Screen image mirroring method and apparatus

• US 9,594,417 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2014
• Issued: 03/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hahm, Seong-il, Kang, Pil-seob
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rahman, Mohammad A
• Application Number:
  US14/483,607
• Publication Number:
  US 20150082058A1
• Time in Patent Office: 915 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/32 Means for saving power
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3234 Power saving characterised by the action undertaken
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving

Abstract

A display apparatus for mirroring a screen image is provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a predetermined screen image, an input unit configured to receive a predetermined command or data, a control unit configured to control the predetermined screen image to be transmitted to another display apparatus in order to make the other display apparatus mirror the predetermined screen image, and to reduce power consumption used to display the predetermined screen image when screen image mirroring is requested, and a communication unit configured to transmit the predetermined screen image to the other display apparatus. Also, the display apparatus reduces the power consumption caused when a mirroring service is used.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display a predetermined screen image;

an input interface configured to receive a predetermined command;

at least one processor configured to;

reduce a power consumption used to display the predetermined screen image when another display apparatus mirrors the predetermined screen image, and

control to display the mirrored predetermined screen image; and

a transceiver configured to transmit the predetermined screen image to the other display apparatus,

wherein, in response to the reception of the predetermined command from a user by the input interface, the at least one processor is further configured to generate a command executing image corresponding to the predetermined command,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the generated command executing image to the other display apparatus,

wherein the input interface is further configured to detect a movement of a user'"'"'s finger and receives a hovering event according to the movement, and

wherein, on a basis of the received hovering event, the at least one processor is further configured to generate a mirroring screen image to display the movement of the user'"'"'s finger on the predetermined screen image.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the input interface to continue receiving the predetermined command or data while screen image mirroring is performed.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to reduce the power consumption by displaying a black screen image on the display when the screen image mirroring is performed.

4. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to reduce the power consumption by reducing a brightness of the predetermined screen image by a predetermined offset when the screen image mirroring is performed.

5. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to reduce the power consumption by making the display stop displaying the predetermined screen image when the screen image mirroring is performed.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the transceiver is connected to the other display apparatus via a predetermined network, and

wherein the other display apparatus is further configured to display the mirroring screen image received from the transceiver.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the command executing image comprises a virtual finger corresponding to the finger of the user on the screen image.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predetermined command comprises at least one movement from among touching, dragging and hovering movements in order to detect a movement of a user'"'"'s finger.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the power consumption is further reduced by not operating a detection sensor.

10. The display apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the input interface is further configured to detect a movement of a user'"'"'s finger, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit information on a finger location, corresponding to the detected movement of the user'"'"'s finger, to the other display apparatus.

11. A method of mirroring a screen image in a display apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying a predetermined screen image;

when screen image mirroring is requested, transmitting the predetermined screen image to another display apparatus in order for the other display apparatus to mirror the predetermined screen image;

reducing a power consumption used to display the predetermined screen image when the screen image mirroring is performed;

continuing receiving a predetermined command or data while the screen image mirroring is performed;

generating, in response to the reception of the predetermined command from a user, a command executing image corresponding to the predetermined command; and

generating a mirroring screen image to display a movement of the user'"'"'s finger on the screen image based on the hovering event,

wherein the generated command executing image is transmitted to the other display apparatus, and

wherein the transmitting of the predetermined screen image to other display apparatus comprises transmitting the mirroring screen image to the other display apparatus.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the reducing of the power consumption comprises displaying a black screen image on the display when the screen image mirroring is performed.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the reducing of the power consumption comprises reducing a brightness of the predetermined screen image by a predetermined offset when the screen image mirroring is performed.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the reducing of the power consumption comprises stopping displaying the predetermined screen image when the screen image mirroring is performed.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving of the predetermined command or data comprises:

detecting a movement of a user'"'"'s finger; and

receiving a hovering event according to the movement of the user'"'"'s finger.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

detecting the movement of the user'"'"'s finger; and

transmitting information on a finger location, corresponding to the detected movement of the user'"'"'s finger, to the other display apparatus.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving the information on the finger location from the other display apparatus;

generating the mirroring screen image by additionally displaying a virtual finger corresponding to the user'"'"'s finger on the predetermined screen image on the basis of the received information on the finger location; and

displaying the mirroring screen image on which the virtual finger is displayed on the other display apparatus.

18. The method of claim 11,

wherein the command executing image comprises a virtual finger corresponding to a finger of the user on the predetermined screen image, and

wherein the predetermined command comprises at least one movement from among touching, dragging and hovering movements in order to detect a movement of the user'"'"'s finger.