DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130179828A1
• Filed: 01/07/2013
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Dong-heon, KWON, Yong-hwan
• Application Number:
  US13/735,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20130179828A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence

Abstract

A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes: an image processor which processes an image signal; a display unit which displays an image thereon based on the processed image signal; a user input unit which receives a user input; and a controller which displays a plurality of selectable items on the display unit, and upon receiving a first user input to select a first item from the plurality of selectable items from the user input unit, displays a display window displaying an input result of the first user input in a vicinity of the first item, and upon receiving a second user input to select a second item, which is different from the first item, from the user input unit, controls the display unit to move and display the display window in a vicinity of the second item.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

an image processor which processes an image signal;

a display unit which displays an image based on the processed image signal;

a user input unit which receives a user input; and

a controller which displays a plurality of selectable items on the display unit, and upon the user input unit receiving a first user input to select a first item from among the plurality of selectable items, displays a display window displaying an input result of the first user input in a first area corresponding to the first item and in a vicinity of the first item, and upon the user input unit receiving a second user input to select a second item, which is different from the first item, from among the plurality of selectable items, controls the display unit to move and display the display window in a second area corresponding to the second item and in a vicinity of the second item.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second user input is subsequent to the first user input and, upon receiving the second user input, the display window displays a combination result of the selected first item and the selected second item.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display unit to highlight an item selected from among the plurality of selectable items.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the controller highlights the first item in response to the selection of the first item, and controls the display unit to stop highlighting the first item and to highlight the second item in response to the selection of the second item.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user input unit comprises a communication module which receives a signal corresponding to the user input from a predetermined input device.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of selectable items is displayed in at least one side of a screen of the display unit.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of selectable items is displayed in at least one of a transverse direction and a vertical direction in the at least one side of the screen of the display unit.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of selectable items is arranged in a circular shape or a grid pattern in a screen of the display unit.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of selectable items comprises at least one of numbers, letters, and icons.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the image processor processes the image signal according to a combination of the first user input and the second user input after a predetermined time has elapsed from receiving the second user input.

11. A control method of a display apparatus, the control method comprising:

displaying a plurality of selectable items;

receiving a first user input to select a first item from among the plurality of selectable items;

displaying a display window displaying an input result of the first user input in a first area corresponding to the first item and in a vicinity of the first item;

receiving a second user input to select a second item, which is different from the first item, from among the plurality of selectable items; and

moving and displaying the display window in a second area corresponding to the second item and in a vicinity of the second item.

12. The control method according to claim 11, wherein the moving and displaying the display window in the vicinity of the second item comprises displaying a combination result of the selected first item and the selected second item in the display window.

13. The control method according to claim 11, further comprising highlighting an item selected from among the plurality of selectable items.

14. The control method according to claim 13, wherein the highlighting the selected item comprises:

highlighting the first item in response to the selection of the first item; and

highlighting the second item, while not highlighting the first item, in response to the selection of the second item.

15. The control method according to claim 11, wherein the receiving the first user input comprises receiving a signal corresponding to the user input from a predetermined input device.

16. The control method according to claim 11, wherein the plurality of selectable items is displayed in at least one side of a screen of a display unit.

17. The control method according to claim 16, wherein the displaying the plurality of selectable items comprises displaying the plurality of selectable items in at least one of a transverse direction and a vertical direction in the at least one side of the screen of the display unit.

18. The control method according to claim 11, wherein the displaying the plurality of selectable items comprises arranging the plurality of selectable items in a circular shape or grid pattern in a screen of a display unit.

19. The control method according to claim 11, wherein the plurality of selectable items comprises at least one of numbers, letters, and icons.

20. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 11.

21. A control method of an image processing apparatus, the control method comprising:

controlling to display a plurality of selectable items;

in response to receiving a first user input to select a first item from among the plurality of selectable items, controlling to display a display window displaying an input result of the first user input in a first area, corresponding to the first item, in a vicinity of the first item; and

in response to receiving a second user input to select a second item, which is different from the first item, from among the plurality of selectable items, controlling to display the display window in a second area, different from the first area and corresponding to the second item, in a vicinity of the second item.

22. The control method according to claim 21, wherein:

the controlling to display the plurality of selectable items comprises outputting, to an external display device, an image signal for displaying the plurality of selectable items;

the controlling to display the display window in the first area comprises outputting, to the external display device, a first image signal for displaying the display window in the first area; and

the controlling to display the display window in the second area comprises outputting, to the external display device, a second image signal for displaying the display window in the second area.

23. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 21.