Image displaying apparatus and method of operating the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10379593-B2
Application number	US-201615331994-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2016
Priority date	Oct 23, 2015
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

A method of controlling a display, performed by an image displaying apparatus, includes acquiring a screen parameter corresponding to an application that is being executed in a terminal, determining a partial region from within an entire region of a display of the terminal based on the acquired screen parameter, interrupting a supply of power to a remaining region of the entire region of the display except for the determined partial region, and displaying an execution window of the application in the determined partial region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling a display, performed by an image displaying apparatus, the method comprising:
acquiring a screen parameter and a window parameter corresponding to an application that is being executed in a terminal;
determining a remaining capacity of a battery of the terminal;
determining which portion of the terminal is held by a user;
determining a partial region of an entire region of a display of the terminal based on the acquired screen parameter, the determined remaining capacity of the battery, and the determined portion of the terminal;
interrupting a supply of power to a remaining region of the entire region of the display except for the determined partial region; and
displaying an application image of the application on an execution window of the application in the determined partial region by zooming out the application image based on the screen parameter and by clipping the application image that is zoomed out based on the window parameter,
wherein a size of the determined partial region is smaller than the entire region of the display of the terminal, and
wherein a size of the execution window is smaller than the size of the determined partial region.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining the size of the execution window of the application based on the acquired window parameter, and
displaying the execution window of the application having the determined size in at least a portion of the determined partial region.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising determining a location where the execution window of the application is to be displayed in the determined partial region based on the acquired window parameter,
wherein the displaying of the execution window of the application comprises displaying the execution window of the application at the determined location.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
acquiring a resolution parameter corresponding to the application that is being executed in the terminal; and
changing at least one among a resolution of the execution window of the application and a resolution of the determined partial region, based on the acquired resolution parameter.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining the size of the execution window of the application, according to the determined portion of the terminal; and
displaying the execution window of the application having the determined size.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
determining a location where the execution window of the application is to be displayed according to the determined portion of the terminal; and
displaying the execution window of the application at the determined location.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining the size of the execution window of the application according to the remaining capacity of the battery; and
displaying the execution window of the application having the determined size.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
determining a location where the execution window of the application is to be displayed according to the remaining capacity of the battery; and
displaying the execution window of the application at the determined location.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program, which, when executed by a computer, performs the method of claim 1 .

10. An image displaying apparatus comprising:
a display; and
a controller configured to:
acquire a screen parameter and a window parameter corresponding to an application currently being executed in a terminal,
determine a remaining capacity of a battery of the terminal,
determine which portion of the terminal is held by a user,
determine a partial region of an entire region of the display of the terminal based on the acquired screen parameter, the determined remaining capacity of the battery, and the determined portion of the terminal,
interrupt a supply of power to a remaining region of the entire region of the display except for the determined partial region, and
control the display to display an application image of the application on an execution window of the application in the determined partial region by zooming out the application image based on the screen parameter and by clipping the application image that is zoomed out based on the window parameter,
wherein a size of the determined partial region is smaller than the entire region of the display of the terminal, and
wherein a size of the execution window is smaller than the size of the determined partial region.

11. The image displaying apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
determine the size of the execution window of the application by using the acquired window parameter, and
display the execution window of the application in at least a portion of the determined partial region.

12. The image displaying apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine a location where the execution window of the application is to be displayed in the determined partial region based on the acquired window parameter, and control the display to display the execution window of the application at the determined location.

13. The image displaying apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to acquire a resolution parameter corresponding to the application currently being executed in the terminal and change at least one among a resolution of the execution window of the application and a resolution of the determined partial region, based on the acquired resolution parameter.

14. The image displaying apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine the size of the execution window of the application according to the determined portion of the terminal, and control the display to display the execution window of the application having the determined size.

15. The image displaying apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine a location where the execution window of the application is to be displayed according to the determined portion of the terminal, and control the display to display the execution window of the application at the determined location.

16. The image displaying apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine the size of the execution window of the application according to the remaining capacity of the battery of the terminal and control the display to display the execution window of the application having the determined size.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Xiaoxiao

Classifications

• G09G2330/023

  using energy recovery or conservation · CPC title

• G09G5/14

  Display of multiple viewports · CPC title

• G09G2340/0464

  Positioning · CPC title

• Y02D10/173

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02D10/153

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic