IP Library Granted Patent US 12,242,767
Granted Patent B2
US 12,242,767 · App. 18/085,755 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Display apparatus and control method thereof

Inventors: Sanghoon Oh (Suwon-si, KR); Youngjo Seo (Suwon-si, KR); Youngkook Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06F3/1446
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Patent No.
US 12,242,767
App. No.
18/085,755
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display with a first display module and a second display module; a timing controller; a communication interface; and one or more processor configured to, based on content received from a plurality of source devices through the communication interface in a multi-view mode, control the display to display the received content through different regions on the display, identify a first frame rate of first content received from a first source device and a second frame rate of second content received from a second source device, control the timing controller to control the first display module to operate at the first frame rate, and control the timing controller to control the second display module to operate at the second frame rate.

Claims (70)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display comprising a plurality of display modules;

a timing controller (T-CON) corresponding to each of the plurality of display modules;

a communication interface comprising a circuitry; and

one or more processors configured to, based on receiving content from each of a plurality of source devices through the communication interface in a multi-view mode, control the display to display the received content through different regions on the display,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

identify a first frame rate of the first content displayed in a first region among the different regions, and

control the T-CON corresponding to the at least one display module among the plurality of T-CONs to operate the at least one display module included in the first region among the plurality of display modules at the identified first frame rate.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

resize second content displayed in a second region among the different regions based on a size of the second region,

control the T-CON corresponding to at least one display module included in the second region to operate the at least one display module included in the second region at a second frame rate of the second content, and

control the display to display the resized second content on the second region.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

maintain the first frame rate of the first content displayed on the first region and the second frame rate of the second content displayed on the second region, and

wherein the first frame rate of the first content and the second frame rate of the second content are different.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

identify a type of second content displayed on a second region among the different regions,

identify a frame rate corresponding to the identified type, and

control the T-CON corresponding to at least one display module included in the second region to operate the at least one display module included in the second region at the identified frame rate.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

control the T-CON corresponding to at least one display module included in a second region among the different regions to operate the at least one display module included in the second region at a preset frame rate, and

control the display to display second content on the second region.

6. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the preset frame rate is identical or different from a second frame rate of the second content.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

adjust resolution of second content displayed in a second region among the different regions based on the resolution of the second region,

control the T-CON corresponding to at least one display module included in the second region to operate the at least one display module included in the second region at a second frame rate of the second content, and

control the display to display the resolution-adjusted second content on the second region.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

identify a size of a second region among the different regions, and

based on the identified size being greater than or equal to a threshold, control the T-CON corresponding to at least one display module included in a second region among the different regions to operate the at least one display module included in the second region at a preset frame rate.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a minimum size of the different regions corresponds to a size of one of the plurality of display modules.

10. A method of controlling a display apparatus comprising a display comprising a plurality of display modules and a timing controller (T-CON) corresponding to each of the plurality of display modules, the method comprising:

receiving content from each of a plurality of source devices in a multi-view mode; and

displaying the received content through different regions on the display,

wherein the displaying the received content comprises:

identifying a first frame rate of the first content displayed in a first region among the different regions; and

controlling the T-CON corresponding to the at least one display module among the plurality of T-CONs to operate the at least one display module included in the first region among the plurality of display modules at the identified first frame rate.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the displaying the received content comprises:

resizing the second content displayed in a second region among the different regions based on a size of the second region;

controlling the T-CON corresponding to at least one display module included in the second region to operate the at least one display module included in the second region at a second frame rate of the second content; and

displaying the resized second content on the second region.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the displaying the received content further comprises:

maintaining the first frame rate of the first content displayed on the first region and the second frame rate of the second content displayed on the second region,

wherein the first frame rate of the first content and the second frame rate of the second content are different.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the displaying the received content comprises:

identifying a type of second content displayed on a second region among the different regions;

identify a frame rate corresponding to the identified type; and

controlling the T-CON corresponding to at least one display module included in the second region to operate the at least one display module included in the second region at the identified frame rate.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the displaying the received content comprises:

controlling the T-CON corresponding to at least one display module included in a second region among the different regions to operate the at least one display module included in the second region at a preset frame rate; and

displaying second content on the second region.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the preset frame rate is identical or different from a second frame rate of the second content.

16. A display apparatus comprising:

a display comprising a plurality of display modules, the plurality of display modules comprising a first display module and a second display module;

a timing controller;

a communication interface; and

one or more processors configured to, based on content received from a plurality of source devices through the communication interface in a multi-view mode, control the display to display the received content through different regions on the display,

identify a first frame rate of first content received from a first source device and a second frame rate of second content received from a second source device,

control the timing controller to control the first display module to operate at the first frame rate, and

control the timing controller to control the second display module to operate at the second frame rate.

17. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

control display of the first content on a first region of the display and the second content on a second region of the display, the first region comprising the first display module and the second region comprising the second display module,

resize the second content based on a size of the second region, and

control the resized second content to be displayed on the second region.

18. The display apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to control display of the first content on the first region at the first frame rate and display of the second content on the second region at the second frame rate, and

wherein the first frame rate and the second frame rate are different.

19. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

identify a type of the second content, and

obtain the second frame rate based on the identified type.

20. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the second frame rate is a preset frame rate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2022
From: OH, SANGHOON; SEO, YOUNGJO; KIM, YOUNGKOOK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0155109 · Nov 11, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022013178 · Sep 2, 2022
Related Publication 20230141114A1 · May 11, 2023
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