TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140035942A1
• Filed: 08/01/2013
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: YUN, Il-kook, SEO, Joon-kyu, LEE, Chang-soo
• Granted Patent: US 9,865,224 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/592
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13471 in which all the liquid crystal cells or layers remain transparent, e.g. FLC, ECB, DAP, HAN, TN, STN, SBE-LC cells G02F1/13475 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1431 using a single graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/023 Display panel composed of stacked panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/144 the light being ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/006 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04

Abstract

A transparent display apparatus is provided. The transparent display includes a display including a plurality of transparent display layers, and a controller configured to control the display, when a first event occurs, to display a first screen on a first transparent display layer from among the plurality of transparent display layers, and to display a second screen on a second transparent display layer that is from among the plurality of transparent display layers, wherein the controller controls the display to display the first screen that is currently displayed on the first transparent display layer to be displayed on the second transparent display layer for a predetermined time when a second event occurs.

Claims

1. A transparent display apparatus, the transparent display apparatus comprising:

a display including a plurality of transparent display layers; and

a controller configured to control the display, when a first event occurs, to display a first screen on a first transparent display layer from among the plurality of transparent display layers, and to display a second screen on a second transparent display layer that is from among the plurality of transparent display layers,

wherein the controller controls the display to display the first screen that is currently displayed on the first transparent display layer to be displayed on the second transparent display layer for a predetermined time when a second event occurs.

2. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display to display the second screen displayed on the second transparent display layer to be displayed on the first transparent display layer for a predetermined time when the second event occurs.

3. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first screen and the second screen have independent sources respectively providing independent multimedia contents.

4. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller separately adjusts display features of the first screen and the second screen according to surrounding situation information, and

wherein the display features include at least one of transparency, color, size, display position, display time, display shape, and resolution.

5. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a first touch sensor configured to sense user touches on the transparent display layer placed in a first direction from among the plurality of transparent display layers; and

a second touch sensor configured to sense user touches on the transparent display layer placed in a second direction opposite to the first direction from among the plurality of transparent display layers,

wherein the controller controls operations performed by the plurality of transparent display layers according to user touches sensed in at least one of the first touch sensor and the second touch sensor.

6. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a sensor configured to sense a user position,

wherein the controller sets a resolution of a screen displayed on the backside transparent display layer to be higher than that of a screen displayed on the transparent display layer placed toward user from among the plurality of the transparent display layers.

7. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a sensor configured to sense a rotation of the transparent display apparatus,

wherein the controller reverses at least one of the first screen and the second screen vertically or horizontally and displays the at least one of the first screen and the second screen so as to correspond to the rotation, when the rotation of the transparent display apparatus is sensed by the sensor.

8. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller moves and displays the first screen or objects within the first screen to a corresponding transparent display layer from among the plurality of transparent display layers, the corresponding transparent display layer being disposed at a depth corresponding to user touches when the user touches are performed on the first screen.

9. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first event corresponds to a touch on the first screen, and

wherein the controller generates a previous screen or a next screen of the first screen as second screen and displays the second screen on the second transparent display layer when the first event occurs.

10. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second transparent display layer is a lower layer than the first transparent display layer,

wherein the second screen is displayed on an overlapping area with the first screen from among a whole area of the second transparent display layer, and

wherein the controller displays the first screen while the second screen is being rendered and removes the first screen when the rendering the second screen is completed.

11. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second transparent display layer is a lower layer than the first transparent display layer,

wherein the second screen is displayed on an overlapping area with the first screen from among a whole area of the second transparent display layer, and

wherein the controller modifies a shape of the first screen to expose the second screen which is shielded by the first screen when a user touches the first screen.

12. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first screen is a download implementing screen to implement contents downloading, and

wherein the second screen is a download situation displaying screen to display at least one of a download processing degree of the selected contents, an expected completion time, a contents feature information and a contents source information, when contents is selected and a download begins in the download implementing screen.

13. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first screen is contents playing screen to play and output contents, and

wherein the second screen is an information screen to display at least one of feature information of the contents playing on the first screen, information indicating a contents playing degree, a controlling menu to control a contents playing operation, a previous contents information, a next contents information, and a contents list.

14. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second screen is an additional information screen including at least one of a remaining battery amount, a communication situation, time information, system informing information, volume information, network connecting information, setup information, date information, weather information, text message receiving situation information, and missed call information.

15. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when user touches are performed on the transparent display layer to display the first screen, the controller displays feedback effects corresponding to the user touches at an area corresponding to the touched point of the second transparent display layer that is arranged on a lower of the first transparent display layer.

16. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller adjusts display features of the second screen differently from display features of the first screen, and

wherein the display features are at least one of transparency, color, size, display position, display time, display shape, and resolution.

17. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller displays the second screen at area that is not overlapped with the first screen from among a whole area of the second transparent display layer.

18. The transparent display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first event includes at least one of an event to input user touches, an event to input a command to implement additional applications, an event to input a command to play additional contents, an event to approach a predetermined time, and an event to generate system informing messages, and

wherein the second event includes at least one of an event to perform a long touch, an event to perform a double touch, an event to perform a touch &

drag, an event to perform a flick, an event to approach another predetermined time, and an event to generate new informing messages.

19. A display method of the transparent display apparatus, the display method comprising:

displaying a first screen on a first transparent display layer from among a plurality of transparent display layers;

displaying a second screen, the second screen being different from the first screen, on a second transparent display layer from among the plurality of transparent display layers when a first event occurs; and

displaying the first screen displayed on the first transparent display layer on the second transparent display layer for a predetermined time when a second event occurs.

20. A transparent display apparatus, the transparent display apparatus comprising:

a transparent display;

a first sensor configured to sense a first touch inputted to a first surface of the transparent display;

a second sensor configured to sense a second touch inputted to a second surface of the transparent display;

an image processor configured to generate a cooperative job screen controllable by the first touch and the second touch and an individual job screen controllable by the first touch or the second touch; and

a controller configured to display at least one of the individual job screen and the cooperative job screen to the transparent display according to a user manipulation.

21. The transparent display apparatus of claim 20, wherein the transparent display includes a first transparent display layer and a second transparent display layer stacked sequentially on each other, and

wherein the controller controls so that, when the individual job screen is displayed on the first transparent display layer, an area corresponding to the individual job screen turns non-transparent, and

wherein, when the cooperative job screen is displayed on the first transparent display layer, an area corresponding to the individual job screen turns transparent on the second transparent display layer.

22. The transparent display apparatus of claim 20, wherein, when a preset user manipulation is inputted in a state that the individual job screen is displayed, the controller changes to the cooperative job screen while inverting a display state of the individual job screen.

23. The transparent display apparatus of claim 20, wherein, when sensing a dragging, with respect to the individual job screen, while the individual job screen is displayed, the controller additionally displays the cooperative job screen on one side of the individual job screen according to the dragging.

24. The transparent display apparatus of claim 20, wherein, when a preset user manipulation is inputted with respect to an object in the individual job screen in a state that the individual job screen is displayed, the controller inverses the display state of the object and processes the inversed object to a state perceivable at both sides of the transparent display.

25. The transparent display apparatus of claim 20, wherein, when a user manipulation to designate a certain area in the individual job screen is inputted while the individual job screen is displayed, the controller inverts the display state of the certain area and processes the inverted area to be perceivable at both sides of the transparent display.

26. The transparent display apparatus of claim 20, further comprising a user sensor configured to sense a user position,

wherein the controller changes a direction of displaying at least one of the individual job screen and the cooperative job screen according to the user position.

27. The transparent display apparatus of claim 20, wherein, when a user manipulation to move an object included in the individual job screen to the cooperative job screen is sensed in a state that the individual and cooperative job screens are displayed together, then the controller inverts the display state of the moved object and processes the same to be perceivable at both sides of the transparent display.

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

displaying an individual job screen on a transparent display;

controlling the individual job screen in accordance with a first touch inputted to a first surface of the transparent display;

displaying a cooperative job screen on the transparent display when a preset event occurs; and

cooperatively controlling the cooperative job screen in accordance with the first touch inputted to the first surface of the transparent display and a second touch inputted to a second surface.