Terminal, vehicle having the same, and method of controlling the same

• US 9,521,457 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2014
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Jeon, Youngtak
• Primary Examiner(s): Sheleheda, James R
• Application Number:
  US14/563,437
• Publication Number:
  US 20160094882A1
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• Field of Search: 725/74, 725/75, 725/77, 725/95
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2146 located in mass transportation means, e.g. aircraft, train or bus flight-deck installations for entertainment or communications B64D11/0015; arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62; moving wireless networks H04W84/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234327 by decomposing into layers, e.g. base layer and one or more enhancement layers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234363 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for clients with a lower screen resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26216 involving the channel capacity, e.g. network bandwidth admission control, resource allocation in open networks H04L12/5692; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a schedule or organising the servicing of application requests taking into account QoS H04L67/61
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41422 located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42653 for processing graphics
• 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 21/4516 involving client characteristics, e.g. Set-Top-Box type, software version or amount of memory available
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64315 DVB-H

Abstract

A terminal, a vehicle having the same, and a method of controlling the same are provided. The terminal includes a display unit, a first communication unit that is configured to receive basic image information, and a second communication unit that configured to receive additional image information. A controller is configured to combine the basic image information and the additional image information, and display an image on the display unit based on the combined image information when resolution supported in the display unit is greater than resolution of the basic image information. A broadcasting image of high resolution is provided to the user since the resolution of the DMB of the terminal is increased by receiving the additional image information to improve the resolution via a wireless communication network of a predetermined band or greater.

Claims

1. A terminal, comprising:

a display unit;

a first communication unit configured to receive basic image information;

a second communication unit configured to receive additional image information; and

a controller configured to;

up-sample the basic image information,

combine the up-sampled image information and the additional image information,

display an image on the display unit based on the combined image information when

a resolution supported in the display unit is greater than a resolution of the basic image information,

display the image on the display unit based on the basic image information when the resolution supported in the display unit is equal to or less than the resolution of the basic image information,

determine an amount of first data available through the second communication unit,

determine an amount of second data of the additional image information to be received,

output data blocking information when the amount of the first data becomes less than the amount of the second data,

determine whether a coninuous watching command is input when a data blocking command is selected,

display the image on the display unit based on the basid image information when the continuous watching command is input, and

terminate a broadcasting watching when the continuous watching command is not input,

wherein the additional image information is image information obtained by subtracting the up-sampled image information from original image information, and the basic image information is image information obtained by sub-sampling the original image information.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the first communication unit is configured to radio frequency (RF) communication.

3. The terminal according to claim 1, whether the second communication unit is configured to perform wireless communication of a predetermined band or greater with a transmitter of a server.

4. The terminal according to claim 1, whether the second communication unit is configured to perform Bluetooth communication, universal serial bus (USB) communication, or Wi-Fi access point communication with an external device.

5. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to continuously receive the additional image information from the second communication unit when the data blocking command is not selected, combine the up-sampled image information and the received additional image information, and display an image on the display unit based on the combined image information.

6. A vehicle, comprising:

an antenna including a first communication unit configured to communicate with a transmitter that transmits a broadcasting signal and receive basic information and a second communication unit configured to communicate with the transmitter and perform another communication with the first communication unit; and

a terminal configured to;

receive the basic image information and additional image information,

up-sample the basic image information,

perform image processing by combining the up-sampled image information and the additional image information,

display an image that corresponds to the image-processed image information on a display unit when a resolution supported in the display unit is greater than a resolution of the basic image information;

display the image on the display unit based on the basic image information when the resolution supported in the display unit is equal to or less than the resolution of the basic image information,

determine an amount of first data available through the second communication unit,

determine an amount of second data of the additional image information to be received,

output data blocking information when the amount of the first data becomes less than the amount of the second data,

determine whether a continuous watching command is input when a data blocking command is selected,

display the image on the display unit based on the basic image information when the continuous watching command is input, and

terminate a broadcasting watching when the continuous watching command is not input,

wherein the additional image information is image information obtained by subtracting the up-sampled image information from original image information, and the basic image information is image information obtained by sub-sampling the original image information.

