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Granted Patent B2
US 11,657,783 · App. 17/487,321 · Granted May 23, 2023

Display device and operating method thereof

Inventor: Jaesun Yun (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,657,783
App. No.
17/487,321
Granted
May 23, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a housing; a display unit accommodated in the housing; and a control unit configured to cause the display unit to operate in a speaker mode to play a song while the display unit is fully inserted in the housing, receive an image display command, according to the image display command, withdraw the display unit and display a first content corresponding to the image display command in a first region of the display unit, and display a second content of an audio controller for controlling the speaker mode in a second region of the display unit.

Claims (23)

1. A display device comprising:

a housing;

a display unit accommodated in the housing; and

a control unit configured to:

cause the display unit to operate in a speaker mode to play a song while the display unit is fully inserted in the housing,

receive an image display command,

according to the image display command, withdraw the display unit from the fully inserted position in the housing and display a first content corresponding to the image display command in a first region of the display unit, and

display a second content of an audio controller for controlling the speaker mode in a second region of the display unit.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is further configured to:

in response to a command for displaying a third content, withdraw the display unit to add a third region, and

display the third content in the third region.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the command for displaying the third content includes at least one of a menu display command, a screen setting menu display command, a channel information display command, a time shift execution command, an IOT state display command, a subtitle display command, a user setting information display command and an information related content display command.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is further configured to:

receive an image switching command for displaying a third content instead of the first content, and

insert or withdraw the display unit based on an aspect ratio of the third content in response to an aspect ratio of the first content being different from an aspect ratio of the third content.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is further configured to receive a display-unit withdrawal command for setting at least one of a withdrawal direction and a withdrawal length, and

wherein the display unit is withdrawn based on the set withdrawal direction or withdrawal length.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, in response to a command for displaying the first content as a voice command signal being sensed, the control unit is further configured to search for information corresponding to the voice command signal and determine the size of the second region based on an amount of information corresponding to the voice command signal.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein when the song is output in the speaker mode, the audio controller displays a name of the song being played in the speaker mode.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the audio controller displays controls to rewind, fast forward and pause the song being output in the speaker mode.

9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the audio controller displays a total time and a current time of the song being output in the speaker mode.

10. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the audio controller displays a bar graph depicting the total time and the current time of the song being output in the speaker mode.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the audio controller is displayed across an entire width of the display unit and above the first content.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0063604 · May 23, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15687037 · Aug 25, 2017
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