IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,619,387
Granted Patent B2
US 12,619,387 · App. 18/866,811 · Granted May 5, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Sangjin Ahn (Seoul, KR); Eunyoung Cho (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
G06F3/14
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Patent No.
US 12,619,387
App. No.
18/866,811
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: a display; an external device interface connected to an external device; and a controller that recognizes a device corresponding to information received from the external device and configures the recognized device as a connection device through the external device interface, wherein, when multiple pieces of information are received from the external device, the controller recognizes a device corresponding to each of the multiple pieces of information, calculates recognition accuracy of the device corresponding to each of the multiple pieces of information, and configures, on the basis of the calculated recognition accuracy, a device recognized corresponding to one of the multiple pieces of information, as a connection device.

Claims (35)

1 . A display device, comprising:

a display;

an external device interface configured to connect to an external device; and

a controller configured to recognize a device corresponding to information received from the external device and set the recognized device as a connection device through the external device interface,

wherein the controller is configured to:

when receiving a plurality of pieces of information from the external device, recognize a device corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of information,

calculate a recognition accuracy of a device corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of information,

wherein the recognition accuracy is a probability or score that the recognized device corresponds to the external device connected through the external device interface, and

set a recognized device corresponding to one of the plurality of pieces of information as the connection device based on the calculated recognition accuracy,

wherein the controller is further configured to calculate the recognition accuracy based on a type and number of data that serve as criteria for recognizing the device in each of the plurality of pieces of information.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

when there are a plurality of recognized devices corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of information, set a device with a highest recognition accuracy among the plurality of recognized devices as the connection device.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

when receiving first information and second information from the external device and recognizing a first device and a second device corresponding to the first information and the second information, respectively, set a device corresponding to a higher recognition accuracy among a recognition accuracy of the first device and a recognition accuracy of the second device as the connection device.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to:

display a screen for receiving a selection for one of the first device and the second device on the display when the recognition accuracy of the first device and the recognition accuracy of the second device are the same.

5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

when there are a plurality of devices recognized corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of information, set a device whose recognition accuracy is calculated to be higher than a preset reference value as the connection device.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to:

when there are a plurality of devices whose recognition accuracy is calculated to be higher than a preset reference value, display a screen for receiving a selection for one of the plurality of devices whose recognition accuracy is calculated to be higher than the preset reference value on the display.

7 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to:

when there are a plurality of recognized devices corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of information, if the recognition accuracy of each device for each of the plurality of pieces of information is calculated to be less than a preset threshold value, display a screen for receiving a selection for one of the recognized devices corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of information on the display.

8 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

set priorities for each of the plurality of pieces of information, and

if there are a plurality of devices with the same recognition accuracy, set a device recognized corresponding to information with a highest priority as the connection device.

9 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to set the priorities differently depending on a device type.

10 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to calculate the recognition accuracy by assigning weight to at least one of the plurality of pieces of information.

11 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to assign different weights to each of the plurality of pieces of information depending on information type.

12 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

when receiving second information after setting a first device recognized corresponding to first information received from the external device as the connection device, and if a recognition accuracy of a second device recognized based on the second information is higher than a recognition accuracy of the first device, change the connection device to the second device.

13 . The display device of claim 12 , wherein the controller is configured to:

when receiving second information after setting a first device recognized corresponding to first information received from the external device as the connection device, and if a recognition accuracy of the second device recognized based on the second information is lower than a recognition accuracy of the first device, maintain the connection device as the first device.

14 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

change or maintain the set connection device by recognizing a device corresponding to a received information whenever information is received from the external device.

15 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of pieces of information includes at least one of SPD Infoframe, CEC packet, IP metadata and Zigbee packet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2025
From: AHN, SANGJIN; CHO, EUNYOUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 070297/0031 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250355607A1 · Nov 20, 2025
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