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US 12,388,954 · App. 18/403,996 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Display apparatus and control methods thereof

Inventors: Seong-wook Jeong (Seoul, KR); Sung-hye Lee (Seoul, KR); Sung-hyun Jang (Seoul, KR); Kwan-min Lee (Seoul, KR); Sang-hee Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,388,954
App. No.
18/403,996
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with another display apparatus, a display configured to display contents being shared with the other display apparatus and a video call user interface (UI) for a video call with a user of the other display apparatus, and a processor, in response to at least one of a gesture and a voice of the user included in video call data received from the other display apparatus satisfying a predetermined condition, configured to control the display to change a size of the video call UI displayed on the display.

Claims (61)

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a communication interface configured to communicate with another display apparatus;

a display; and

a processor configured to:

receive audio data of the another display apparatus from the another display apparatus through the communication interface;

control the display to display a video call user interface (UI) corresponding to the audio data;

determine whether a volume level corresponding to the audio data is greater than or equal to a predetermined level, and

based on determining that the volume level is greater than or equal to the predetermined level, change a display size of the video call UI and display an edge of the video call UI in a predetermined color.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

based on the determining that the volume level is greater than or equal to the predetermined level, gradually enlarge the display size of the video call UI.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

based on determining that the volume level is less than the predetermined level, gradually reduce the display size of the video call UI.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

enlarge the display size of the video call UI to a first size based on determining that the audio data is greater than or equal to a first volume threshold; and

enlarge the display size of the video call UI to a second size based on determining that the audio data is greater than or equal to a second volume threshold,

wherein the second volume threshold is greater than the first volume threshold, and

wherein the second size is greater than the first size.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, from the another display apparatus through the communication interface, content shared with the another display apparatus; and

control the display to display the content.

6. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

based on determining that the volume level is greater than or equal to a volume of the content, change the display size of the video call UI and display the edge of the video call UI in the predetermined color.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

based on determining that the volume level is greater than or equal to the predetermined level for more than a predetermined length of time while the edge of the video call UI is displayed in the predetermined color, change the display size of the video call UI.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

control the display to display a video captured by a camera of the another display apparatus in a portion of the video call UI.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

control the display to display a predetermined image based on determining that a user of the another display apparatus is out of view of the camera of the another display apparatus.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

control the display to ignore video data from the another display apparatus and output only the audio data from the another display apparatus based on determining that the user of the another display apparatus is out of the view of the camera for longer than a predetermined length of time.

11. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

based on determining that the volume level is greater than or equal to the predetermined level and that at least one gesture is recognized, change the display size of the video call UI and display the edge of the video call UI in the predetermined color.

12. A control method of a display apparatus, the control method comprising:

receiving, from another display apparatus, audio data;

displaying a video call user interface (UI) corresponding to the audio data;

determining whether a volume level corresponding to the audio data is greater than or equal to a predetermined level, and

based on determining that the volume level is greater than or equal to the predetermined level, changing a display size of the video call UI and displaying an edge of the video call UI in a predetermined color.

13. The control method of claim 12 , further comprising:

based on the determining that the volume level is greater than or equal to the predetermined level, gradually enlarging the display size of the video call UI.

14. The control method of claim 13 , further comprising:

based on determining that the volume level is less than the predetermined level, gradually reducing the display size of the video call UI.

15. The control method of claim 12 , further comprising:

enlarging the display size of the video call UI to a first size based on determining that the audio data is greater than or equal to a first volume threshold; and

enlarging the display size of the video call UI to a second size based on determining that the audio data is greater than or equal to a second volume threshold,

wherein the second volume threshold is greater than the first volume threshold, and

wherein the second size is greater than the first size.

16. The control method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving, from the another display apparatus, content shared with the another display apparatus; and

displaying the content.

17. The control method of claim 16 , further comprising:

based on determining that the volume level is greater than or equal to a volume of the content, changing the display size of the video call UI and displaying the edge of the video call UI in the predetermined color.

18. The control method of claim 12 , further comprising:

based on determining that the volume level is greater than or equal to the predetermined level for more than a predetermined length of time while the edge of the video call UI is displayed in the predetermined color, changing the display size of the video call UI.

19. The control method of claim 12 , further comprising:

displaying a video captured by a camera of the another display apparatus in a portion of the video call UI.

20. The control method of claim 19 , further comprising:

displaying a predetermined image based on determining that a user of the another display apparatus is out of view of the camera of the another display apparatus.

21. The control method of claim 20 , further comprising:

ignoring video data from the another display apparatus and outputting only the audio data from the another display apparatus based on determining that the user of the another display apparatus is out of the view of the camera for longer than a predetermined length of time.

22. The control method of claim 12 , further comprising:

based on determining that the volume level is greater than or equal to the predetermined level and that at least one gesture is recognized, changing the display size of the video call UI and displaying the edge of the video call UI in the predetermined color.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2026-0001629 · Jan 6, 2016 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17706680 · Mar 29, 2022
Continuation 17107386 · Nov 30, 2020
Continuation 16664482 · Oct 25, 2019
Continuation 16029127 · Jul 6, 2018
Continuation 15394026 · Dec 29, 2016
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