DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160353165A1
• Filed: 05/27/2016
• Published: 12/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Kye-rim, HUGO, Gael, CHOI, Song-ah, BOUROULLEC, Ronan, BOUROULLEC, Erwan
• Granted Patent: US 10,448,100 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• 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 21/42653 for processing graphics
• 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 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4318 by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image region image enhancement or restoration in general G06T5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/57 Control of contrast or brightness

Abstract

A display apparatus including: a display; a user input configured to issue a command for executing a GUI; and a processor configured to process a first image including an object to be displayed on the display, and process the GUI corresponding to an outline of the object to be displayed on the display in response to receiving the command for executing the GUI from the user input while the first image is displayed.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display;

a user input device configured to, in response to an input by a user, issue a command for executing a graphical user interface (GUI); and

at least one processor configured to process a first image comprising at least one object to be displayed on the display, and process an image of the GUI corresponding to an outline of the at least one object to be displayed on the display, in response to receiving the command for executing the GUI from the user input device while the first image is displayed.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to generate a second image corresponding to the outline of the at least one object by processing image information acquired from the first image, and process the second image to be displayed as a background image of the image of the GUI.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the at least one processor is configured to acquire the image information changed by continual reproduction of the first image in real time, and process the second image to be varied depending on the image information acquired in real time.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the at least one processor is configured to gradually change red, green, and blue (RGB) values of the second image so that the second image is changed with respect to a color over a time period.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the image information comprises red, green, and blue (RGB) values of pixels included in an image frame of the first image.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the at least one processor is configured to generate the second image by dividing the image frame into sections, determining brightness and transparency values based on averaged RGB values of the pixels respectively included in corresponding divided sections, adjusting horizontal widths of the corresponding divided sections based on the determined brightness values, respectively, and applying blur filtering to the divided sections.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is configured to adjust the horizontal widths of the divided sections having higher brightness values to be more narrow, and to adjust the horizontal widths of the divided sections having lower brightness values to be wider.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the corresponding divided sections are respectively surrounded by four edges including upper, lower, left, and right edges, and

the at least one processor is configured to apply the blur filtering to only the left edge and the right edge of the corresponding divided section.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image of the GUI displays user interfaces (UIs) respectively corresponding to services provided by the display apparatus, and

the UIs are configured to be switched therebetween in response to the command issued by the user input device for indicating a direction of movement in one direction among up, down, left, and right directions, with respect to a screen of the display.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is configured to switch between the UIs of the services which are different from one another, in response to the command issued by the user input device for the movement in the up direction or the down direction, and switch between the UIs of a same service in response to the command issued by the user input device for the movement in the left direction or the right direction.

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

displaying a first image comprising at least one object;

receiving a command for executing a graphical user interface (GUI), from a user input device, while displaying the first image; and

displaying an image of the GUI corresponding to an outline of the at least one object.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the displaying the image of the GUI comprises:

generating a second image corresponding to the outline of the at least one object by processing image information acquired from the first image; and

processing the second image to be displayed as a background image of the image of the GUI.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the displaying the GUI further comprises:

acquiring the image information changed by continual reproduction of the first image in real time; and

processing the second image to be varied depending on the image information acquired in the real time.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the displaying the GUI further comprises:

gradually changing red, green, and blue (RGB) values of the second image so that the second image is changed with respect to a color over a time period.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the image information comprises red, green, and blue (RGB) values of pixels included in an image frame of the first image.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the generating the second image comprises:

dividing the image frame into sections;

determining brightness and transparency values based on averaged RGB values of the pixels respectively included in corresponding divided sections;

adjusting horizontal widths of the corresponding divided sections based on the determined brightness values, respectively; and

applying blur filtering to the divided sections.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the adjusting the horizontal widths comprises:

adjusting the horizontal widths of the divided sections having higher brightness values to be more narrow; and

adjusting the horizontal widths of the divided sections having lower brightness values to be wider.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the corresponding divided sections are respectively surrounded by four edges including upper, lower, left, and right edges, and the applying the blur filtering to the divided sections comprises applying the blur filtering to only the left edge and the right edge of the corresponding divided section.

19. The method according to claim 11, wherein the displaying the image of the GUI comprises displaying user interfaces (UIs) respectively corresponding to services provided by the display apparatus, and

the UIs are configured to be switched therebetween in response to the command received from the user input device indicating a direction of movement in one direction among up, down, left, and right directions, with respect to a display screen.

20. The method according to claim 19, further comprising:

switching between the UIs which provide the services different from one another, in response to the command received from the user input device for the movement in the up direction or the down direction; and

switching between the UIs of a same service, in response to the command issued by the user input device for the movement in the left direction or the right direction.