Image display apparatus and method for operating the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9332298-B2
Application number	US-97020210-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2010
Priority date	Jul 26, 2010
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

A multifunctional display device includes a processor to control display of at least one of a broadcast signal, data packets or signals from the remote controller. Also, a home screen includes a first area displaying a program, a second area displaying one or more card objects, and a third area having a prescribed number of applications. The home screen may be changed to display additional applications when an icon is selected using a remote controller.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multifunctional display device, comprising:
a broadcast receiver to receive a broadcast signal;
a display;
a user input interface to receive a control signal from a remote controller;
a processor to control the display based on at least one of the broadcast signal, data packets or signals from the remote controller, wherein a home screen is displayed on the display and wherein:
a first area of the home screen displays a broadcast image corresponding to the broadcast signal received from the broadcast receiver,
a second area of the home screen displays a card object including a plurality of content items, and
a third area of the home screen displays an application bar in a compact view mode having a prescribed number of applications stored in a memory and a view more menu item for switching from the compact view mode to a full screen view mode displaying additional applications when the view more menu item is selected using the remote controller,
wherein the processor controls the display to display an application screen on the display in response to a selection of the view more menu item, and
wherein the displayed application screen includes an extended application menu and the application bar including the prescribed number of applications,
wherein the application bar from the displayed application screen includes an item for displaying original applications in the home screen instead of the view more menu item for displaying additional applications,
wherein the extended application menu further comprises the additional applications and includes an object representing movement to a next page, and
wherein in response to a selection of the object representing movement to the next page, the processor controls the display to display a new extended application menu.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor executes an instruction to delete one of the applications displayed on the application screen, an icon corresponding to the application to be deleted by being dragged and dropped into a predetermined area of the application screen.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the deleted application corresponds to one of a content provider, a downloadable application, a channel, a program from the electronic program guide or a media file.

4. The device of claim 2 , wherein said dragging and dropping is performed based on movement of a cursor moved by a cursor key.

5. The device of claim 2 , wherein said dragging and dropping is performed based on a position signal from the remote controller.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein at least one application in the third area is not changeable.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor executes an instruction to create a folder to organize at least one of the prescribed number of applications.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor executes an instruction to create a folder to organize at least one of the prescribed number of applications or the additional applications.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein when the view more menu item is selected using the remote controller, additional applications are displayed on the display.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second area of the home screen further displays another card object for providing a list of applications.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the prescribed number of applications are divided into mandatory applications and optional applications set by a user.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the prescribed number of applications includes a social network service (SNS) application.

13. The device of claim 1 , wherein the home screen further displays a search item for searching content by an inputted keyword,
wherein the prescribed number of applications includes a web browsing application,
wherein a size of the broadcast image is greater than a size of the card object.

14. A multifunctional display device, comprising:
a broadcasting receiver to receive a broadcast signal;
a display;
a user input interface to receive a control signal from a remote controller; and
a processor to control the display based on at least one of the broadcast signal, data packets or signals from the remote controller, wherein:
a first area displays a broadcast image corresponding to the broadcast signal received from the broadcasting receiver, and
a second area displays an application bar in a compact view mode having a prescribed number of applications stored in a memory and a view more menu item for switching from the compact view mode to a full screen view mode displaying additional applications when the view more menu item is selected using the remote controller,
wherein the processor controls the display to display an application screen on the display in response to a selection of the view more menu item, and
wherein the displayed application screen includes an extended application menu and the application bar including a prescribed number of applications,
wherein the application bar from the displayed application screen includes an item for displaying original applications in a home screen instead of the view more menu item for displaying additional applications,
wherein the extended application menu comprises the additional application, and includes an object representing movement to a next page, and
wherein in response to a selection of the object representing movement to the next page, the processor controls the display to display a new extended application menu.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the processor executes an instruction to move a position of the application bar relative to the display of the broadcast image in the first area.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the position of the application bar is moved based on a signal received from the remote controller.

17. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the user input interface receives motion information from the remote controller,
wherein the controller determines a movement of the remote controller based on the motion information, and the controller calculates coordinates of a pointer, and
wherein the display displays the pointer at the calculated coordinates.

18. The display device of claim 14 , wherein when the view more menu item is selected using the remote controller, additional applications are displayed on the display.

19. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the prescribed number of applications includes a social network service (SNS) application.

20. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the display displays a search item for searching content by an inputted keyword,
wherein the prescribed number of applications includes a web browsing application,
wherein a size of the broadcast image is greater than a size of the application.

Assignees

• Suk Jihe
• Oh Hyojung
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Suk Jihe
• Oh Hyojung

Classifications

• H04N21/47815

  Electronic shopping (payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12) · CPC title

• H04N1/00408

  Display of information to the user, e.g. menus · CPC title

• H04N21/4438

  Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface · CPC title

• H04N5/44591

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/4316

  for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window · CPC title