Audio-visual system and method for controlling the same

• US 10,805,573 B1
• Filed: 06/10/2020
• Issued: 10/13/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Ha-Na, Park, Jee-hoon, Choi, Hyun-yong, Choo, You-na, Whang, Soo-hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Adams, Eileen M
• Application Number:
  US16/898,169
• Publication Number:
  US 20200304747A1
• Time in Patent Office: 125 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/60 for the sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/642 Disposition of sound reproducers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/645 Mounting of picture tube on chassis or in housing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/655 Construction or mounting of chassis, e.g. for varying the elevation of the tube
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/023 Screens for loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/026 Supports for loudspeaker casings
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/028 associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/15 Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops

Abstract

An audio-visual system may include a housing comprising an open upper end and a storage space, an audio-visual device installed inside the housing and exposable through the open upper end, and a lifting device configured to expose or store the audio-visual device inside the housing through the open upper end. The audio-visual device may include a display, a speaker, and a processor configured to control the audio-visual system to operate in a first mode for outputting media art content while the display is stored in the housing according to a first event, operate in a second mode for outputting audio content through the speaker while part of the display is exposed through the open upper end according to a second event, and operate in a third mode for outputting a visual content while the entire display is exposed through the open upper end according to a third event.

Claims

1. An audio-visual device comprising:

a speaker;

a communicator;

a housing comprising a storage space inside the housing;

a display configured to be stored in the storage space inside the housing and to be moved into and out of the housing through an opening of the housing, the display having a display area for displaying contents;

an actuator configured to move the display into and out of the housing through the opening; and

a processor configured to;

control the communicator to communicate with a remote controller having a plurality of buttons,

while a first portion of the display area is disposed out of the housing and a second portion of the display area is disposed inside the housing, control the speaker to output an audio content and control the display to display a user interface to provide information regarding to the audio content, and

in response to receiving a signal from the remote controller, the signal corresponding to a button from among the plurality of buttons, control the actuator to move the display out of the housing such that the first portion and the second portion of the display area are disposed out of the housing,

wherein the user interface is configured to be displayed in an aspect ratio that corresponds to an aspect ratio of the first portion of the display area.

2. The audio-visual device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

while the first portion and the second portion of the display area disposed out of the housing, in response to receiving the signal corresponding to the button, control the actuator to move the display into the housing such that the first portion and the second portion of the display area are disposed inside the housing.

3. The audio-visual device of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to:

while the first portion and the second portion of the display area of the display are disposed inside the housing, control the speaker to output an audio signal associated with an audio content received from at least one of a user terminal device or an external server.

4. The audio-visual device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

while the first portion and the second portion of the display area are disposed out of the housing, in response to receiving the signal corresponding to the button, control the actuator to move the display into the housing such that the first portion of the display area is disposed out of the housing and the second portion of the display area is disposed inside the housing.

5. The audio-visual device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

while the first portion and the second portion of the display area are disposed inside the housing, in response to receiving the signal corresponding to the button, control the actuator to move the display into the housing such that the first portion of the display area is disposed out of the housing and the second portion of the display area is disposed inside the housing.

6. The audio-visual device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

while the first portion and the second portion of the display area are disposed out of the housing, control the display to display a video image corresponding to a video content received from an external source on the first portion and the second portion of the display area and control the speaker to output an audio signal corresponding to the video content.

7. The audio-visual device of claim 6, wherein the external source comprises a set-top box or an external server.

8. The audio-visual device of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to:

while the first portion and the second portion of the display area are disposed out of the housing, control the display to display the video image corresponding to the video content received through a tuner on the first portion and the second portion of the display area.

9. The audio-visual device of claim 1, wherein the information comprises at least one of album information of the audio content, singer information of the audio content or title information of the audio content.

10. An audio-visual device comprising:

a speaker;

a communicator;

a housing comprising a storage space inside the housing;

a display configured to be stored in the storage space inside the housing and to be moved into and out of the housing through an opening of the housing, the display having a display area for displaying contents;

an actuator configured to move the display into and out of the housing through the opening; and

a processor configured to;

control the communicator to communicate with a remote controller having a first button corresponding to a first mode and a second button corresponding to a second mode,

in response to receiving a signal corresponding to the first button from the remote controller, control the actuator to move the display into or out of the housing such that a first portion of the display area is disposed out of the housing and a second portion of the display area is disposed inside the housing, and

in response to receiving a signal corresponding to the second button from the remote controller, control the actuator to move the display out of the housing such that the first portion and the second portion of the display area are disposed out of the housing,

wherein after receiving the signal corresponding to the first button and while the first portion of the display area is disposed out of the housing, the processor is configured to control the speaker to output an audio signal associated with an audio content being reproduced and control the display to display a user interface for providing information regarding the audio content being reproduced, and the user interface provided in the first mode is configured to be displayed in an aspect ratio that corresponds to an aspect ratio of the first portion of the display area.

11. The audio-visual device of claim 10, wherein the remote controller further having a third button corresponding to a third mode,

the processor is further configured to, in response to receiving a signal corresponding to the third button from the remote controller, control the actuator to move the display into the housing such that the first portion and the second portion of the display area are disposed inside the housing.

12. The audio-visual device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

while the first portion and the second portion of the display area of the display are disposed inside the housing, control the speaker to output an audio signal associated with an audio content received from at least one of a user terminal device or an external server.

13. The audio-visual device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

while the first portion and the second portion of the display area are disposed out of the housing, control the display to display a video image corresponding to a video content on the first portion and the second portion of the display area and control the speaker to output an audio signal corresponding to the video content.

14. The audio-visual device of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to:

control the display to display the video image corresponding to the video content received from an external source on the first portion and the second portion of the display area,

wherein the external source comprises a set-top box.

15. The audio-visual device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

control the display to display the video image corresponding to the video content received through a tuner on the first portion and the second portion of the display area.

16. The audio-visual device of claim 10, wherein the information comprises at least one of album information of the audio content, singer information of the audio content or title information of the audio content.

17. An audio-visual system comprising:

an audio-visual device; and

a remote controller having a first button corresponding to a first mode of the audio-visual device and a second button corresponding to a second mode of the audio-visual device, and

wherein the audio-visual device comprising;

a housing comprising a storage space inside the housing,

a display configured to be stored in the storage space inside the housing and to be moved into and out of the housing through an opening of the housing, the display having a display area for displaying contents,

an actuator configured to move the display into and out of the housing through the opening, and

a processor configured to,

in response to receiving a signal corresponding to the first button from the remote controller, control the actuator to move the display into or out of the housing such that a first portion of the display area is disposed out of the housing and a second portion of the display area is disposed inside the housing, and

in response to receiving a signal corresponding to the second button from the remote controller, control the actuator to move the display out of the housing such that the first portion and the second portion of the display area are disposed out of the housing,

wherein after receiving the signal corresponding to the first button and while the first portion of the display area is disposed out of the housing, the processor is configured to control a speaker to output an audio signal associated with an audio content being reproduced and control the display to display a user interface for providing information regarding the audio content being reproduced, and the user interface provided in the first mode is configured to be displayed in an aspect ratio that corresponds to an aspect ratio of the first portion of the display area.

18. The audio-visual system of claim 17, wherein the remote controller further having a third button corresponding to a third mode,

the processor is further configured to, in response to receiving a signal corresponding to the third button from the remote controller, control the actuator to move the display into the housing such that the first portion and the second portion of the display area are disposed inside the housing.

19. The audio-visual system of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

while the first portion and the second portion of the display area are disposed inside the housing, control the speaker to output an audio signal associated with an audio content received from at least one of a user terminal device or an external server.

20. The audio-visual system of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

while the first portion and the second portion of the display area are disposed out of the housing, control the display to display a video image corresponding to a video content on the first portion and the second portion of the display area and control the speaker to output an audio signal corresponding to the video content.