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US 12,260,141 · App. 18/220,620 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Display device and operating method therefor

Inventors: Euijun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Daewung Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jiyeon Ma (Suwon-si, KR); Donghun Shin (Suwon-si, KR); Sungjun Hwang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06F3/14
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Patent No.
US 12,260,141
App. No.
18/220,620
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a display; a communicator; a memory configured to store at least one instruction; and a processor operatively connected to the memory and configured to execute the at least one instruction to: control the communicator to connect at least one source device and at least one input device to the display apparatus; control the display to display an image received from a first source device among the at least one source device; and based on input data being received from a first input device among the at least one input device, control the communicator to control the first source device based on the input data.

Claims (45)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display;

a communicator;

a memory configured to store at least one instruction; and

a processor operatively connected to the memory and configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

control the communicator to connect a plurality of source devices including a first source device and a second source device and a plurality of input devices including a first input device and a second input device to the display apparatus;

connect the first source device with the first input device and connect the second source device with the second input device;

control the display to display an image received from the first source device or the second source device;

based on a first input data being received from the first input device, control the communicator to transmit, to the first source device, first input information corresponding to the first source device based on the first input data; and

based on a second input data being received from the second input device, control the communicator to transmit, to the second source device, second input information corresponding to the second source device based on the second input data,

wherein the second input device is different from the first input device.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to control the communicator to connect the plurality of source devices and the plurality of input devices to the display apparatus by using at least one of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), or a universal serial bus (USB).

3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to control the communicator to transmit, to the first input device, the image received from the first source device.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

connect the first source device with the second input device among the plurality of input devices; and

based on the second input data being received from the second input device, control the communicator to control the first source device.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

connect the second source device among the plurality of source devices with a third input device among the plurality of input devices; and

control the communicator to control the second source device based on a third input data received from the third input device.

6. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

based on an input to the display apparatus is indicating a switching from the first source device to the second source device, control the display to display an image received from the second source device; and

control the communicator to maintain a connected state between the first source device and the first input device.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

based on a connection request between the second source device among the plurality of source devices and the first input device being received, disconnect the first source device and the first input device from the display apparatus, and

connect the second source device with the first input device.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

convert the first input data received from the first input device into input information corresponding to the first source device; and

control the communicator to transmit the input information to the first source device.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

map at least one object of the image received from the first source device to at least one button or key of the first input device, and

convert the first input data into the input information based on the mapping of the at least one object of the image to the at least one button or key.

10. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to convert the first input data into the input information based on layout information about the image received from the first source device.

11. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

based on the first source device being in a locked state, control the display to display a screen requesting a password; and

based on the password being received from the first input device, display the image received from the first source device.

12. An operating method of a display apparatus, the operating method comprising:

connecting a plurality of source devices including a first source device and a second source device to the display apparatus and a plurality of input devices including a first input device and a second input device to the display apparatus;

connecting the first source device with the first input device and connect the second source device with the second input device;

displaying an image received from the first source device or the second source device;

receiving a first input data from the first input device and receiving a second input data from the second input device;

controlling the first source device based on the first input data; and

controlling the second source device based on the second input data,

wherein the second input device is different from the first input device.

13. The operating method of claim 12 , wherein the connecting the plurality of source devices to the display apparatus and the plurality of input devices to the display apparatus comprises connecting the plurality of source devices to the display apparatus and the plurality of input devices to the display apparatus by using at least one of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), and a universal serial bus (USB).

14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing therein a program that is executable by a process of a computer to perform the operating method of claim 12 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2023
From: KIM, EUIJUN; KIM, DAEWUNG; MA, JIYEON; SHIN, DONGHUN; HWANG, SUNGJUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064215/0771 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0003564 · Jan 11, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2021001369 · Feb 2, 2021
Related Publication 20230350624A1 · Nov 2, 2023
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