Display device and operating method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12148349-B2
Application number	US-202217714784-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2022
Priority date	Feb 28, 2022
Publication date	Nov 19, 2024
Grant date	Nov 19, 2024

Abstract

A display device comprises a wireless communication interface configured to receive, from a terminal, an image signal corresponding to a source image which is being displayed by the terminal, a display configured to operate in a landscape posture mode or a portrait posture mode, and a controller configured to determine a display direction of the received image signal when the display operates in the portrait posture mode and to display a mirrored image in a portrait direction on the display based on the image signal when the display direction of the image signal is a portrait direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a wireless transceiver configured to receive, from a terminal, an image signal corresponding to a source image which is being displayed by the terminal;
a display rotatable to be placed in a landscape posture mode or a portrait posture mode; and
a controller configured to:
determine a display direction of the received image signal when the display is placed in the portrait posture mode;
rotate the received image signal clockwise by 90 degrees without rotating the display while the display is placed in the portrait posture mode if the determined display direction of the received image signal is a portrait direction; and
in response to rotating the received image signal, display, on the display, a mirrored image in the portrait direction based on the rotated image signal while the display remains placed in the portrait posture mode.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine the display direction of the image signal using an arrangement direction of a character string of text included in the image signal.

3. The display device of claim 2 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
determine the display direction of the image signal to be a landscape direction when the arrangement direction of the character string is from left to right, and
determine the display direction of the image signal to be the portrait direction when the arrangement direction of the character string is from bottom to top.

4. The display device of claim 3 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
determine an image display mode of the terminal to be a portrait display mode when the display direction of the received image signal is the portrait direction, and
determine the image display mode of the terminal to be a landscape display mode when the display direction of the received image signal is the landscape direction.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller receives user input while the mirrored image is displayed, obtains rotation coordinates obtained by rotating coordinates of a point where the user input is received counterclockwise by 90 degrees, and obtains transform coordinates by transforming the rotation coordinates according to an aspect ratio of the terminal.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the controller transmits, to the terminal, a control command including the transform coordinates and a type of the user input through a user input back channel (UIBC).

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the terminal is a personal computer (PC).

8. A method of operating a display device including a display rotatable to be placed in a landscape posture mode or a portrait posture mode, the method comprising:
receiving, from a terminal, an image signal corresponding to a source image which is being displayed by the terminal;
determining a display direction of the received image signal when the display is placed in the portrait posture mode;
rotating the received image signal clockwise by 90 degrees without rotating the display while the display is placed in the portrait posture mode if the determined display direction of the received image signal is a portrait direction; and
in response to rotating the received image signal, displaying a mirrored image in the portrait direction on the display based on the rotated image signal while the display remains placed in the portrait posture mode.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining comprises determining the display direction of the image signal using an arrangement direction of a character string of text included in the image signal.

10. The method of claim 9 ,
wherein the determining the display direction of the image signal using the arrangement direction of the character string of the text comprises:
determining the display direction of the image signal to be a landscape direction when the arrangement direction of the character string is from left to right, and
determining the display direction of the image signal to be the portrait direction when the arrangement direction of the character string is from bottom to top.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
determining an image display mode of the terminal to be a portrait display mode when the display direction of the received image signal is the portrait direction, and
determining the image display mode of the terminal to be a landscape display mode when the display direction of the received image signal is the landscape direction.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving user input while the mirrored image is displayed,
obtaining rotation coordinates obtained by rotating coordinates of a point where the user input is received counterclockwise by 90 degrees, and
obtaining transform coordinates by transforming the rotation coordinates according to an aspect ratio of the terminal.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising transmitting, to the terminal, a control command including the transform coordinates and a type of the user input through a user input back channel (UIBC).

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kwon Jeonghwan
• Lee Eunjung
• Jeong Hyojeong
• Bae Kyungnam
• Shin Byounghyun
• Park Taejin

Classifications

• G09G2370/16

  Use of wireless transmission of display information · CPC title

• G09G2354/00

  Aspects of interface with display user · CPC title

• G09G2340/04

  Changes in size, position or resolution of an image · CPC title

• H04N7/0122

  the input and the output signals having different aspect ratios · CPC title

• H04N21/4888

  for displaying teletext characters · CPC title