Display apparatus and method of displaying user interface thereof

• US 8,819,588 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2009
• Issued: 08/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Seong, Hye-young, Bae, Hee-jeong
• Primary Examiner(s): SALOMON, PHENUEL S
• Application Number:
  US12/484,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20100146440A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,898 Days
• Field of Search: 715/764, 715/810, 715/811
• US Class Current: 715/811
• 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 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration

Abstract

Disclosed are a display apparatus which moves a widget on a screen of a TV and a method of displaying a user interface thereof. The method of displaying a user interface including: displaying a grid with irregular intervals on a display unit; and displaying an icon on the display unit to correspond to the displayed grid. With this, a widget is capable of moving corresponding to a grid displayed on a screen of a TV.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a user interface, the method comprising:

determining icon position history,

generating a grid comprising a grid line interval,

positioning a displayed icon based on grid points of the grid, the grid points being based on the grid line interval,

wherein the grid line interval is set based on a frequency of icon placement on a region of the grid, according to a user'"'"'s selection,

wherein the intervals of the grid are based on the determined icon position history, and

wherein the grid line interval is a first grid line interval and the frequency of icon placement is a first frequency of icon placement, the grid further comprising a second grid line interval based on a second frequency of icon placement, that is greater than the first grid line interval, wherein the first frequency of icon placement is greater than the second frequency of icon placement.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the grid line interval is at the region of the grid and the frequency of icon placement is a number of times icons have been positioned at the region by the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein an amount of the grid line interval is inversely proportional to the frequency of icon placement.

4. A display apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a user interface generator which generates user interface information;

a controller which controls the user interface generator to display on the display unit, a grid with irregular intervals and an icon that is displayed based on the grid,

wherein the user interface generator generates the icon which is formed as an application,

wherein the controller controls the user interface generator to position the icon based on the grid, according to an instruction of a user; and

an instruction receiver which receives a direction signal from a remote control comprising a direction key, wherein the controller moves the icon on the grid based on the direction signal of the direction key of the remote control, received at the instruction receiver, according to the user'"'"'s instruction,

wherein the intervals of the grid are based on an icon disposition history,

wherein the icon disposition history is a history of a frequency of placement of an icon on a region of a grid display by a user and

wherein the controller controls the user interface generator to display at a region with high icon disposition history, first grid lines that are more closely spaced together than second grid lines at another region with low icon disposition history.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the controller controls the user interface generator to display at an edge portion of the display unit, first grid lines that are more closely spaced together than second grid lines at a center portion of the display unit.

6. A method of displaying a user interface comprising:

determining icon disposition history of a frequency of icon placement on a region of a grid by a user;

displaying the grid with irregular intervals, on a display unit; and

displaying an icon on the display unit, based on the displayed grid,

wherein the icon is formed as an application, is positioned based on the grid, is moved on the grid by a direction key of a remote control according to a user'"'"'s selection,

wherein the intervals of the grid are based on the determined icon disposition history and

wherein the displaying the grid comprises displaying at a region with high icon disposition history, first grid lines that are more closely spaced together than second grid lines at another region with low icon disposition history.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the displaying the grid comprises displaying at an edge portion of the display unit, first grid lines that are more closely spaced together than second grid lines at a center portion of the display unit.