Display apparatus for performing function of user selected menu item on a user interface and method for controlling display apparatus

• US 11,036,380 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2020
• Issued: 06/15/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Jong-hyuk, Moon, Seung-hyun, Jang, Dae-hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Orr, Henry
• Application Number:
  US16/855,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20200249829A1
• Time in Patent Office: 419 Days
• Field of Search: 715716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 11/10 by methods based on duration or pressure detection of keystrokes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42215 by measuring the time interval during which a key is pressed, e.g. for inputting sequences of digits when selecting a television channel

Abstract

A display device is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display configured to display a user interface screen; an input interface configured to receive a user operation to select and execute at least one menu item included in the user interface screen; and a processor configured to separately recognize a short click and a long press based on an input time of the user operation, constantly maintain an execution speed of a function corresponding to a selected menu item within a preset critical time in the time for which the input of the long press is continued and accelerate the execution speed of the corresponding function after the preset critical time passes.

Claims

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display; and

a processor configured to;

control the display to display;

a plurality of selectable menu items comprising a power menu item, a source menu item, a first volume control menu item and a second volume control menu item, the plurality of selectable menu items respectively corresponding to a plurality of functions for controlling the display apparatus;

receive a user operation of a single physical key while the plurality of selectable menu items are displayed on the display with the first volume control menu item being displayed in a selected state;

identify the received user operation as either a short click or a long press based on an input time of the user operation of the single physical key, wherein the input time of the user operation for the short click is shorter than a predetermined value, and the input time of the user operation for the long press is longer than the predetermined value;

in response to the user operation of the single physical key being identified as the short click while the first volume control menu item is displayed in the selected state, control the display to change the first volume control menu item from the selected state to an unselected state and change the second volume control menu item from an unselected state to a selected state to indicate that the second volume control menu item is currently selected;

in response to the user operation of pressing the single physical key being identified as the long press while the first volume control menu item is displayed in the selected state, control to execute a volume control function corresponding to the first volume control menu item in the selected state while the plurality of selectable menu items and a volume state indicator indicating a volume state of the display apparatus are displayed on the display; and

based on an execution of the volume control function corresponding to the first volume control menu item in the selected state, adjust a volume level according to a duration of the long press and control the display to display the volume state indicator of which configuration is changed to indicate a current volume state according to the duration of the long press, the volume state indicator being displayed together with the plurality of selectable menu items.

2. A controlling method of a display apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying, on a display, a plurality of selectable menu items comprising a power menu item, a source menu item, a first volume control menu item and a second volume control menu item, the plurality of selectable menu items respectively corresponding to a plurality of functions for controlling the display apparatus;

receiving a user operation of a single physical key while the plurality of selectable menu items are displayed on the display with the first volume control menu item being displayed in a selected state;

identifying the received user operation as either a short click or a long press based on an input time of the user operation of the single physical key, wherein the input time of the user operation for the short click is shorter than a predetermined value, and the input time of the user operation for the long press is longer than the predetermined value;

in response to the user operation of the single physical key being identified as the short click while the first volume control menu item is displayed in the selected state, changing the first volume control menu item from the selected state to an unselected state, changing the second volume control menu item from an unselected state to a selected state;

in response to the user operation of pressing the single physical key being identified as the long press while the first volume control menu item is displayed in the selected state, executing a volume control function corresponding to the first volume control menu item in the selected state while the plurality of selectable menu items and a volume state indicator indicating a volume state of the display apparatus are displayed on the display; and

based on an execution of the volume control function corresponding to the first volume control menu item in the selected state, adjusting a volume level according to a duration of the long press and displaying the volume state indicator of which configuration is changed to indicate a current volume state according to the duration of the long press, the volume state indicator being displayed together with the plurality of selectable menu items.

