Electronic apparatus and method for controlling sound of electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016353050-A1
Application number	US-201615084638-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 30, 2016
Priority date	May 27, 2015
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic apparatus and a method for controlling the sound of the electronic apparatus are provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a display configured to display content; a speaker configured to output sound; a communicator configured to receive information from an external remote control device; and a controller configured to control the display, the speaker, and the communicator, wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the communicator receiving first control information from the remote control device while the display displays first content and the speaker outputs a first sound corresponding to the first content, control the display to display second content and control the speaker to continuously output the first sound.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic apparatus comprising:
a display configured to display content; a speaker configured to output sound; a communicator configured to receive information from an external remote control device; and a controller configured to control the display, the speaker, and the communicator, wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the communicator receiving first control information from the remote control device while the display displays first content and the speaker outputs a first sound corresponding to the first content, control the display to display second content and control the speaker to continuously output the first sound.

2 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the communicator comprises an optical receiver, and
wherein the controller is configured to control the optical receiver to receive the first control information.

3 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control the display to display a pop-up window together with the second content in response to the communicator receiving the first control information.

4 . The electronic apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to control the display to display the pop-up window to be overlapped with the second content in response to the communicator receiving the first control information.

5 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the communicator receiving second control information from the remote control device, control the display to display a pointer that can move on the display according to a movement of the remote control device.

6 . The electronic apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the communicator comprises an optical receiver, and
wherein the controller is configured to control the optical receiver to receive the second control information.

7 . The electronic apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the second control information comprises control information corresponding to the movement of the remote control device.

8 . The electronic apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the communicator receiving third control information received from the remote control device, control the display to display the first content and control the speaker to continuously output the first sound.

9 . The electronic apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to control in response to the communicator receiving fourth control information received from the remote control device, control the display to continuously display the second content and control the speaker to output second sound corresponding to the second content.

10 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control an external speaker, which is connected to the electronic apparatus in a wired or wireless manner, to output the first sound.

11 . A remote control device comprising:
a button; a sensor configured to detect movement of the remote control device; a communicator configured to transmit information to an electronic apparatus; and a controller configured to control the sensor and the communicator, wherein the controller is configured to control the transmitter to transmit first control information corresponding to selection of the button and second control information corresponding to the movement of the remote control device detected by the sensor, to the electronic apparatus to control content displayed by the electronic apparatus and sound output by the electronic apparatus, and wherein at least one of the first control information and the second control information instructs the electronic apparatus to switch from displaying first content to displaying second content and continuously output first sound corresponding to first content.

12 . The remote control device of claim 11 , wherein the communicator comprises an optical transmitter, and
wherein the controller is configured to control the optical transmitter to transmit at least one of the first control information and the second control information to the electronic apparatus.

13 . The remote control device of claim 11 , wherein the button comprises one dedicated button or a combination of a plurality of buttons.

14 . An electronic apparatus comprising:
a display configured to display content; a speaker configured to output sound; an input/output interface connected to an audio apparatus; a communicator configured to receive information from a remote control device; and a controller configured to control the display, the speaker, the input/output interface, and the receiver, wherein the controller is configured to, in response to receiving first control information from the audio apparatus and receiving second control information from the remote control device while the display displays first content and the speaker and the audio apparatus output a first sound corresponding to the first content, control the display to display second content, control the speaker to output a second sound corresponding to the second content, and control the audio apparatus to continuously output the first sound.

15 . The electronic apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the first control information corresponds to a first input detected by a sensor of the audio apparatus, and
the controller is configured to control one of the input/output interface and the communicator to receive the first control information.

16 . The electronic apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the communicator comprises an optical receiver,
wherein the second control information corresponds to a second input received by a button of the remote control device, and wherein the controller is configured to control the optical receiver to receive the first control information.

17 . The electronic apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to control the display to display the first content in response to third control information received from the audio apparatus, control the speaker to continuously output the first sound corresponding to the first content, and control the audio apparatus to continuously output the first sound.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Da-Hye
• Yang Pil-Seung
• Min Chan-Hong
• Baek Sung-Wook
• Seong Young-Ah
• Jang Say

Classifications

• H04N21/41407 Primary

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