Display apparatus and control method thereof

• US 10,310,582 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2016
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Young-chan, Choi, Young-ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Osorio, Ricardo
• Application Number:
  US15/383,092
• Publication Number:
  US 20170192486A1
• Time in Patent Office: 897 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/263 Arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC G06F1/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3231 Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3234 Power saving characterised by the action undertaken
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3278 Power saving in modem or I/O interface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0626 for control of overall brightness
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/08 Arrangements within a display terminal for setting, manually or automatically, display parameters of the display terminal
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/06 Handling electromagnetic interferences [EMI], covering emitted as well as received electromagnetic radiation
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/2092 Details of a display terminals using a flat panel, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/003; specific for a CRT G09G1/165
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/24 Inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 : for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 : Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

Disclosed is a display apparatus including: a wireless power receiver configured to wirelessly receive power from an external power source to supply power to the display apparatus; a display configured to display an image based on a received image signal; communication circuitry configured to communicate with the external module; information acquiring circuitry configured to acquire information about a distance between the display apparatus and a user; and a controller configured to determine consumption power of the display apparatus, to control the communication circuitry to provide information about the determined consumption power to the external module, and to reduce the consumption power of the display apparatus if it is determined based on the acquired information that the user is within a predetermined critical distance of the display apparatus. Thus electromagnetic waves harmful to a human body is controlled to reduce and/or eliminate an affect a user.

Claims

1. A display system comprising:

a display apparatus comprising;

a wireless power receiver configured to wirelessly receive power from an external power source;

a display comprising a display panel configured to display an image based on a received image signal, and a backlight configured to emit light toward the display panel;

a first communication circuitry configured to communicate with the external power source;

a sensor configured to detect a distance between the display apparatus and a user; and

a first controller configured to;

control the backlight to emit the light based on the received power, and

transmit information on the detected distance to the external power source if it is determined that the user is within a predetermined critical distance from the display apparatus, and

the external power source comprising;

a wireless power transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the power to the display apparatus,

a second communication circuitry configured to communicate with the display apparatus, and

a second controller configured to, in response to receiving the information on the detected distance from the display apparatus, adjust a level of the power to correspond to the detected distance, and control the wireless power transmitter to transmit the power having the adjusted level to the display apparatus,

wherein the first controller is further configured to control the backlight to emit the light based on the received power having the adjusted level for reducing power consumption.

2. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the first controller is configured to detect data based on change in the level of power transmitted from the external power source, and to control the display to display the image based on the detected data.

3. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the first controller is configured to control at least one of:

brightness of the display, a sound output from a loudspeaker, and quality of the image displayed on the display, to reduce the power consumption of the display apparatus.

4. The display system according to claim 1, further comprising a battery provided in the display apparatus configured to selectively supply power to the display apparatus,

wherein the first controller is configured to charge the battery with power supplied from the wireless power receiver, to control the first communication circuitry to request that the external power source cut off the power transmission if it is determined that the user is within the predetermined critical distance, and to control the battery to supply the power if the wireless power receiver receives no power from the external power source.

5. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the first controller is configured to reduce the power consumption if a preset first critical time has elapsed after it is determined that a body part of the user is within the predetermined critical distance.

6. The display system according to claim 5, wherein the first controller is configured to determine whether the user is moving within the predetermined critical distance, and to reduce the power consumption if it is determined that the user is moving and the movement lasts for more than a second critical time.

7. The display system according to claim 6, wherein the first controller is configured to determine whether the user is moving away from the display apparatus or whether the user is not moving away from the display apparatus, and if it is determined that the user is not moving away from the display apparatus to reduce the power consumption if the movement lasts for more than a third critical time.

8. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the first controller is configured to reduce the power consumption based on the detected distance between the user and the display apparatus.

9. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the first controller is configured to control the display to display the detected distance between the user and the display apparatus.

10. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the first controller is configured to control the display to display a user interface (UI) comprising at least one menu item, to store setup information about the power consumption based on inputs received using the menu item of the user interface, and to reduce the power consumption based on the stored setup information.

11. A method of controlling a display system including an external power source and a display apparatus comprising a display, the display comprising a display panel configured to display an image based on a received image signal and a backlight configured to emit a light to the display panel, the method comprising:

wirelessly receiving, by the display apparatus, power from the external power source;

emitting, by the display apparatus, a light based on the received power to the display panel based on the received power,

transmitting, by the display apparatus, information on a distance between the display apparatus and a user to the external power source if it is determined that the user is within a predetermined critical distance from the display apparatus, the distance being detected by a sensor of the display apparatus,

in response to receiving the information on the detected distance from the display apparatus, adjusting, by the external power source, a level of the power to correspond to the detected distance, and transmitting the power having the adjusted level to the display apparatus, and

wherein the emitting, by the display apparatus, the light comprises emitting the light based on the received power having the adjusted level for reducing power consumption.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the wirelessly receiving the power comprises:

detecting data based on change in the level of power transmitted from the external power source, and displaying the image based on the detected data.

13. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

controlling at least one of;

brightness of the display, a sound output from a loudspeaker, and quality of the image displayed on the display for reducing the power consumption.

14. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

charging a battery with power received from the external power source; and

making a request to the external power source to cut off the power transmission if it is determined that the user is within the predetermined critical distance, and controlling the battery to selectively supply power if no power is received from the external power source.

15. The method according to claim 11, further comprising reducing the power consumption if a preset first critical time has elapsed after it is determined that a body part of the user is within the predetermined critical distance.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the reducing the power consumption of the display apparatus comprises:

determining whether the user is moving; and

reducing the power consumption if it is determined that the user is moving and the movement lasts for more than a second critical time.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the reducing the power consumption of the display apparatus comprises:

determining whether the user is moving away from the display apparatus or whether the user is not moving away from the display apparatus if it is determined that the user is moving; and

reducing the power consumption if the user is not moving away from the display apparatus and the movement lasts for more than a third critical time.

18. The method according to claim 11, wherein the reducing the power consumption of the display apparatus comprises:

reducing the power consumption based on the distance between the user and the display apparatus.

19. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

displaying the distance between the user and the display apparatus.

20. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

displaying a user interface (UI) comprising at least one menu item;

storing setup information about the power consumption based on inputs received using the menu item of the user interface; and

reducing the power consumption based on the stored setup information.