Display apparatus and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016098154-A1
Application number	US-201514850375-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 10, 2015
Priority date	Oct 1, 2014
Publication date	Apr 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A display apparatus includes: an inputter configured to receive a touch input of a user; a display configured to display a screen of a plurality of screens, wherein each screen corresponds to a depth according to a hierarchical structure; and a controller configured to, in response to a pinch gesture being received through the inputter, control the display to convert a currently displayed screen into a screen corresponding to a higher depth or a lower depth according to the pinch gesture. Accordingly, the display apparatus converts into a specific screen from among a plurality of screens having a hierarchical structure more intuitively, so that conversion to a specific screen can be achieved more easily and more rapidly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display apparatus comprising:
an inputter configured to receive a touch input of a user; a display configured to display one screen of a plurality of screens, wherein each screen corresponds to a depth according to a hierarchical structure; and a controller configured to, in response to a pinch gesture being received through the inputter, control the display to convert a screen that is currently displayed into a screen corresponding to a higher depth than the screen that is currently displayed or a lower depth than the screen that is currently displayed, according to a type of the pinch gesture.

2 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in response to an audio application being executed, the plurality of screens comprise at least one of a list screen which provides a content list comprising contents corresponding to a plurality of speakers that are pre-registered, a control screen for controlling a speaker corresponding to a content selected from the plurality of contents included in the content list, and an information providing screen which provides information about an audio outputted through the speaker corresponding to the selected content.

3 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein, in response to a two-finger pinch out gesture being received in a state in which the list screen is displayed, the controller is configured to control the display to convert into the control screen, and, in response to a two-finger pinch out gesture being received in a state in which the control screen is displayed, the controller is configured to control the display to convert into the information providing screen.

4 . The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein, in response to a two-finger pinch in gesture being received in a state in which the information providing screen is displayed, the controller is configured to control the display to convert into the control screen, and, in response to a two-finger pinch in gesture being received in a state in which the control screen is displayed, the controller is configured to control the display to convert into the list screen.

5 . The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein, in response to a three-finger pinch out gesture being received in a state in which the list screen is displayed, the controller is configured to control the display to convert into the information providing screen, and, in response to a three-finger pinch in gesture being received in a state in which the information providing screen is displayed, the controller is configured to control the display to convert into the list screen.

6 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein, in response to a drag gesture being received in a state in which the list screen is displayed, the controller is configured to set at least two contents from among the plurality of contents included in the list screen to be grouped into a same group, and
in response to a drag gesture being received in the state in which the at least two contents are grouped into the same group, the controller is configured to ungroup the at least two contents that are grouped into the same group.

7 . The display apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising a communicator configured to perform data communication with the plurality of speakers that are pre-registered via a relay apparatus, and
in response to a second content from among the plurality of contents being set to a same group as a first content from among the plurality of contents in a state in which an audio is outputted through a first speaker corresponding to the first content from among the plurality of contents, the controller is configured to control the communicator to transmit same audio data to the first speaker and the second speaker, wherein the first speaker and the second speaker correspond to the first content and the second content, respectively.

8 . The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein, in response to the first content and the second content being ungrouped in a state in which the audio outputted from the first speaker is the same as the audio outputted from the second speaker, the controller is configured to control the communicator to transmit different audio data to the first speaker and the second speaker.

9 . The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein, in response to audio being outputted from the first speaker and the second speaker corresponding to the first content from among the plurality of contents and the second content from among the plurality of contents, the controller is configured to control the display to display the first content and the second content differently than the other contents.

10 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of screens further comprise a speaker list for controlling the plurality of speakers that are pre-registered, and
wherein the controller is configured to perform audio setting on at least one of the plurality of speakers included in the speaker list according to a user command.

11 . A control method of a display apparatus, the method comprising:
displaying one screen of a plurality of screens, wherein each screen corresponds to a depth according to a hierarchical structure; receiving a touch input of a pinch gesture; and in response to the pinch gesture being received, converting a screen that is currently displayed into a screen corresponding to an higher depth than the screen that is currently displayed or a lower depth than the screen that is currently displayed, according to the pinch gesture.

12 . The control method of claim 11 , further comprising executing an audio application according to a user command,
wherein displaying the one screen comprises, in response to the audio application being executed, displaying at least one of a list screen which provides a content list comprising contents corresponding to a plurality of speakers that are pre-registered, a control screen for controlling a speaker corresponding to a content selected from the plurality of contents included in the content list, and an information providing screen which provides information about an audio outputted through the speaker corresponding to the selected content.

13 . The control method of claim 12 , wherein the displaying comprises, in response to a two-finger pinch out gesture being received in a state in which the list screen is displayed, converting into the control screen, and, in response to a two-finger pinch out gesture being received in a state in which the control screen is displayed, converting into the information providing screen.

14 . The control method of claim 13 , wherein the displaying comprises, in response to a two-finger pinch in gesture being received in a state in which the information providing screen is displayed, converting into the control screen, and, in response to a two-finger pinch in gesture being received in a state in which the control screen is displayed, converting into the list screen.

15 . The control method of claim 13 , wherein the displaying comprises, in response to a three-finger pinch out gesture being received in a state in which the list screen is displayed, converting into the information providing screen, and, in response to a three-finger pinch in gesture being received in a state in which the information providing screen is displayed, converting into the list screen.

16 . The control method of claim 12 , further comprising:
in response to a drag gesture being received in a state in which the list screen is displayed, setting at least two contents from among the plurality of contents included in the list scr

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ko Hee-Jin
• So Yong-Jin
• Park Chang-Hoon

Classifications

• G06F3/167

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• G06F2203/04806

  Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F2203/04808

  Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen · CPC title

• G06F3/0481 Primary

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title