IP Library Granted Patent US 12,425,397
Granted Patent B2
US 12,425,397 · App. 17/991,825 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Display system and operation method thereof

Inventor: Yuan-Mao Tsui (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Optoma Corporation
H04L63/0861G06V40/1365
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Patent No.
US 12,425,397
App. No.
17/991,825
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display system and an operation method thereof are provided. The display system includes a display device and a remote control device. The display device includes a control unit and a biometric characteristic management unit. The control unit is coupled to the biometric characteristic management unit. The remote control device includes a biometric characteristic sensor and is connected to the display device via wireless communication. The biometric characteristic sensor of the remote control device obtains biometric characteristic data. The remote control device transmits the biometric characteristic data to the display device, so that the biometric characteristic management unit of the display device compares the biometric characteristic data with a biometric characteristic registration database to determine whether the control unit automatically executes an application program.

Claims (35)

1. A display system, comprising:

a display device, comprising a control unit and a biometric characteristic management unit, wherein the control unit is coupled to the biometric characteristic management unit;

a biometric characteristic registration database, configured to store biometric characteristic registration data and at least one user account information of an application program; and

a remote-control device, comprising a biometric characteristic sensor, configured to connect to the display device via wireless communication,

wherein the biometric characteristic sensor of the remote-control device is configured to obtain biometric characteristic data, and

the remote-control device is configured to transmit the biometric characteristic data to the display device,

the biometric characteristic management unit of the display device is configured to compare the biometric characteristic data with the biometric characteristic registration data in the biometric characteristic registration database, wherein

in response to a comparison between the biometric characteristic data and the biometric registration data is successful and the biometric characteristic data is bound to the at least one user account information of the application program, the control unit automatically executes a specific operation of the application program according to the at least one user account information; and

in response to the comparison between the biometric characteristic data and the biometric registration data is successful and the biometric characteristic data is not bound to the at least one user account information of the application program, the control unit controls the display device to display a login screen of the application program to allow manual input relevant to an user account information of the application program.

2. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein when the display device receives the biometric characteristic data, the control unit enables the application program.

3. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein the specific operation at least comprises a login operation of the application program.

4. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit presets and executes the application program to establish the at least one user account information for storing the at least one user account information of the application program to the biometric characteristic registration database, and wherein the biometric characteristic management unit is configured to search the biometric characteristic registration database for transmitting a biometric characteristic information list, and the biometric characteristic information list comprises the biometric characteristic registration data and the at least one user account information, and the remote-control device is configured to select one of the biometric characteristic registration data from the biometric characteristic information list, and the control unit is configured to bind the selected one of the biometric characteristic registration data to the at least one user account information of the application program.

5. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein the biometric characteristic registration database is stored in a cloud server, and the display device is configured to connect to the cloud server via wireless communication to access the biometric characteristic registration database.

6. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein the display device further comprises a storage unit, and the storage unit is coupled to the control unit and the biometric characteristic management unit, and configured to stores the biometric characteristic registration database.

7. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein before the display device receives the biometric characteristic data, the display device is in a shutdown mode, a standby mode, or an awaiting login mode.

8. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein the remote-control device is configured to encrypt the biometric characteristic data, and transmit the biometric characteristic data that is encrypted to the display device.

9. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is a projector, a TV, or a touch display, and wherein the biometric characteristic data and the biometric characteristic registration data are fingerprint characteristic data.

10. An operation method of a display system, wherein the display system comprises a display device, a biometric characteristic registration database configured to store biometric characteristic registration data and at least one user account information of an application program, and a remote-control device, the display device comprises a control unit and a biometric characteristic management unit, the remote-control device comprises a biometric characteristic sensor, wherein the operation method comprises:

obtaining biometric characteristic data through the biometric characteristic sensor of the remote-control device;

transmitting the biometric characteristic data to the display device through the remote-control device; and

comparing the biometric characteristic data with the biometric characteristic registration data in the biometric characteristic registration database through the biometric characteristic management unit of the display device, wherein

in response to a comparison between the biometric characteristic data and the biometric registration data is successful and the biometric characteristic data is bound to the at least one user account information of the application program,

automatically executing, by the control unit, a specific operation of the application program according to the at least one user account information; and

in response to the comparison between the biometric characteristic data and the biometric registration data is successful and the biometric characteristic data is not bound to the at least one user account information of the application program, controlling, by the control unit, the display device to display a login screen of the application program to allow manual input relevant to an user account information of the application program.

11. The operation method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

enabling the application program through the control unit when the display device receives the biometric characteristic data.

12. The operation method according to claim 11 , wherein the specific operation at least comprises a login operation of the application program.

13. The operation method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

presetting and executing the application program through the control unit to create at least one user account information; and

storing the at least one user account information of the application program to the biometric characteristic registration database.

14. The operation method according to claim 10 , wherein the biometric characteristic registration database is stored in a cloud server, and the display device is configured to connect to the cloud server via wireless communication to access the biometric characteristic registration database.

15. The operation method according to claim 10 , wherein the display device further comprises a storage unit, and the storage unit is coupled to the control unit and the biometric characteristic management unit, and stores the biometric characteristic registration database.

16. The operation method according to claim 10 , wherein before the display device receives the biometric characteristic data, the display device is in a shutdown mode, a standby mode, or an awaiting login mode.

17. The operation method according to claim 10 , wherein the remote-control device encrypts the biometric characteristic data, and transmits the biometric characteristic data that is encrypted to the display device.

18. The operation method according to claim 10 , wherein the display device is a projector, a TV, or a touch display, and wherein the biometric characteristic data and the biometric characteristic registration data are fingerprint characteristic data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2022
From: TSUI, YUAN-MAO
To: OPTOMA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061914/0814 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202111420738.X · Nov 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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