Display device and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9282167-B2
Application number	US-201113313464-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2011
Priority date	Dec 7, 2010
Publication date	Mar 8, 2016
Grant date	Mar 8, 2016

Abstract

A display device and a control method thereof are provided. The display device includes: a touch screen which displays a screen and senses a gesture of a user on the screen; a video processor which process an image for displaying the screen; a communication unit which performs communication with at least one neighboring device; and a controller which performs control to display a miniature image of a screen of contents being displayed and a first user interface (UI) item showing a connected neighboring device of the at least one neighboring device if a first gesture of a user is made while displaying the screen corresponding to predetermined contents, and to transmit information for sharing the contents to the corresponding neighboring device in accordance with a second gesture of a user with regard to the miniature image and the first UI item.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a display which displays a screen and senses a touch input of a user on the display;
a video processor which process an image for displaying the screen;
a communication unit which performs communication with at least one neighboring device; and
a controller which performs control to simultaneously display a first image indicating a miniature screen of contents which are stored in the display device and are being displayed on the display, a first user interface (UI) item which shows a first connected neighboring device, and at least a second UI item which shows at least a second connected neighboring device of the at least one neighboring device if a first touch input of the user is made while displaying the screen of the contents being displayed on the display, and to transmit information for sharing the contents to at least one of the connected neighboring devices in accordance with a second touch input of the user with regard to the first image, the first UI item and the at least second UI item,
wherein the first image indicating the miniature screen of contents which are stored in the display device, the first UI item, and the at least second UI item are displayed in a non-overlapping manner.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first touch input of the user comprises one of a multi-touching input and a tap-and-hold input on the screen of the contents being displayed.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second touch input of the user comprises dragging the first image of the contents and dropping the first image in the first UI item corresponding to one of the at least one neighboring device.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the information for sharing the contents comprises at least one of data of the contents and reference information through which the neighboring device can acquire the contents from an external source.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first UI item is arranged based on at least one of frequency of use, proximity between devices and a user's line of sight.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller displays the second UI item on the display showing the second connected neighboring device sharing the contents.

7. A control method of a display device comprising a display, the control method comprising:
displaying a screen corresponding to predetermined contents on the display;
simultaneously displaying a first image indicating a miniature screen of contents which are stored in the display device and are being displayed on the display, a first user interface (UI) item showing a first connected neighboring device, and at least a second UI item which shows at least a second connected neighboring device if a first touch input of a user is made on the display displaying the screen of the contents; and
transmitting information for sharing the contents to at least one of the connected neighboring devices in accordance with a second touch input of the user with regard to the first image and the first UI item and the at least second UI item,
wherein the first image indicating the miniature screen of contents which are stored in the display device, the first UI item, and the at least second UI item are displayed in a non-overlapping manner.

8. The control method according to claim 7 , wherein the first touch input of the user comprises one of a multi-touching input and a tap-and-hold input on the screen of the contents being displayed.

9. The control method according to claim 7 , wherein the second touch input of the user comprises dragging the first image of the contents and dropping the first image in the first UI item corresponding to one of the at least one neighboring device.

10. The control method according to claim 7 , wherein the information for sharing the contents comprises at least one of data of the contents and reference information through which the neighboring device can acquire the contents from an external source.

11. The control method according to claim 7 , wherein the first UI item is arranged based on at least one of frequency of use, proximity between devices and a user's line of sight.

12. The control method according to claim 7 , further comprising displaying the second UI item on the display showing the second connected neighboring device sharing the contents.

13. A display device comprising:
a display which displays a first screen of a content stored in the display device and which senses a touch input of a user on the display;
a video processor which processes an image which displays the processed image on the first screen;
a communication unit which performs communication with a first connected neighboring device which displays a second screen containing predetermined contents and at least a second connected neighboring device which displays a third screen; and
a controller which performs control to simultaneously display a miniature image of a first user interface (UI) item comprising a first image indicating the first screen, a second UI item comprising a second image indicating the second screen being displayed on the first connected neighboring device, and at least a third UI item comprising a third image indicating the third screen being displayed on the at least one second connected neighboring device if a first touch input of the user is made on the display while displaying the first screen, and transmits information for sharing the contents with the first connected neighboring device in accordance with a second touch input of the user with regard to the first UI item, the second UI item, and the at least third UI item,
wherein the miniature image of the first UI item comprising the first image indicating the first screen of content stored in the display device does not overlap the second UI item, and the at least third UI item.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the second touch input of the user comprises dragging and dropping the second image in the first UI item, and
the controller performs control to receive information for sharing the contents from the corresponding neighboring device.

15. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the second touch input of the user comprises dragging the second image corresponding to the first connected neighboring device among the neighboring devices displaying the second screen, and dropping the second image in the third UI item corresponding to the second connected neighboring device, and
the controller performs control to transmit information for sharing the contents from the first connected neighboring device to the second connected neighboring device.

16. A control method of a display device comprising a display, the control method comprising:
displaying a first screen on the display;
displaying a miniature image of a first user interface (UI) item comprising a first image stored in the display device and indicating the first screen, a second UI item comprising a second image indicating a second screen being displayed on a first connected neighboring device, and at least a third UI item indicating a third screen being displayed on at least a second connected neighboring device to be displayed if a first touch input of a user is made on the display while displaying the first screen; and
transmitting information for sharing contents with the first connected neighboring device or the at least second connected device in accordance with a second touch input of the user with regard to the first UI item, the second U

Assignees

• Jo Sun-Haeng
• Yang Gyung-Hye
• Lee Dong-Heon
• Kim Jung-Geun
• Yoon Soo-Yeoun
• Kim Yoo-Tai
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jo Sun-Haeng
• Yang Gyung-Hye
• Lee Dong-Heon
• Kim Jung-Geun
• Yoon Soo-Yeoun
• Kim Yoo-Tai

Classifications

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F3/0486 Primary

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/1454

  involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay · CPC title

• H04L67/36 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic