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US 9,883,210 · App. 15/102,460 · Granted Jan 30, 2018

Display device and method for operating the same

Inventor: Jaekyung Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04N21/233G06F3/165H04N21/4126H04N21/4223H04N21/43637H04N21/44218H04N21/454H04N21/47217H04N21/482H04N21/64322
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Patent No.
US 9,883,210
App. No.
15/102,460
Granted
Jan 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for operating a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of playing back a broadcast program; obtaining a user's watching status while the broadcast program is played back; and providing information of the display device if the obtained user's watching status is obtained as a non-visual watching status in which the user does not watch a display unit of the display device.

Claims (21)

1. A method for operating a display device, comprising:

playing an image of a broadcast program;

obtaining a user's watching status while the broadcast program is played;

providing information of the display device if the obtained user's watching status is obtained as a non-visual watching status in which the user does not watch a display unit of the display device, and

when the non-visual watching status is identified, transmitting the image of the broadcast program to the mobile terminal while turning off a power of a display unit of the display device and outputting a sound of the broadcast program.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing of information comprises outputting the information of the display device as an audio through an audio output unit of the display device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining of the user's information comprises obtaining the user's watching status using at least one of a face recognition or an eye tracking.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information of the display device includes at least one of watching information, subtitle information of the broadcast program, or event information to be generated in the display device.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the providing of information comprises outputting the information of the display device as the audio through an audio output unit of the display device while outputting a sound of the broadcast program.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the watching information of the broadcast program comprises a commentary to describe contents of the broadcast program, and

wherein the providing of information comprises outputting the commentary to an audio track for the blind.

7. A display device, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with a mobile terminal;

a tuner configured to receive a broadcast signal;

a display unit configured to display an image of the broadcast program included in the broadcast signal;

an audio output unit configured to output a sound of the broadcast program; and

a control unit configured to provide information of the display device if a user's watching status is obtained as a non-visual watching status that a user does not watch the display unit of the display device,

wherein the control unit is further configured to transmit the image of the broadcast program to the mobile terminal while turning off a power of the display unit and continue to output the sound of the broadcast program when the non-visual watching status is identified.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the control unit controls the information of the display device to be audibly outputted through the audio output unit.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the information of the display device comprises any one of watching information and subtitle information of the broadcast program, and event information to be generated in the display device.

10. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the control unit controls the information of the display device to be audibly outputted while outputting a sound of the broadcast program.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2016
From: LEE, JAEKYUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 038835/0923 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0000369 · Jan 2, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160316232A1 · Oct 27, 2016