Display apparatus and method for recognizing location

• US 9,507,375 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2007
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Han, Kuk-hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): HORNER, JONATHAN R
• Application Number:
  US11/967,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20080303682A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,256 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 345156-158, 345/162, 340/686.1, 3406865-6866, 340/854.6
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/00 Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers

Abstract

Provided are a display apparatus and method for recognizing locations. The display apparatus recognizes a location, and communicates with an external device having a tag reader. The display apparatus includes a display unit; a plurality of tags disposed on the display unit, each tag having a different identification (ID); a location information storage unit in which location information of each tag is stored; and a control unit which determines a location of the external device by comparing the ID with the location information stored in the location information storage unit, if the tag ID recognized by the external device is received from the external device.

Claims

1. A display apparatus which recognizes a location of an external device and communicates with the external device having a tag reader, the display apparatus comprising:

a display unit, implemented as hardware in the display apparatus;

a plurality of tags included in the display unit, each of the tags having a different identification (ID);

a location information storage unit in which location information of each of the tags is stored; and

a communication unit which receives from the external device located exterior to the display apparatus, an ID of a tag recognized by the external device and unique information of the external device and provides the ID of the tag recognized by the external device and the unique information of the external device to a control unit,

wherein the control unit compares the ID, which was read and recognized by the external device, with the location information stored in the location information storage unit, when the ID of the tag recognized by the external device is received from the external device; and

wherein the control unit determines the location of the external device based on the location information corresponding to the received ID and at least one input sensed by a touch screen panel of the display unit.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tags are disposed in at least one of a front side and a rear side of the display unit.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein if a plurality of IDs are received, the control unit determines a center location between corresponding tags as a location of the external device, based on the plurality of IDs and location information stored in the location information storage unit.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication unit communicates with the external device via at least one of wired communication and wireless communication.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein if the ID is received from the external device and the touch screen panel senses the at least one input, the control unit determines a location of a corresponding tag based on the received ID and location information stored in the location information storage unit, and determines a location closest to the corresponding tag from among location coordinates associated with the at least one input sensed by the touch screen as a location of the external device.

6. The display apparatus of claim 5, wherein if a plurality of IDs are received, the control unit determines a center location between corresponding tags based on the plurality of IDs and the location information stored in the location information storage unit, and determines a location closest to the center location as a location of the external device.

7. The display apparatus of claim 5, wherein the control unit determines a direction of the external device at the determined location of the external device, based on location information sensed by the touch screen.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a tag writer which records predetermined information in the plurality of tags; and

a tag antenna through which communication is established between each of the tags and the tag writer.

23. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tag recognized by the external device is non-movable relative to the display unit.

9. A display apparatus which recognizes a location of an external device and communicates with the external device having a tag reader, the display apparatus comprising:

a display unit, implemented as hardware in the display apparatus;

a plurality of tags included in the display unit, each of the tags having different location information; and

a communication unit which receives from the external device located exterior to the display apparatus, location information of a tag recognized by the external device and unique information of the external device and provides the location information of the tag recognized by the external device and the unique information of the external device to a control unit,

wherein the control unit determines the location of the external device, based on the location information which was read and recognized by the external device and at least one input sensed by a touch screen panel of the display unit, when the location information of the tags recognized by the external device is received from the external device.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the tags are disposed in at least one of a front side and a rear side of the display unit.

11. The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein if the location information is received from the external device and the touch screen panel senses the at least one input, the control unit determines a location of a corresponding tag based on the received location information, and determines a location among location coordinates associated with the at least one input sensed by the touch screen closest to the location of the corresponding tag as a location of the external device.

12. A method of recognizing a location of an external device having a tag reader, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of tags included in a display unit, implemented as hardware in a display apparatus,

receiving, by a communication unit of the display apparatus, from at least one of the plurality of tags an identification (ID) which was read and recognized by the external device located exterior to the display apparatus and unique information of the external device; and

determining the location of the external device, based on location information of the received ID and at least one input sensed by a touch screen panel of the display unit.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the determining the location of the external device comprises:

if a plurality of IDs are received, determining a center location between corresponding tags based on the plurality of IDs and the location information of the plurality of IDs, and determining the center location as the location of the external device.

14. A method of recognizing an external device having a tag reader, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of tags included in a display unit, implemented as hardware in a display apparatus;

sensing at least one input by a user at a touch screen panel of the display unit;

receiving, by a communication unit of the display apparatus, from at least one of the plurality of tags an identification (ID) which was read and recognized by the external device located exterior to the display apparatus and unique information of the external device; and

determining a location of a corresponding tag based on the received ID and the location information of the ID, and determining a location closest to the corresponding tag from among location coordinates associated with the at least one input sensed by the touch screen as a location of the external device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the determining comprises:

if a plurality of IDs and location information are received, determining a center location between corresponding tag coordinates based on the plurality of IDs and the location information of the plurality of IDs;

mapping location coordinates sensed by the touch screen closest to the center location of the tag coordinates; and

determining the mapped coordinates as a location of the external device.

16. An apparatus for communicating with an external device having a tag reader, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit, implemented as hardware in the apparatus which displays predetermined information;

a plurality of tags included in the display unit;

a tag writer which records the predetermined information and location information of the predetermined information in the plurality of tags, the location information corresponding to a location of the displayed predetermined information on the display unit; and

a communication unit which receives from the external device located exterior to the apparatus, predetermined information of a tag recognized by the external device and unique information of the external device and provides the predetermined information of the tag recognized by the external device and the unique information of the external device to a control unit,

wherein the control unit determines a location of the external device according to the predetermined information, when the external device reads and recognizes the predetermined information and the predetermined information is received from the external device.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the tags are located in a rear side of the display unit.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a tag antenna through with communication is established between each of the tags and the tag writer.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the tag writer and the tag antenna are located on a rear side of the display unit.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the predetermined information comprises text information.

21. A method of recognizing a location of an external device having a tag reader, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of tags included in a display unit, implemented as hardware in a display apparatus;

displaying predetermined information on the display unit;

recording the predetermined information and location information of the predetermined information in the at least one of the plurality of tags, the location information corresponding to a location of the displayed predetermined information on the display unit;

receiving, by communication unit of the display apparatus, the predetermined information and the location information from the external device if the external device located exterior to the display apparatus, reads and recognizes the predetermined information and location information; and

determining the location of the external device based on the received predetermined information and location information.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the recording of the predetermined information and the location information comprises recording the predetermined information and the location information in a tag via a tag antenna if the predetermined information is displayed on the display unit.