Display apparatus, controlling method, and display system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016127673-A1
Application number	US-201514736891-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 11, 2015
Priority date	Oct 30, 2014
Publication date	May 5, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A display apparatus, a controlling method thereof, and a display system are provided. The display apparatus includes a power supply unit and a processor configured to, in response to AC power being applied through the power supply unit, search a connectable control device, determine a pairing history regarding the searched control device, in response to determining that there is no pairing history regarding the searched control device, boot the display apparatus, and perform pairing with the searched control device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display apparatus comprising:
a power supply; and a processor configured to, in response to AC power being applied through the power supply, search for a connectable control device, determine a pairing history of found control device, and in response to determining that there is no pairing history of the found control device, boot the display apparatus and perform pairing with the found control device.

2 . The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in response to determining that there is a pairing history of the found control device, the processor is configured to boot the display apparatus in response to a booting command being input through the found control device.

3 . The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a display, wherein the processor is configured to control the display to display a user interface (UI) indicating that the display apparatus is performing pairing with the found control device while the display apparatus is being booted.

4 . The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises:
a sub processor; and a main processor, wherein, in response to AC power being applied to the display apparatus through the power supply, the sub processor is configured to transmit information about a pairing history of the found control device to the main processor, and in response to determining that there is no pairing history of the found control device based on the information received from the sub processor, the main processor is configured to boot the display apparatus.

5 . The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control device comprises a Bluetooth remote controller, and
the processor is configured to perform a Bluetooth pairing with the found control device to perform Bluetooth communication.

6 . A controlling method of a display apparatus, the method comprising:
in response to AC power being applied to the display apparatus, searching for a connectable control device; in response to finding a control device and determining that there is no pairing history of the searched control device, booting the display apparatus; and performing pairing with the found control device.

7 . The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the booting comprises, in response to determining that there is a pairing history of the found control device, booting the display apparatus if a booting command is input through the searched control device.

8 . The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the booting comprises displaying a user interface (UI) indicating that the display apparatus is performing pairing with the found control device while the display apparatus is being booted.

9 . The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the booting comprises, in response to AC power being applied to the display apparatus, applying power to a sub processor, transmitting, by the sub processor, information about the pairing history of the found control device to a main processor, and, in response to the main processor receiving information that there is no pairing history of the found control device, booting, by the main processor, the display apparatus.

10 . The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the control device comprises a Bluetooth remote controller, and
the performing pairing comprising performing Bluetooth pairing to perform Bluetooth communication with the searched control device.

11 . A display system, comprising:
a control device configured to control an electronic apparatus via Bluetooth communication; and a display apparatus configured to search for a connectable control device in response to AC power being applied to the display apparatus, determine a pairing history of a found control device, and in response to determining that there is no pairing history of the found control device, boot the display apparatus and perform pairing with the found control device.

12 . The system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein, in response to determining that there is a pairing history of the found control device, the display apparatus is configured to perform booting when a booting command is input through the searched control device.

13 . The system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein, in response to AC power being supplied for the first time, the display apparatus is configured to store information indicating that there is no pairing history of a control device, and in response to the connectable control device being found, perform booting and perform pairing with the found control device.

14 . The system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the control device comprises a Bluetooth remote controller, and
the display apparatus performs Bluetooth pairing with the control device.

15 . A display apparatus comprising:
a controller configured to
search for a remote control device, and
automatically boot the display apparatus without a user input and perform a pairing operation with a found remote control device, in response to the found remote control device not being paired with the display apparatus; and
a power supply configured to initially power the controller prior to the booting of the display apparatus.

16 . The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the found remote control device has previously paired with the display apparatus based on a pairing history of the remote control device.

17 . The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the power supply is configured to initially power the controller without supplying power to a display of the display apparatus.

18 . The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the controller is configured to perform the pairing operation with the remote control device via Bluetooth communication.

19 . The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the controller is configured to boot the display apparatus without a user input being received via an infrared (IR) channel.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jin-Hee
• Kim Bong-Su
• Ahn Joon-Young
• Jo Kun-Hee

Classifications

• H04W8/005

  Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals · CPC title

• H04N21/43637 Primary

  involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] (arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114) · CPC title

• H04N2005/4426

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N5/4403 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/41265

  having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device (unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204) · CPC title