Display apparatus and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11650669-B2
Application number	US-202117456416-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 24, 2021
Priority date	Dec 18, 2019
Publication date	May 16, 2023
Grant date	May 16, 2023

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a display; a user interface; and a controller, configured to perform: in response to a user input, synchronizing menu content data set under a current source to other sources, so that the other sources can obtain the same display effect as that under the current source. Unnecessary repeated setting is avoided, and convenience is brought to users in use.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a display;
a user input interface, configured to receive a user input;
an external device interface, configured to connect with an external device that provides contents;
a network connection component, configured to browse and/or download content from a network;
a controller, configured to:
while a content provided by a first input source is displaying on the display, in response to a first user input for showing a setting menu of display parameters, present a first graphical user interface that comprises the setting menu of display parameters on the display;
in response to a second user input for modifying at least one display parameter in the first graphical user interface, modify data of the at least one display parameter and store the modified data associated with the at least one display parameter in the first input source;
in response to a third user input for selecting a first function option in the first graphical user interface, synchronously write and store data of current setting of all the display parameters in the first graphical user interface in other input sources except the first input source;
in response to a fourth user input for modifying a first display parameter in the first graphical user interface again, modify data of the first display parameter and synchronously write and store the modified data of the first display parameter in all the input sources;
in response to a fifth user input for switching to a second input source, control switching from the first input source to the second input source and display a content provided by the second input source; and
in response to a sixth user input for showing a setting menu of the display parameters, present a second graphical user interface that comprises the setting menu of display parameters on the display;
wherein data of the second graphical user interface is the same as the data of all the display parameters after the modification of the first display parameter in the first graphical user interface.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the input source is an input source associated with the external device.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the input source is an input source associated with an application which communicates with a server via the network.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display parameters are parameters associated with an image quality of the display.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a signal type of an input content from the second input source is the same as a signal type of an input content from the first input source.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
in response to the third user input for selecting the first function option in the first graphical user interface, set and store an indicator for indicating the first function option has been selected.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
in response to the fourth user input for modifying the first display parameter in the first graphical user interface, read the indicator associated with the first function option stored; and
in response to that the indicator indicates that the first function option has been selected, control to simultaneously write and store the modified data of the first display parameter in all the input sources.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
in response to determining no longer modifying the at least one display parameter in the first graphical user interface, read the indicator associated with the first function option stored; and
in response to the indicator indicating that the first function option has been selected, control to simultaneously write and store the modified data of the first display parameter in all the input sources.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
in response to an eighth user input for exiting the first graphical user interface, read the indicator associated with the first function option; and
in response to the indicator indicating that the first function option has been selected, synchronously write and store the data of current setting of all the display parameters in the first graphical user interface in other input sources except the first input sources, and exit the first graphical user interface.

10. A display method for a display apparatus, comprising:
while a content provided by a first input source of the display apparatus is displaying on a display of the display apparatus, in response to a first user input for showing a setting menu of display parameters of the display apparatus, presenting a first graphical user interface that comprises the setting menu of display parameters on the display;
in response to a second user input for modifying at least one display parameter in the first graphical user interface, modifying data of the at least one display parameter and storing the modified data associated with the at least one display parameter in the first input source;
in response to a third user input for selecting a first function option in the first graphical user interface, synchronously writing and storing data of current setting of all the display parameters in the first graphical user interface in other input sources except the first input source;
in response to a fourth user input for modifying a first display parameter in the first graphical user interface again, modifying data of the first display parameter, and synchronously writing and storing the modified data of the first display parameter in all the input sources;
in response to a fifth user input for switching to a second input source, controlling switching from the first input source to the second input source, and displaying a content provided by the second input source; and
in response to a sixth user input for showing a setting menu of the display parameters, presenting a second graphical user interface that comprises the setting menu of display parameters on the display;
wherein data of the second graphical user interface is the same as the data of all the display parameters after the modification of the first display parameter in the first graphical user interface.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the input source is an input source associated with an external device.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the input source is an input source associated with an application which communicates with a server via a network.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the display parameters are parameters associated with an image quality of the display.

14. The method according to claim 10 , wherein a signal type of an input content from the second input source is the same as a signal type of an input content from the first input source.

15. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
in response to the third user input for selecting the first function option in the first graphical user interface, setting and storing an indicator for indicating the first function option has been selected.

16. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising:
in response to the fourth user input for modifying the first display parameter in the first graphical user interface, reading the indicator associated with the first function option stored; and
in response to that the indicator indic

Assignees

• Hisense Visual Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Zhiyong

Classifications

• H04N21/43

  Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware {(real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00)} · CPC title

• H04N21/485 Primary

  End-user interface for client configuration · CPC title

• H04N21/4852

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

• H04N21/4854

  for modifying image parameters, e.g. image brightness, contrast · CPC title

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title