Glasses apparatus and method for controlling glasses apparatus, audio apparatus and method for providing audio signal and display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9113029-B2
Application number	US-201314105422-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2013
Priority date	Dec 13, 2012
Publication date	Aug 18, 2015
Grant date	Aug 18, 2015

Abstract

A glasses apparatus and a controlling method thereof, and a display apparatus are provided. The glasses apparatus is configured to operate with the display apparatus, and includes a communicator configured to perform communication with the display apparatus; an osteophony speaker configured to output audio received from the display apparatus; and a controller configured to control the communicator to receive contents audio from the display apparatus if the display apparatus provides a contents image, and to receive call audio from the display apparatus if the display apparatus performs a call function with an external user, and to output one of the received contents audio and call audio to the osteophony speaker.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A glasses apparatus configured to operate with a display apparatus, the glasses apparatus comprising:
a communicator configured to communicate with the display apparatus;
an osteophony speaker configured to output audio received from the display apparatus; and
a controller configured to control the communicator to receive call audio from the display apparatus, and to output the received call audio to the osteophony speaker when the display apparatus receives call audio from an external user while the display apparatus outputs a contents image,
wherein the display apparatus outputs a contents audio corresponding to the contents image through a speaker while the glasses apparatus outputs the received call audio through the osteophony speaker.

2. The glasses apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a microphone configured to receive a user's voice for controlling the display apparatus;
wherein the controller is configured to control the communicator to transmit the received user's voice to the display apparatus.

3. The glasses apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a switch configured to select audio to be output from the osteophony speaker,
wherein the controller is configured to control the communicator to transmit a signal requesting the display apparatus to transmit the contents audio, if the switch is selected while the glasses apparatus is receiving the call audio from the display apparatus.

4. The glasses apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an audio signal processor configured to perform signal processing to improve frequency characteristics of the received audio;
wherein the controller is configured to control the audio signal processor to determine a type of the audio received through the communicator and to modify frequency characteristics differently according to the received audio type.

5. The glasses apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a motion sensor configured to sense a user's motion,
wherein the controller is configured to control the communicator to transmit information regarding the sensed user's motion to the display apparatus.

6. The glasses apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a speed sensor configured to sense an object's speed;
wherein the controller is configured to output an alarm message through the osteophony speaker if the speed of the sensed object is equal to or greater than predetermined value.

7. The glasses apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a glasses unit configured to display an image;
wherein the controller is configured to control the communicator to receive contents being reproduced in an authenticated external apparatus if the external apparatus is authenticated through the communicator, and to control the glasses unit and osteophony speaker to output the received contents.

8. The glasses apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a body index sensor configured to sense at least one of a brainwave, a body temperature, and a blood pressure of a user;
wherein the controller is configured to control the osteophony speaker to output a low frequency vibration which has a predetermined frequency if one of the sensed brainwave, the sensed body temperature, and the sensed blood pressure satisfies a predetermined condition.

9. The glasses apparatus according to claim 8 ,
wherein the controller is configured to control the communicator to be time-synchronized with contents being reproduced in the display apparatus, and to transmit information on the at least one of the sensed brainwave, the sensed body temperature, and the sensed blood pressure to the display apparatus while the contents is reproduced.

10. The glasses apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the glasses apparatus is shutter glasses for viewing a three-dimensional (3D) image.

11. A method of controlling a glasses apparatus configured to operate with a display apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving contents audio from the display apparatus if the display apparatus outputs a contents image, and
receiving call audio from the display apparatus, and outputting the received call audio to an osteophony speaker when the display apparatus receives call audio from an external user while the display apparatus outputs a contents image,
wherein the display apparatus outputs a contents audio corresponding to the contents image through a speaker while the glasses apparatus outputs the received call audio through the osteophony speaker.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving a user's voice for controlling the display apparatus through a microphone; and
transmitting the received user's voice to the display apparatus.

13. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
transmitting a signal requesting the display apparatus to transmit contents audio if a user's predetermined command is input while receiving the call audio from the display apparatus.

14. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
determining whether the call audio or the contents audio is received; and
modifying frequency response characteristics differently according to a result of the determining.

15. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
sensing a user's motion; and
transmitting the sensed user's motion to the display apparatus.

16. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
sensing an object's speed; and
outputting an alarm message through the osteophony speaker if a speed of the sensed object is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

17. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
performing an authentication process with an external apparatus;
receiving contents being reproduced in the authenticated external apparatus if the external apparatus is authenticated; and
outputting the received contents in a glasses unit and the osteophony speaker.

18. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
sensing at least one of a brainwave, a body temperature, a pulse and a blood pressure of a user; and
outputting a low frequency vibration having a predetermined frequency through the osteophony speaker if the at least one of the sensed brainwave, the sensed body temperature, the sensed pulse and the sensed blood pressure satisfies a predetermined condition.

19. The method according to claim 18 , further comprising:
time-synchronizing at least one of the sensed body temperature, the sensed pulse and the sensed blood pressure with contents being reproduced in the display apparatus, and transmitting information on the at least one of the sensed brainwave, the sensed body temperature, the sensed pulse and the sensed blood pressure to the display apparatus while the contents is reproduced.

20. The method according to claim 11 ,
wherein the glasses apparatus is shutter glasses for viewing a three-dimensional (3D) image.

21. A display apparatus configured to operate with a glasses apparatus, the display apparatus comprising:
a display configured to display an image;
a speaker configured to output audio;
a communicator configured to perform communication with the glasses apparatus; and
a controller configured to transmit call audio to the glasses apparatus through the communicator when performing a call function with an external user while a contents image is displayed on the display, and to output contents audio corresponding to a contents image through the speake

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Eom Ki-Wan
• Kim Sang-Yoon
• Lee Woo-Jung
• Kim Jeong-Su

Classifications

• G02B2027/0134

  of stereoscopic type · CPC title

• G02B2027/0187

  slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye · CPC title

• G02B27/017 Primary

  Head mounted · CPC title

• G02B27/01

  Head-up displays · CPC title

• H04N13/398

  Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof · CPC title