Display apparatus, control method thereof, and display system

• US 20060104016A1
• Filed: 10/11/2005
• Published: 05/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hong, Yun-ju, Jang, Mi-sook, Yang, Geun-sam
• Granted Patent: US 8,643,597 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.220
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/105 the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence

Abstract

A display apparatus including a communication port to communicate with an external source, an on screen display (OSD) generator to generate an OSD menu, and a display panel to display the OSD menu thereon, the display apparatus further including a pivot sensor to sense a pivoting angle of the display panel, and output data corresponding to the pivoting angle when the display panel is pivoted, and a controller to set an OSD displaying direction of the OSD generator according to the data about the pivoting angle from the pivot sensor, and transmit the data relating to the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprises:

a communication port communicating with an external source;

an on screen display generator generating an on screen display menu;

a display panel displaying the on screen display menu thereon, the display apparatus further comprising;

a pivot sensor sensing a pivoting angle of the display panel and outputting data corresponding to the pivoting angle when the display panel is pivoted; and

a controller setting an on screen display displaying direction of the on screen display generator according to the data relating to the pivoting angle from the pivot sensor and transmitting the data relating to the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a memory storing the data relating to the pivoting angle of the display panel, wherein

the controller replaces the data relating to the pivoting angle stored in the memory with the data relating to the pivoting angle sensed by the pivot sensor when the data relating to the pivoting angle sensed by the pivot sensor is not equal to the data relating to the pivoting angle stored in the memory.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the OSD displaying direction comprises a −

90 degree angle, and/or a 90 degree angle, and/or a 180 degree angle.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller transmits the data of the pivoting angle as a virtual control panel code based on monitor control command set standards to the external source through the communication port.

5. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller transmits the data of the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port as a virtual control panel code based on monitor control command set standards.

6. The display apparatus of claim 3, wherein the controller transmits the data of the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port as a virtual control panel code based on monitor control command set standards.

7. A display system comprising:

an external source processing a video signal;

a display apparatus having a pivoting function, comprising;

a communication port communicating with the external source,

an on screen display generator generating an on screen display menu,

a display panel displaying the on screen display menu thereon,

a memory storing data relating to a pivoting angle of the display panel,

a pivot sensor sensing the pivoting angle of the display panel and outputting data corresponding to the pivoting angle when the display panel is pivoted by a user, and

a controller comparing the data relating to the pivoting angle sensed by the pivot sensor with the data relating to the pivoting angle stored in the memory, setting an on screen display displaying direction of the on screen display generator on the basis of the data relating to the pivoting angle from the pivot sensor when the data relating to the pivoting angle sensed by the pivot sensor is not equal to the data relating to the pivoting angle stored in the memory, and transmitting the data relating to the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port,

wherein the external source processes the video signal according to the data relating to the pivoting angle received through the communication port and transmits the processed video signal to the display apparatus.

8. The display system of claim 7, wherein the controller transmits the data relating to the pivoting angle of the display panel stored in the memory to the external source through the communication port when the external source requests the data relating to the pivoting angle of the display panel.

9. The display system of claim 7, wherein the controller transmits the data relating to the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port as a virtual control panel code according to monitor control command set standards, and

wherein the external source includes a computer having a pivot program recognizing the virtual control panel code according to the monitor control command set standards.

10. The display system of claim 8, wherein the controller transmits the data about the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port as a virtual control panel code according to monitor control command set standards, and

wherein the external source includes a computer having a pivot program recognizing the virtual control panel code according to the monitor control command set standards.

11. A method of controlling a display apparatus comprising a communication port communicating with an external source, an on screen display generator generating an on screen display menu, and a display panel displaying the on screen display menu thereon, the method comprising:

storing data relating to a pivoting angle of the display panel;

sensing the pivoting angle of the display panel and outputting data relating to the sensed pivoting angle;

comparing the sensed data relating to the pivoting angle with the stored data relating to the pivoting angle; and

setting an on screen display displaying a direction of the on screen display generator according to the sensed data relating to the pivoting angle when the output data relating to the pivoting angle is not equal to the stored data relating to the pivoting angle, and transmitting the data relating to the pivoting angle to the external source through the communication port.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the on screen display displaying direction comprises a −

90 degree angle, and/or a 90 degree angle, and/or a 180 degree angle.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the data transmitted to the external source comprises a virtual control panel code according to monitor control command set standards.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the data transmitted to the external source comprises a virtual control panel code according to monitor control command set standards.