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Granted Patent B2
US 9,230,504 · App. 13/729,437 · Granted Jan 5, 2016

Display apparatus indicating control authority in content views and controlling methods thereof

Inventors: Bong-yeon Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Chang-seog Ko (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,230,504
App. No.
13/729,437
Granted
Jan 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a signal processor which processes a plurality of contents and forms image frames, a display unit which outputs a plurality of content views using the image frames, and a controller which controls the display to display an object which indicates a control authority in one of the plurality of content views.

Claims (41)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a signal processor which processes a plurality of contents and forms image frames;

a display unit which sequentially displays a plurality of content views using the image frames; and

a controller which controls the display unit to display an object indicating control authority in one sequentially displayed content view among the plurality of sequentially displayed content views, in response to a first command requesting control authority being received from a remote controller,

wherein the controller controls to apply subsequent commands after the first control authority request command to the one sequentially displayed content view,

wherein, in response to a second control authority request command to control another sequentially displayed content view being received, the controller controls to remove the displayed object from the one sequentially displayed content view after receiving the second control authority request command, controls to display an object indicating control authority in the other sequentially displayed content view from among the plurality of sequentially displayed content views after removing the displayed object from the one sequentially displayed content view after receiving the second control authority request command, and controls to apply subsequent commands after the second control authority request command to the other sequentially displayed content view, and

wherein the controller, according to a control authority request command received from each of a plurality of remote controllers, displays an object indicating control authority in different forms on each sequentially displayed content view for which the plurality of remote controllers have requested control authority to distinguish the plurality of remote controllers which have requested the control authority.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a receiver which receives a plurality of contents.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a remote control signal receiver which receives a control command from the remote controller.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the controller controls the display unit so that an object displayed on a sequentially displayed content view disappears, when a control command is not received from the remote controller for a preset time.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the controller controls the display unit to sequentially change a sequentially displayed content view where an object is displayed, whenever a control authority request command is received.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an object indicating control authority, displayed in a content view, from among the plurality of sequentially displayed content views, comprises a control menu for controlling the content view.

7. A controlling method of a display apparatus, the controlling method comprising:

processing a plurality of contents and forming image frames;

sequentially displaying a plurality of content views using the image frames;

displaying an object indicating control authority in one sequentially displayed content view from among the plurality of sequentially displayed content views, in response to a first command requesting control authority being received from a remote controller;

applying subsequent commands after the first control authority request command to the one sequentially displayed content view;

in response to a second control authority request command to control another sequentially displayed content view being received, removing the displayed object from the one sequentially displayed content view after receiving the second control authority request command and displaying an object indicating control authority in the other sequentially displayed content view from among the plurality of sequentially displayed content views after removing the displayed object from the one sequentially displayed content view after receiving the second control authority request command; and

applying subsequent commands after the second control authority request to the other sequentially displayed content view,

wherein the displaying an object indicating control authority comprises, according to a control authority request command received from each of a plurality of remote controllers, displaying an object indicating control authority in different forms on each sequentially displayed content view for which the plurality of remote controllers have requested control authority to distinguish the plurality of remote controllers which have requested the control authority.

8. The controlling method according to claim 7 , further comprising receiving a plurality of contents.

9. The controlling method according to claim 7 , wherein an object displayed on a sequentially displayed content view disappears when a control command is not received from the remote controller for a preset time.

10. The controlling method according to claim 7 , further comprising sequentially changing a sequentially displayed content view where an object is displayed, whenever a control authority request command is received.

11. The controlling method according to claim 7 , wherein an object indicating control authority, displayed in a content view, from among the plurality of sequentially displayed content views, comprises a control menu for controlling the content view.

12. A display apparatus comprising:

a display unit which sequentially displays a plurality of content views;

an interface which receives a request for control authority in at least one of the plurality of content views; and

a controller which controls the display unit to display an object in one sequentially displayed content view among the plurality of sequentially displayed content views, in response to a first command requesting control authority being received from a remote controller,

wherein the controller controls to apply subsequent commands after the first control authority request command to the one sequentially displayed content view,

wherein, in response to a second control authority request command to control another sequentially displayed content view being received, the controller controls to remove the displayed object from the one sequentially displayed content view after receiving the second control authority request command, controls to display an object indicating control authority in the other sequentially displayed content view from among the plurality of sequentially displayed content views after removing the displayed object from the one sequentially displayed content view after receiving the second control authority request command, and controls to apply subsequent commands after the second control authority request command to the other sequentially displayed content view, and

wherein the controller, according to a control authority request command received from each of a plurality of remote controllers, displays an object indicating control authority in different forms on each sequentially displayed content view for which the plurality of remote controllers have requested control authority to distinguish the plurality of remote controllers which have requested the control authority.

13. A controlling method of a display apparatus, the controlling method comprising:

sequentially displaying a plurality of content views;

receiving a request for control authority in at least one of the plurality of content views; and

displaying an object indicating control authority in one sequentially displayed content view from among the plurality of sequentially displayed content views, in response to a first command requesting control authority being received from a remote controller;

applying subsequent commands after the first control authority request command to the one sequentially displayed content view;

in response to a second control authority request command to control another sequentially displayed content view being received, removing the displayed object from the one sequentially displayed content view after receiving the second control authority request command and displaying an object indicating control authority in the other sequentially displayed content view from among the plurality of sequentially displayed content views after removing the displayed object from the one sequentially displayed content view after receiving the second control authority request command; and

applying subsequent commands after the second control authority request command to the other sequentially displayed content view,

wherein the displaying an object indicating control authority comprises, according to a control authority request command received from each of a plurality of remote controllers, displaying an object indicating control authority in different forms on each sequentially displayed content view for which the plurality of remote controllers have requested control authority to distinguish the plurality of remote controllers which have requested the control authority.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2012
From: KIM, BONG-YEON; KO, CHANG-SEOG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029539/0688 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2011-0146163 · Dec 29, 2011 · national
KR 10-2012-0114468 · Oct 15, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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