Image display apparatus and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12506933-B2
Application number	US-202418768639-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2024
Priority date	Jan 9, 2024
Publication date	Dec 23, 2025
Grant date	Dec 23, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an image display apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The image display apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display, a network interface module configured to transceive data with a service apparatus, and a signal processing device configured to control the network interface module to receive information about a version of an application provided by the service apparatus, wherein, based on a request for executing an application, the signal processing device compares a version of the application installed on the image display apparatus to a version of the application installed on the service apparatus, and controls the network interface module to execute the application on an apparatus having an application with a higher version installed thereon, among the image display apparatus and the service apparatus, respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An image display apparatus comprising:
a display; a network interface module configured to transceive data with a service apparatus; and a signal processing device configured to control the network interface module to receive information about a version of an application provided by the service apparatus, wherein the signal processing device is configured to: based on a request for executing an application, compares a version of the application installed on the image display apparatus to a version of the application installed on the service apparatus and determine whether the image display apparatus or the service apparatus has a higher version of the application installed thereon, and control the network interface module to selectively execute the application on an apparatus among the image display apparatus or the service apparatus having the higher version of the application installed thereon based on the determination of whether the image display apparatus or the service apparatus has the higher version of the application installed thereon.

2 . The image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the signal processing is further configured to output a graphic object to overlap an icon of the application indicating the apparatus having the higher version of the application installed thereon.

3 . The image display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the request for executing the application is received based on a selection of the icon.

4 . The image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the signal processing device is further configured to controls the display to output an interface including icons for applications installed on the image display apparatus and the service apparatus.

5 . The image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the signal processing device is further configured to output a graphic object to overlap an icon of the application based on the service apparatus having the higher version of the application installed thereon.

6 . The image display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the signal processing device is further configured to:
control the network interface module to execute the application on the service apparatus based on the service apparatus having the higher version of the application installed thereon; and output, to the display, an execution screen of the first-application executed on the service apparatus.

7 . The image display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the signal processing device is further configured to, based on termination of the application, controls the display to re-display the interface.

8 . The image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the signal processing device is further configured to output a graphic object to overlap an icon of the application based on
the image display apparatus having the higher version of the application installed thereon.

9 . The image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the signal processing device is further configured to control the network interface module to execute the application on one of the image display apparatus or the service apparatus according to a preset condition based on the respective versions of the application installed on the image display apparatus and the service apparatus being a same version.

10 . The image display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the preset condition corresponds to which apparatus supports a higher resolution among the image display apparatus and the service apparatus.

11 . The image display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the preset condition corresponds to which apparatus performs communication at a higher transmission rate, among the image display apparatus and the service apparatus.

12 . The image display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the present condition corresponds to which apparatus is set to have a priority of executing the application; among the image display apparatus and the service apparatus.

13 . The image display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the preset condition corresponds to which apparatus has history of a higher frequency of executing the application; among the image display apparatus and the service apparatus.

14 . The image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, based on information regarding versions of applications installed on the service apparatus and the applications installed on the image display apparatus, the signal processing device is configured to group application icons to be displayed to indicate the apparatus having higher versions of the respective applications.

15 . The image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, while the application is being executed on the apparatus having the higher version of the application installed thereon, the signal processing device is configured to cause update of the application on a remaining apparatus among the image display apparatus and the service apparatus having a lower version of the application installed thereon.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Cho Eunyoung
• Kwon Miyeon

Classifications

• H04N21/4318

  by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image region (image enhancement or restoration in general G06T5/00) · CPC title

• H04N21/4316

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

• H04N21/4312

  involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations · CPC title

• H04N21/485

  End-user interface for client configuration · CPC title

• H04N21/478

  Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application · CPC title