Display apparatus and method of controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11363328-B2
Application number	US-202017104341-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2020
Priority date	Nov 28, 2019
Publication date	Jun 14, 2022
Grant date	Jun 14, 2022

Abstract

The disclosure is to provide a display apparatus capable of increasing user convenience by outputting a screen and a sound under predetermined conditions when outputting a split screen, and a method of controlling the display apparatus. The display apparatus of the disclosure includes a speaker; a display; and in response to input of an output command for outputting the plurality of contents to the plurality of regions of the display, a controller configured to output image signals of a plurality of contents to a plurality of regions, and to output sound signals of the plurality of contents to the speaker. Sizes of the plurality of regions and an output intensity of the sound signal corresponding to the plurality of contents are configured to be determined based on priority information predetermined based on the plurality of contents.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a speaker;
a display; and
a controller configured to:
in response to input of an output command for outputting a first content and a second content to a first region and a second region of the display, respectively, control the display to output image signals of the first content and the second content to the first region and the second region,
in response to the first content being a dynamic content and the second content being a static content, control the speaker to output a first sound corresponding to the first content at a first level, and control the speaker to output a second sound corresponding to the second content at a second level, and
wherein an output intensity of a sound signal corresponding to the first level is greater than an output intensity of a sound signal corresponding to the second level.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls sizes of the first region and the second region in which the first content and the second content are displayed by the display and controls a respective output intensity of the sound signals by the speaker according to predetermined priority information designated in association with the first content and the second content prior to receipt of the input of the output command.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the predetermined priority information based on at least one of genres of the first content and the second content, a type of the first content and a type of the second content and a user's preference for the type of the first content and the type of the second content.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the predetermined priority information based on a pre-input user's command.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to store information about a user's content usage history, and to determine the predetermined priority information based on the information about the content usage history.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to receive the first content and the second content through a plurality of sources, and to determine the predetermined priority information based on the plurality of sources.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, after the input of the output command, the controller is configured to change the sizes of the first region and the second region according to which the first content and the second content are output based on a control command for changing the sizes of the first region and the second region.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, after the input of the output command, the controller is configured to change the respective output intensity of the sound signals according to which the first content and the second content are output based on a control command for changing the respective output intensity of a respective sound signal.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to:
receive an external content from an external device;
determine a size of a region in which the external content is output based on a priority determined corresponding to the external device and output the external content to the display; and
output a sound signal of the external content to the speaker based on a priority determined in correspondence with the external device.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein:
the external device is provided as a camera; and
the controller is configured to turn off the sound signal of the external content corresponding to the external device.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the controller is configured to turn on the sound signal of the external content corresponding to the external device in response to the external device detecting a motion exceeding a reference value.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, in response to a priority of an existing content output before the output command is input and a new content output after the output command is input are the same, the controller is configured to output a sound signal of the existing content and a sound signal of the new content to the speaker at a predetermined ratio.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to change the respective output intensity of a respective sound signal of a content among the first content and the second content based on a respective size of the first region and the second region.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in response to the static content being converted to another dynamic content, the controller is configured to control the speaker to output a third sound corresponding to another dynamic content at a third level, and control the speaker to output a fourth sound corresponding to the dynamic content at a fourth level,
wherein an output intensity of a sound signal corresponding to the third level is greater than the output intensity of the sound signal corresponding to the second level, and
an output intensity of a sound signal corresponding to the fourth level is less than the output intensity of the sound signal corresponding to the first level.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a tuner configured to receive a broadcast signal, and
a source configured to receive a content from at least one of a mobile phone, HDMI, a network, and USB,
wherein the first content includes the broadcast signal received by the tuner, and the second content includes the content received by the source.

16. A method of controlling a display apparatus comprising:
in response to input of an output command for outputting a first content and a second content to a first region and a second region of a display, respectively, controlling, by a controller, the display to output image signals of the first content and the second content to the first region and the second region; and
in response to the first content being a dynamic content and the second content being a static content, controlling, by the controller, a speaker to output a first sound corresponding to the first content at a first level, and controlling, by the controller, the speaker to output a second sound corresponding to the second content at a second level,
wherein an output intensity of a sound signal corresponding to the first level is greater than an output intensity of a sound signal corresponding to the second level.

17. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising:
controlling sizes of the first region and the second region in which the first content and the second content are displayed by the display and controlling a respective output intensity of the sound signals by the speaker according to which the first content and the second content are output in the first region and the second region are based on predetermined priority information designated in association with the first content and the second content prior to receipt of the input of the output command.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein determining of the predetermined priority information comprises:
determining the predetermined priority information based on at least one of genres of the first content and the second content, a type of the first content and a type of the second content and

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Jeonghye
• Ko Changseog
• Yoo Soungmin
• Julien Jae
• Choi Yoojin

Classifications

• H04N21/4316 Primary

  for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window · CPC title

• H04N21/4852 Primary

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

• H04R5/00

  Stereophonic arrangements (stereophonic pick-ups H04R9/16, H04R11/12, H04R17/08, H04R19/10) · CPC title

• H04N5/607

  for more than one sound signal, e.g. stereo, multilanguages (H04N5/602 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N21/439

  Processing of audio elementary streams · CPC title