Display apparatus and method for controlling thereof

• US 10,114,523 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2013
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Je-sun, Noh, Chang-soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Augustine, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US14/068,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20140123063A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,825 Days
• Field of Search: 715810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/433 Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4852 for modifying audio parameters, e.g. switching between mono and stereo
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4854 for modifying image parameters, e.g. image brightness, contrast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows

Abstract

A display apparatus and a method for controlling the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a display which displays an On Screen Display (OSD) menu; a storage unit; an inputter which receives a user command; and a controller which, when an OSD menu display stop event occurs with an OSD menu displayed on the display, removes the OSD menu displayed on the display, and temporarily stores the OSD menu as displayed at the time of removal, in the storage unit, and when an OSD menu resume event occurs within a predetermined period of time, controls the display to redisplay the temporarily stored OSD menu.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display a first On Screen Display (OSD) menu;

an inputter configured to receive a command; and

a controller configured to;

based on receiving a command for changing the first OSD menu to a second OSD menu, control the display to change the first OSD menu to the second OSD menu,

based on an OSD menu display stop event occurring, remove the second OSD menu displayed on the display, and temporarily store, in the apparatus, a display state of the second OSD menu at a time when the second OSD menu is removed,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

based on an OSD menu resume event occurring in a predetermined time from a moment time when the second OSD menu is removed, control the display to redisplay the second OSD menu based on the temporarily stored display state of the second OSD menu, and

based on the OSD menu resume event occurring after the predetermined time passes, control the display to display the first OSD menu.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the OSD menu display stop event is an event in which a command for controlling the OSD menu is not input during the predetermined time, and

the OSD menu resume event is an event in which a command for controlling the OSD menu is input.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the OSD menu display stop event is an event in which an OSD menu stop request signal is received via the inputter, and

the OSD menu resume event is an event in which an OSD menu resume request signal is received via the inputter.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein, in a case where the inputter is a remote control, when a predetermined button provided in the remote control is selected, the OSD menu stop request signal and the OSD menu resume request signal are generated.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in a case where the inputter is an input device which includes a proximity sensor,

the OSD menu display stop event is an event in which a proximity touch is not sensed in the proximity sensor during a predetermined period of time, and

the OSD menu resume event is an event in which a proximity touch is sensed in the proximity sensor.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the proximity sensor is placed in an area which receives a command for adjusting the OSD menu.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the controller, when the OSD menu resume event does not occur within the predetermined period of time, deletes the second OSD menu temporarily stored in the storage unit.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second OSD menu is an OSD menu comprising a plurality of levels.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the controller, when the OSD menu display stop event occurs, temporarily stores the display state of the second OSD menu at the time when the second OSD menu is removed and a predetermined value adjusted from the point where the second OSD menu is displayed to the point where the second OSD menu is removed.

19. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein an OSD initial screen is displayed when the OSD menu resume event does not occur within the predetermined period of time.

10. A method of controlling an apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying a first On Screen Display (OSD) menu on a display screen;

based on receiving a command for changing the first OSD menu to a second OSD menu, controlling the display screen to change the first OSD menu to the second OSD menu;

based on an OSD menu display stop event occurring, removing the second OSD menu displayed on the display screen, and temporarily storing, in the apparatus, a display state of the second OSD menu at a time when the second OSD menu is removed;

based on an OSD menu resume event occurring in a predetermined time from a time when the second OSD menu is removed, controlling the display screen to redisplay the second OSD menu based on the temporarily stored display state of the second OSD menu; and

based on the OSD menu resume event occurring after the predetermined time passes, controlling the display screen to display the first OSD menu.

11. The method according to claim 10,

wherein the OSD menu display stop event is an event in which a command for controlling the OSD menu is not input during the predetermined time, and

the OSD menu resume event is an event in which a command for controlling the OSD menu is input.

12. The method according to claim 10,

wherein the OSD menu display stop event is an event in which an OSD menu stop request signal is received via an inputter, and

the OSD menu resume event is an event in which an OSD menu resume request signal is received via the inputter.

13. The method according to claim 12,

wherein, in a case where the inputter is a remote control, when a predetermined button provided in the remote control is selected, the OSD menu stop request signal and the OSD menu resume request signal are generated.

14. The method according to claim 12,

wherein, in a case where the inputter is an input device which includes a proximity sensor,

the OSD menu display stop event is an event in which a proximity touch is not sensed in the proximity sensor during a predetermined period of time, and

the OSD menu resume event is an event in which a proximity touch is sensed in the proximity sensor.

15. The method according to claim 14,

wherein the proximity sensor is placed in an area which receives a command for adjusting the OSD menu.

16. The method according to claim 10, further comprising, when the OSD menu resume event does not occur within the predetermined period of time, deleting the second OSD menu temporarily stored in the storage unit.

17. The method according to claim 10, wherein the second OSD menu is an OSD menu comprising a plurality of levels.

18. The method according to claim 10,

wherein the temporarily storing comprises temporarily storing the display state of the second OSD menu at the time when the second OSD menu is removed and a predetermined value adjusted from a point where the second OSD menu is displayed to a point where the second OSD menu is removed.

20. The method according to claim 16,

further comprising displaying an OSD initial screen when the OSD menu resume event does not occur within the predetermined period of time.