Display device and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10142581-B2
Application number	US-201515567425-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2015
Priority date	Apr 27, 2015
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

The present invention relates to a display device in which, when a pointer reaches an area change detection zone in which a screen is divided into a first area and a second area, a first device receives a control command from a second device so that a first device and a second device having different Oss installed therein can be controlled by one input device such as a display device, a keyboard, and a mouse, and data can be transmitted or received between the first device and the second device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising:
a first USB hub configured to receive an input signal from a first device;
a second USB hub configured to receive an input signal from a second device;
a controller configured to:
communication-connect the first USB hub and the second USB hub if the first USB hub and the second USB hub recognize the first device and the second device, respectively,
receive a control command for controlling a pointer from a specific device corresponding to one of the first device and the second device, and
receive a control command for controlling the pointer from a device different from the specific device if the pointer displayed on a specific region corresponding to one of a first region and a second region reaches a region change sensing region for partitioning a screen into the first region and the second region in a state that the screen is partitioned into the first region and the second region; and

a display module configured to display at least one of the pointer, a text and a graphic image on the screen in response to the control command from the controller,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
when the pointer reaches the region change sensing region, receive a control command for USB hub switching from the specific device corresponding to the one of the first device and the second device, and
switch a specific USB hub corresponding to one of the first USB hub and the second USB hub to a USB hub different from the specific USB hub in response to the received control command,

wherein the first region displays a screen output of the first device, and
wherein the second region displays a screen output of the second device.

2. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first element connected to the first USB hub, the first element recognizing the first device;
a second element connected to the second USB hub, the second element recognizing the second device; and
a scaler configured to:
disassemble data into packets in a specific element corresponding to one of the first element and the second element,
deliver the disassembled packets from the specific element to an element different from the specific element, and
reconstruct the data in a manner that the packets are assembled in the different element,
wherein the controller is further configured to connect the first element and the second element through the scaler.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
specify a specific file in the specific region corresponding to the one of the first region and the second region, and
transfer the specific file from the specific region to a region different from the specific region by USB serial communication in response to the received input if an input for transferring the specific file from the specific region to the region different from the specific region using the pointer is received from the specific device corresponding to the specific region.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to execute a control command indicating that either the first region or the second region is activated.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein if a specific file is transferred from the specific region corresponding to the one of the first region and the second region to a region different from the specific region, the controller is further configured to launch an application related to the specific file.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to differentiate a pointer shape in the first region from a pointer shape in the second region.

7. A display device, comprising:
a first terminal configured to receive an input signal from a first device;
a second terminal configured to receive an input signal from a second device;
a controller configured to:
receive a control command for controlling a pointer from a specific device corresponding to one of the first device and the second device when the first device and the second device are connected via a network, if the first terminal and the second terminal recognize the first device and the second device, respectively, and
receive a control command for controlling the pointer from a device different from the specific device through the network if the pointer displayed on a specific region corresponding to one of a first region and a second region reaches a region change sensing region for partitioning a screen into the first region and the second region in a state that the screen is partitioned into the first region and the second region; and

a display module configured to display at least one of the pointer, a text and a graphic image on the screen in response to the control command from the controller,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
specify a specific file in the specific region corresponding to the one of the first region and the second region, and
transfer the specific file from the specific region to a region different from the specific region by network communication in response to the received input if an input for transferring the specific file from the specific region to the region different from the specific region using the pointer is received from the specific device corresponding to the specific region,

wherein the first region displays a screen output of the first device, and
wherein the second region displays a screen output of the second device.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to execute a control command indicating that either the first region or the second region is activated.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein, the controller is further configured to launch an application related to the specific file if a specific file is transferred from the specific region corresponding to the one of the first region and the second region to a region different from the specific region.

10. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to differentiate a pointer shape in the first region from a pointer shape in the second region.

11. A display device, comprising:
a first terminal configured to receive an input signal from a first device;
a second terminal configured to receive an input signal from a second device;
a controller configured to:
connect the first terminal and the second terminal by API communication if the first terminal and the second terminal recognize the first device and the second device, respectively,
receive a control command for controlling a pointer from a specific device corresponding to one of the first device and the second device, and
receive a control command for controlling the pointer from a device different from the specific device through the network if the pointer displayed on a specific region corresponding to one of a first region and a second region reaches a region change sensing region for partitioning a screen into the first region and the second region in a state that the screen is partitioned into the first region and the second region; and

a display module configured to display at least one of the pointer, a text and a graphic image on the screen in response to the control command from the controller,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
specify a specific file in the specific region corresponding to the one of the first region and the second region, and
transfer the specific file from the specific region to a region different from the specific region by the API communication in response to the received input if an input for transferring the specific file from the specific

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Jaejun

Classifications

• H04N5/44582 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/03

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  for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices · CPC title

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  Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} · CPC title