Portable terminal device and method for operating the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10750359-B2
Application number	US-201916352145-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2019
Priority date	Aug 10, 2012
Publication date	Aug 18, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020

Abstract

A portable terminal device and a method for operating the same are provided. The portable terminal device includes a communicator configured to perform communication with an external device, a display configured to display a same image as an image displayed on the external device, an inputter configured to receive an input of a selection command, and a controller configured to perform an operation corresponding to an object included in the image at a time when the selection command is input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A terminal device comprising:
a communicator configured to communicate with an external device;
a display; and
a processor configured to:
control the communicator to receive a plurality of images corresponding to at least one video from the external device, the plurality of images corresponding to the at least one video being displayed on the external device,
control the display to display the received plurality of images,

in response to a touch corresponding to a user command being received on the display while an image is displayed on the display from among the plurality of images, identify a coordinate value of the display designated by the touch and identify an area corresponding to the identified coordinate value among the displayed image,
identify an object included in the area through an object recognition algorithm, and
search for the identified object included in the displayed image and control the display to display a result of the searching for the object while another image of the plurality of images is displayed on the external device,
wherein the result of the searching for the object is displayed on the display without interrupting the displaying of the at least one video on the external device.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
control the display to display the displayed image with a ‘searching menu’ corresponding to the identified object, and
in response to a selection command for selecting the ‘searching menu’ being received, search for the identified object.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display at least one of other images from among the plurality of images while the displayed image and the ‘searching menu’ is displayed on the display.

4. A controlling method of a terminal device, comprising:
receiving a plurality of images corresponding to at least one video from an external device, the plurality of images corresponding to the at least one video being displayed on the external device;
displaying the received plurality of images on a display of the terminal device;
in response to a touch corresponding to a user command being received while an image is displayed on the display from among the plurality of images, identifying a coordinate value of the display designated by the touch and identifying an area corresponding to the identified coordinate value among the displayed image; and
searching for an identified object included in the displayed image and displaying a result of the searching for the identified object while another image of the plurality of images is displayed on the external device,
wherein the result of the searching for the object is displayed on the display without interrupting the displaying of the at least one video on the external device.

5. The controlling method of claim 4 , further comprising:
displaying the displayed image with a ‘searching menu’ corresponding to the identified object; and
in response to a selection command for selecting the ‘searching menu’ being received, searching for the identified object.

6. The controlling method of claim 5 , further comprising displaying at least one of other images from among the plurality of images while the displayed image and the ‘searching menu’ is displayed on the display.

7. The controlling method of claim 4 , further comprising:
prior to displaying a result of the searching for the object, concurrently displaying on the display:
a searching menu on a first portion of the display,
the displayed image on a second portion of the display, and
at least one of other images from among the plurality of images on a third portion of the display.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Do-Hyoung
• Lee Sang-Il
• Rhee Taik-Heon
• Kang Seong-Hoon
• Kuk Sung-Bin
• Eun Dong-Jin
• Jung Min-Kyu

Classifications

• H04N21/41265

  having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device (unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204) · CPC title

• H04N21/234318 Primary

  by decomposing into objects, e.g. MPEG-4 objects · CPC title

• H04M1/72469

  for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons · CPC title

• H04M1/724

  User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones · CPC title

• G06F3/14

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