Electronic apparatus and method for controlling sound of electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10567694-B2
Application number	US-201615084638-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2016
Priority date	May 27, 2015
Publication date	Feb 18, 2020
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020

Abstract

An electronic apparatus and a method for controlling the sound of the electronic apparatus are provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a display configured to display content; a speaker configured to output sound; a communicator configured to receive information from an external remote control device; and a controller configured to control the display, the speaker, and the communicator, wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the communicator receiving first control information from the remote control device while the display displays first content and the speaker outputs a first sound corresponding to the first content, control the display to display second content and control the speaker to continuously output the first sound.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a receiver;
a display configured to display content;
a speaker configured to output sound;
a communicator configured to receive information from an external remote control device; and
a processor configured to:
control the receiver to receive a first content and a first sound corresponding to the first content from a first broadcast channel,
control the display to display the first content on an entire screen of the display and the speaker to output the first sound,
based on receiving, through the communicator, first control information from the external remote control device while the first content is displayed and the first sound is output, control the receiver to receive a second content and a second sound corresponding to the second content from a second broadcast channel while maintaining receiving the first content and the first sound from the first broadcast channel, the first control information comprising a combinational control command input through a channel changing button and a volume removal button that are included in the external remote control device to (a) change a display of the first content of the first broadcast channel to a display of the second content of the second broadcast channel and (b) continue outputting the first sound corresponding to the first broadcast channel, and
based on the combinational control command, control the display to display the second content on the entire screen of the display, in place of displaying the first content, and control the speaker to output the first sound without outputting the second sound.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the communicator comprises an optical receiver, and
wherein the processor is configured to control the optical receiver to receive the first control information.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to control the display to display a pop-up window together with the second content based on the communicator receiving the first control information.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to control the display to display the pop-up window to be overlapped with the second content based on the communicator receiving the first control information.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, based on the communicator receiving second control information from the external remote control device, control the display to display a pointer that moves on the display according to a movement of the external remote control device.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the communicator comprises an optical receiver, and
wherein the processor is configured to control the optical receiver to receive the second control information.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the second control information comprises control information corresponding to the movement of the external remote control device.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to, based on the communicator receiving third control information received from the external remote control device, control the display to display the first content and control the speaker to continuously output the first sound.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to, based on the communicator receiving fourth control information received from the external remote control device, control the display to continuously display the second content and control the speaker to output the second sound corresponding to the second content.

10. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the speaker is disposed externally to the electronic apparatus and is connected to the electronic apparatus by a wire or wirelessly.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display a user interface (UI) in the pop-up window, and
based on receiving, from the external remote control device, a selection input through the UI, the processor is further configured to control the speaker to start outputting the second sound corresponding to the second content.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to, based on the receiving the first control information, execute a sound stay function,
wherein, based on the sound stay function being executed, a displayed content of a previously displayed broadcast channel is switched to the content of a newly received broadcast channel and the sound of the previously displayed broadcast channel is maintained,
wherein the displayed content and the sound of the previously displayed broadcast channel are the first content and the first sound of the first broadcast channel, and
wherein the content of the newly received broadcast channel is the second content of the second broadcast channel.

13. The electronic apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
control the display to display a user interface (UI) in the pop-up window, and
based on receiving, from the external remote control device, a selection input through the UI, control the display to display the first content on the entire screen of the display, in place of displaying the second content, and control the speaker to continue outputting the first sound.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Da-Hye
• Yang Pil-Seung
• Min Chan-Hong
• Baek Sung-Wook
• Seong Young-Ah
• Jang Say

Classifications

• H04N21/4396

  by muting the audio signal · CPC title

• H04N5/50

  Tuning indicators; Automatic tuning control · CPC title

• H04N21/439

  Processing of audio elementary streams · CPC title

• H04N21/4383

  Accessing a communication channel · CPC title

• H04N21/4852

  for modifying audio parameters, e.g. switching between mono and stereo · CPC title