3. A display apparatus, comprising:

a housing;

a display disposed with respect to the housing;

a single physical button disposed with respect to the housing; and

a processor configured to;

in response to receiving a first user input via the single physical button, control the display to concurrently display a plurality of selectable menu items including a power menu item, a first control menu item, and a second control menu item;

receive a second user input via the single physical button, while the plurality of selectable menu items and a user interface indicating a setting value of the display apparatus are displayed on the display with the first control menu item being displayed in a selected state;

in response to the second user input via the single physical button being identified as a first type button operation while the first control menu item is displayed in the selected state, control the display to change the first control menu item from the selected state to an unselected state and change the second control menu item from an unselected state to a selected state to indicate that the second control menu item is currently selected;

in response to the second user input via the single physical button being identified as a second type button operation while the first control menu item is displayed in the selected state, control to execute a control function of changing a setting value while the plurality of selectable menu items and the user interface indicating the setting value of the display apparatus are displayed on the display; and

based on an execution of the control function, control the display to display the user interface which indicates a current setting value based on the second type button operation, the user interface being displayed together with the plurality of selectable menu items,

wherein the second control menu item is associated with executing the control function of changing a setting value in a direction opposite to a direction of a setting value being changed with the first control menu item,

wherein the first type button operation corresponds to a short click and the second type button operation corresponds to a long press, wherein an input time of the second user input for the short click is shorter than a predetermined value, and the input time of the second user input for the long press is longer than the predetermined value, and

wherein the processor is further configured to increase a speed of performing a function corresponding to the first control menu item displayed in the selected state according to a duration of the long press.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3,

wherein the control function corresponds to one of a volume up operation and a volume down operation.

5. The display apparatus of claim 3,

wherein the control function corresponds to one of a channel up operation and a channel down operation.

6. The display apparatus of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to receiving a user operation through the single physical button before displaying the plurality of selectable menu items on the display, control the display to display a first information related to the first type button operation and a second information related to the second type button operation.

7. The display apparatus of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to:

control the display to display a first information related to the first type button operation and a second information related to the second type button operation together with the plurality of selectable menu items.

8. The display apparatus of claim 7 wherein the first information includes a graphical information indicating the first type button operation and the second information includes a graphical information indicating the second type button operation.

9. The display apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first information includes a textual information indicating a function corresponding to the first type button operation and the second information includes a textual information indicating a function corresponding to the second type button operation.

10. A controlling method of a display apparatus, the method comprising:

in response to receiving a first user input via a single physical button, concurrently displaying, on a display, a plurality of selectable menu items including a power menu item, a first control menu item, and a second control menu item;

receiving a second user input via the single physical button, while the plurality of selectable menu items and a user interface indicating a setting value of the display apparatus are displayed on the display with the first control menu item being displayed in a selected state;

in response to the second user input via the single physical button being identified as a first type button operation while the first control menu item is displayed in the selected state, changing the first control menu item from the selected state to an unselected state, changing the second control menu item from an unselected state to a selected state;

in response to the second user input via the single physical button being identified as a second type button operation while the first control menu item is displayed in the selected state, executing a control function of changing a setting value while the plurality of selectable menu items and the user interface indicating the setting value of the display apparatus are displayed on the display; and

based on an execution of the control function, displaying the user interface which indicates a current setting value based on the second type button operation, the user interface being displayed together with the plurality of selectable menu items,

wherein the second control menu item is associated with executing the control function of changing a setting value in a direction opposite to a direction of a setting value being changed with the first control menu item,

wherein the first type button operation corresponds to a short click and the second type button operation corresponds to a long press, and an input time of the second user input for the short click is shorter than a predetermined value, and an input time of the second user input for the long press is longer than the predetermined value, and

wherein the method further comprises increasing a speed of performing a function corresponding to the first control menu item displayed in the selected state according to a duration of the long press.

11. The controlling method of claim 10,

wherein the control function corresponds to one of a volume up operation and a volume down operation.

12. The controlling method of claim 10,

wherein the control function corresponds to one of a channel up operation and a channel down operation.

13. The controlling method of claim 10, further comprising, in response to receiving a user operation through the single physical button before displaying the plurality of selectable menu items on the display, displaying a first information related to the first type button operation and a second information related to the second type button operation.

14. The controlling method of claim 10, further comprising displaying a first information related to the first type button operation and a second information related to the second type button operation together with the plurality of selectable menu items.

15. The controlling method of claim 14, wherein the first information includes a graphical information indicating the first type button operation and the second information includes a graphical information indicating the second type button operation.

16. The controlling method of claim 14, wherein the first information includes a textual information indicating a function corresponding to the first type button operation and the second information includes a textual information indicating a function corresponding to the second type button operation.