7. The vehicle according to claim 6, wherein the first communication unit is configured to perform radio frequency (RF) communication with the transmitter, and the second communication unit is configured to perform wireless communication of a predetermined band or greater with the transmitter.

8. A vehicle, comprising:

a first communication unit configured to communicate with a transmitter that transmits a broadcasting signal and receive basic image information;

a second communication unit configured to perform communication with an external device, and receive additional image information from the external device; and

a terminal configured to;

up-sample the basic image information,

perform image processing by combining the up-sampled image information and the additional image information,

display an image that corresponds to the image-processed image information on a display unit when a resolution supported in the display unit is greater than a resolution of the basic image information,

display the image on the display unit based on the basic image information when the resolution supported in the display unit is equal to or less than the resolution of the basic image information,

determine an amount of first data available through the external device,

determine an amount of second data of the additional image information to be received,

output data blocking information when the amount of the first data becomes less than the amount of the second data,

determine whether a continuous watching command is input when a data blocking command is selected,

cut off communication with the external device,

display the image on the display unit based on the basic image information when the continuous watching command is input, and

terminate a broadcasting watching when the continuous watching command is not input,

wherein the additional image information is image information obtained by subtracting the up-sampled image information from original image information, and the basic image information is image information obtained by sub-sampling the original image information.

9. The vehicle according to claim 8, wherein the first communication unit is configured to perform radio frequency (RF) communication, and the second communication unit is configured to perform Bluetooth communication, universal serial bus (USB) communication, or Wi-Fi access point communication with an external device.

10. The vehicle according to claim 8, wherein the terminal is further configured to determine a time when the amount of the first data becomes less than the amount of the second data, and output the confirmed time through the display unit.

11. The vehicle according to claim 8, wherein the terminal is further configured to continuously receive the additional image information from the second communication unit when the data blocking command is not selected.

12. The vehicle according to claim 8, further comprising:

an auxiliary display unit arranged on the rear surface of each of a driver seat and a passenger seat; and

a distributor configured to distribute an image transmitted to the auxiliary display unit.

13. A method of controlling a terminal disposed within a vehicle, comprising:

confirming, by a controller, a resolution of a display unit in response to receiving a broadcasting watching command input;

receiving, by the controller, basic image information;

displaying, by the controller, an image that corresponds to the basic image information on the display unit when the confirmed resolution is equal to or less than a resolution of the basic image information;

up-sampling, by the controller, the basic image information;

combining, by the controller, the up-sampled image information and additional image information received by an external device when the confirmed resolution is greater than the resolution of the basic image information;

displaying, by the controller, an image that corresponds to the combined image information on the display unit when the confirmed resolution is greater than the resolution of the basic image information;

determining an amount of the first data available through the second communication unit;

determining an amount of the second data of the additional image information to be received;

outputting data blocking information when the amount of the first data becomes less than the amount of the second data;

determining whether a continuous watching command is input when a data blocking command is selected;

cutting communication with the external device and displaying the image on the display unit based on the basic image information when the continuous watching command is input; and

terminating a broadcasting watching when the continuous watching command is not input,

wherein the additional image information is image information obtained by subtracting the up-sampled image information from original image information, and the basic image information is image information obtained by sub-sampling the original image information.

14. The method of controlling the terminal according to claim 13, wherein the basic image information is information received via radio frequency (RF) communication, and the additional image information is information received via wireless communication of a predetermined band or greater.

15. The method of controlling the terminal according to claim 13, the basic image information is information received via RF communication, and the additional image information is information received via Bluetooth communication, universal serial bus (USB) communication, or Wi-Fi access point communication with an external device.

16. The method of controlling the terminal according to claim 15, further comprising:

continuously receiving the additional image information from the external device when the data blocking command is not selected.