Display apparatus and display method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10536742-B2
Application number	US-201816046567-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2018
Priority date	Nov 10, 2014
Publication date	Jan 14, 2020
Grant date	Jan 14, 2020

Abstract

A display apparatus, including a display configured to display a multi-window screen image comprising a plurality of windows; and a controller configured to control the display to change an appearance of at least one window of the plurality of windows based on a setting provided by a user, and to display the at least one window using the changed appearance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display; and
a controller configured to:
display a plurality of contents through a plurality of windows on the display, a first content being displayed through a first window, arranged on a first location of the display and having a first size, among the plurality of windows and a second content being displayed through a second window, arranged on a second location of the display and having a second size, among the plurality of windows;

based on content displayed through the first window being changed from the first content to a third content, obtain attribute information on the third content;
based on the attribute information on the third content being a first type, increase a size of the second window, arranged on the second location, through which the second content is displayed, and decrease a size of the first window, arranged on the first location, through which the third content is displayed; and
based on content displayed through the first window being changed from the third content to a fourth content, obtain attribute information on the fourth content;
based on the attribute information on the fourth content being a second type, restore the first window and the second window, by increasing the first window on the first location of the display to the first size and decreasing the second window on the second location of the display to the second size.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the attribute information on the third content comprises attribute information of content which is registered by a user viewing reservation.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the attribute information on the third content indicates that the third content is an advertisement.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine an identity of a user and change the first window based on a user setting corresponding to the determined identity.

5. A display method comprising:
displaying a plurality of contents through a plurality of windows on a display of a display apparatus, a first content being displayed through a first window, arranged on a first location of the displayed and having a first size, among the plurality of windows and a second content being displayed through a second window, arranged on a second location of the display and having a second size, among the plurality of windows;
based on content displayed through the first window being change from the first content to a third content, obtaining attribute information on the third content;
based on the attribute information on the third content being a first type, increasing a size of the second window arranged on the second location, through which the second content is displayed, and decreasing a size of the first window, arranged on the first location, through which the third content is displayed;
based on content displayed through the first window being changed from the third content to a fourth content, obtaining attribute information on the fourth content; and
based on the attribute information on the fourth content being a second type, restoring the first window and the second window, by increasing the first window on the first location of the display to the first size and decreasing the second window on the second location of the display to the second size.

6. The display method of claim 5 , wherein the attribute information on the third content comprises attribute information of content which is registered by a user viewing reservation.

7. The display method of claim 5 , wherein the attribute information on the third content indicates that the first content is an advertisement.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the attribute information on the third content indicates at least one from among a grade of the third content, a rating of the third content, an amount of violence included in the third content, and an amount of sexuality included in the third content.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Seung-Hwan
• Ryu Yang-Sun
• Lee Joo-Heon

Classifications

• H04N21/4221

  Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext · CPC title

• H04N21/4858

  for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows · CPC title

• H04N21/4312

  involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations · CPC title

• H04N5/45 Primary

  Picture in picture {, e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen} · CPC title

• H04N21/812

  involving advertisement data (advertising per se G06Q30/02) · CPC title