Method for inputting text and display apparatus using the same

• US 9,753,603 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2010
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Doh-hyeong
• Primary Examiner(s): BOYD, JONATHAN A
• Application Number:
  US12/784,897
• Publication Number:
  US 20110084919A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,664 Days
• Field of Search: 345173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/023 Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
• 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 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• 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 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control

Abstract

A method for inputting a text and a display apparatus using the same are provided, the text input method including: transferring a message for requesting execution of a text input mode to an external device; receiving the text from the external device; and displaying the received text if it is determined that a situation in which a text is to be input occurs. Therefore, if a situation in which a text is to be input occurs, an external device automatically operates in a text input mode, and thus a user more conveniently inputs the text.

Claims

1. A method for inputting text to a television using a mobile device, the method comprising:

displaying a text input user interface on a screen of the television;

activating the text input user interface in response to a command received from a remote controller of the television, distinct from the mobile device;

transmitting, by the television to the mobile device, a signal to execute a text input mode of inputting the text to the text input user interface of the television using a keyboard displayed on a touchscreen of the mobile device, in response to the text input user interface for text input being activated;

receiving, by the television from the mobile device, a text signal corresponding to a text input received through one or more text characters of the keyboard displayed on the touchscreen of the mobile device; and

displaying the text corresponding to the text input received through the keyboard displayed on the touchscreen of the mobile device, in the text input user interface displayed on the television, based on the received text signal.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the television receives and displays broadcasting data, and the mobile device performs operations independent of the television.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the television from the mobile device, a signal for activating the text input user interface displayed on the screen of the television, and

wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the signal to execute the text input mode to the mobile device in response to the text input user interface being activated.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the signal for activating the text input user interface instructs the television to activate input to the text input user interface displayed on a web page, a menu screen, a content page screen, or a setup screen displayed on the screen of the television.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising:

transmitting, by the television to the mobile device, a signal for causing to terminate the displaying the keyboard in response to the text input user interface being disappeared or deactivated.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, by the television to the mobile device, a signal for causing to terminate the displaying the keyboard in response to the text input user interface being disappeared or deactivated.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program which when executed causes a television to execute a method of inputting text to the television using a mobile device, the method comprising:

displaying a text input user interface on a screen of the television;

activating the text input user interface in response to a command received from a remote controller of the television, distinct from the mobile device;

transmitting, by the television to the mobile device, a signal to execute a text input mode of inputting the text to the text input user interface of the television using a keyboard displayed on a touchscreen of the mobile device, in response to the text input user interface for text input being activated;

receiving, by the television from the mobile device, a text signal corresponding to a text input received through one or more text characters of the keyboard displayed on the touchscreen of the mobile device; and

displaying the text corresponding to the text input received through the keyboard displayed on the touchscreen of the mobile device, in the text input user interface displayed on the television, based on the received text signal.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 7, wherein the television receives and displays broadcasting data, and the mobile device performs operations independent of the television.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

in response to a command received from a remote controller of the television, distinct from the mobile device, while receiving and displaying the text input received through the keyboard displayed on the touchscreen of the mobile device, executing the received command.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the television from the mobile device, a signal for activating the text input user interface displayed on the screen of the television, and

wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the signal to execute the text input mode to the mobile device in response to the text input user interface being activated.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 10, wherein the signal for activating the text input user interface instructs the television to activate input to the text input user interface displayed on a web page, a menu screen, a content page screen, or a setup screen displayed on the screen of the television.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 10, further comprising:

transmitting, by the television to the mobile device, a signal for causing to terminate the displaying the keyboard in response to the text input user interface being disappeared or deactivated.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 7, further comprising:

transmitting, by the television to the mobile device, a signal for causing to terminate the displaying the keyboard in response to the text input user interface being disappeared or deactivated.

14. An image processing apparatus controlled by a remote controller comprising:

a wireless communication unit; and

a controller configured

to control to output a text input user interface,

to activate the text input user interface in response to a command received from the remote controller of the image processing apparatus,

to control the wireless communication unit to transmit, to a mobile device which is connected to the image processing apparatus via the wireless communication unit, a signal to execute a text input mode of inputting text to the text input user interface of the image processing apparatus using a keyboard displayed on a touchscreen of the mobile device, in response to the text input user interface for text input being activated,

to control to output a text in the text input user interface, in response to a text signal corresponding to one or more text characters of the keyboard displayed on the touchscreen of the mobile device being received,

wherein the text output in the text input user interface corresponds to the text signal received from the mobile device.

15. The image processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the television receives and displays broadcasting data, and the mobile device performs operations independent of the television.

16. The image processing apparatus of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to a command received from a remote controller of the television, distinct from the mobile device, while receiving and displaying the text input received through the keyboard displayed on the touchscreen of the mobile device, execute the received command.

17. The image processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to receive via the wireless communication unit, from the mobile device, a signal for activating the text input user interface output by the image processing apparatus, and transmit via the wireless communication unit the signal to execute the text input mode to the mobile device in response to the text input user interface being activated.

18. The image processing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the signal for activating the text input user interface instructs the television to activate input to the text input user interface displayed on a web page, a menu screen, a content page screen, or a setup screen displayed on the screen of the display.

19. The image processing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit, to the mobile device, a signal for causing to terminate the displaying the keyboard in response to the text input user interface being disappeared or deactivated.

20. The image processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit, to the mobile device, a signal for causing to terminate the displaying the keyboard in response to the text input user interface being disappeared or deactivated.

21. A television controlled by a remote controller comprising:

a display;

a wireless communication unit; and

a controller configured to control the display to display a user interface (UI) item for text input,

to activate the UI item for text input in response to a command received from the remote controller of the image processing apparatus,

to control the wireless communication unit to transmit, to a mobile device, a signal for informing the mobile device to execute a text input mode of inputting one or more text characters to the UI item of the television using a keyboard which is displayed on a touchscreen of the mobile device in the text input mode,

to receive, via the wireless communication unit, a text signal corresponding to one or more text characters selected through the keyboard displayed on the touchscreen of the mobile device, and

to control the display to display one or more text character in the UI item, based on the received text signal.

22. The television of claim 21, wherein the UI item for text input comprises text input user interface displayed on a web page, a menu screen, a content page screen, or a setup screen displayed on the screen of the television.

23. The television of claim 21, wherein the selecting the UI item comprises activating a text input user interface.

24. The television of claim 21, wherein the television receives and displays broadcasting data, and the mobile device performs operations independent of the television.

25. The television of claim 21, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to a command received from a remote controller of the television, distinct from the mobile device, while receiving and displaying the text input received through the keyboard displayed on the touchscreen of the mobile device, execute the received command.

26. The television of claim 21, wherein the controller is further configured to control the wireless communication unit to receive, from the mobile device, a text input user interface activation signal to activate input to a text input user interface displayed on the screen of the television, and transmit the request in response to the communication unit receiving the text input user interface activation signal.

27. The television of claim 21, wherein the controller is further configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit, to the mobile device, a signal for causing to terminate the displaying the keyboard in response to the text input user interface being disappeared or deactivated.