimensional GUI comprising a plurality of menus in a plurality of planes in the three-dimensional space, each plane having a menu therein, and the processor is configured to change a display status of the three-dimensional GUI in accordance with the user motion relative to the plane having the menu to be selected. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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