TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20120120007A1
• Filed: 08/12/2011
• Published: 05/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Choi, Sang-Moo, Chung, Jin-Koo
• Application Number:
  US13/209,337
• Publication Number:
  US 20120120007A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0251 Precharge or discharge of pixel before applying new pixel voltage
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3233 with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

A method of controlling a transparent display apparatus and a transparent display apparatus are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method includes detecting a subject, defining a subject area corresponding to the subject, and displaying a single color image in the subject area.

Claims

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

detecting a subject;

defining a subject area corresponding to the subject; and

displaying a single color image in the subject area.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising capturing the subject through the transparent display panel.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the single color image is a black image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the single color image is a white image.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the subject with a contact sensor, wherein the contact sensor is included in the transparent display panel; and

defining an area where a contact is sensed by the contact sensor as the subject area.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the subject by using a decompressed sensor included in the transparent display panel; and

defining an area where pressure is sensed by the decompressed sensor as the subject area.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

capturing the subject when the single color image is displayed on the subject area; and

displaying an input image on the subject area when capturing the subject is completed.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the subject is performed when a shutter-release signal is input.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the detecting of the subject comprises:

detecting an object that is close to the front of the transparent display panel by using a proximity sensor; and

determining the object as the subject when the object does not move for a period of time.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the subject comprises detecting a predetermined subject pattern from an imaging signal, and defining the subject area comprises defining an area corresponding to the subject pattern as the subject area.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the transparent display panel is an organic light-emitting display panel.

12. A transparent display comprising:

a transparent display unit configured to display an input image;

a subject detector configured to generate a detection signal by detecting contact or proximity of a subject;

a subject recognition unit configured to detect the subject according to the detection signal and define a subject area corresponding to the subject; and

a data processor configured to process the input image so as to display a single color image in the subject area.

13. The transparent display apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a capturing unit configured to capture the subject through the transparent display panel.

14. The transparent display apparatus of claim 12, wherein the single color image is a black image.

15. The transparent display apparatus of claim 12, wherein the single color image is a white image.

16. The transparent display apparatus of claim 12, wherein the subject detector is a contact sensor configured to sense a contact of the subject, and wherein the subject recognition unit is configured to define an area where the contact is sensed by using the contact sensor as the subject area.

17. The transparent display apparatus of claim 12, wherein the subject detector is a pressure sensor, and wherein the subject recognition unit is configured to define an area where pressure is sensed by the decompressed sensor as the subject area.

18. The transparent display apparatus of claim 12, wherein the transparent display apparatus further comprises a capturing unit configured to capture the subject when the single color image is displayed on the subject area and the data processor displays the input image in the subject area when the capturing is completed.

19. The transparent display apparatus of claim 12, wherein the subject recognition unit is configured to detect the subject, when a shutter-release signal is input, and defines the subject area.

20. The transparent display apparatus of claim 19, wherein the subject detector is a proximity sensor for detecting an object that is close to the front of the transparent display apparatus and the subject recognition unit determines the object as the subject when the object does not move for a period of time.

21. The transparent display apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a capturing unit configured to capture the subject through the transparent display unit, and wherein the subject recognition unit is configured to detect a predetermined subject pattern from an imaging signal output from the capturing unit and define an area corresponding to the subject pattern as the subject area.

22. The transparent display apparatus of claim 12, wherein the transparent display unit is an organic light-emitting display panel.