Image display apparatus and method for operating the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9398339-B2
Application number	US-97012010-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2010
Priority date	Sep 1, 2010
Publication date	Jul 19, 2016
Grant date	Jul 19, 2016

Abstract

An image display apparatus for receiving and processing a broadcast signal and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method includes displaying a home screen including a plurality of card objects, displaying a broadcast image and a favorite channel object representing favorite channels in a broadcast card object representing a broadcast image among the plurality of card objects, and displaying a favorite channel list including favorite channel items on the display, upon selection of the favorite channel object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for operating an image display apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving a broadcast signal;
displaying, on a display, a broadcast image from the broadcast signal, and an application list including at least one of a plurality of applications;
in response to a first user input, displaying a favorite channel list including favorite channel items in a first area of the display, wherein each of the favorite channel items includes a channel name and a channel number;
receiving motion information from a remote controller;
determining a movement of the remote controller based on the motion information;
calculating coordinates of a pointer;
displaying the pointer representing the movement of the remote controller according to the calculated coordinates, wherein the pointer is displayed with the favorite channel list;
in response to focusing or selecting a first favorite channel item by the pointer, highlighting the first favorite channel item;
displaying a broadcast image of a channel corresponding to the first favorite channel item selected from the favorite channel list, upon selection of the first favorite channel item; and
in response to a second user input while displaying the favorite channel list, displaying, in the first area of the display, a content list including a plurality of contents, rather than the favorite channel list in the first area of the display,
wherein the displaying the favorite channel list includes displaying a first object for indicating a total number of content lists available for displaying in the first area and indicating position information concerning currently displayed content list among content lists in the first area.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the image display apparatus includes a platform for controlling transmission or reception of data through a network according to a control signal received from a remote controller,
wherein the platform includes an Operating System (OS) kernel, an application layer that runs on the OS kernel, a middleware configured to mediate data transmission between different hardware or different software or to provide a standard interface, and a driver configured to drive a device to run applications of the application layer,
wherein the middleware includes a virtual machine configured to execute a plurality of instances, and wherein a binder driver of the OS kernel schedules the plurality of instances.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising re-sorting channel items in the favorite channel list, after the selection of the channel item, wherein the displayed favorite channel list corresponds to one of a plurality of favorite channel lists of a plurality of users.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the favorite channel item corresponding to the displayed broadcast image is positioned at a top of the favorite channel list, and
wherein the favorite channel list further includes an object for displaying more channel items additionally.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising re-sorting channel items in the favorite channel list, after the selection of the channel item.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the application list is displayed under the broadcast image,
wherein the application list includes a social network service (SNS) application item, and a book application item.

7. A method for operating an image display apparatus, the method comprising:
displaying, on a display, a broadcast image and an application list including at least one of a plurality of applications;
generating a favorite channel list including favorite channel items upon a first user input, wherein each of the favorite channel items includes a channel name and a channel number;
displaying, in a first area of the display, the favorite channel list;
receiving motion information from a remote controller;
determining a movement of the remote controller based on the motion information;
calculating coordinates of a pointer;
displaying the pointer representing the movement of the remote controller according to the calculated coordinates, wherein the pointer is displayed with the favorite channel list;
in response to focusing or selecting a first favorite channel item by the pointer, highlighting the first favorite channel item;
displaying, in the first area, a content list including a plurality of contents, instead of the favorite channel list in the first area, upon receiving a second user input while displaying the favorite channel list,
wherein the displaying the favorite channel list includes displaying a first object for indicating a total number of content lists available for displaying in the first area and indicating position information concerning currently displayed content list among content lists in the first area.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
displaying, on the display, a favorite channel object representing favorite channels,
wherein in response to a selection of the favorite channel object, generating and displaying the favorite channel list.

9. The method according to claim 7 ,
wherein the image display apparatus includes a platform for controlling transmission or reception of data through a network according to a control signal received from a remote controller,
wherein the platform includes an Operating System (OS) kernel, an application layer that runs on the OS kernel, a middleware configured to mediate data transmission between different hardware or different software or to provide a standard interface, and a driver configured to drive a device to run applications of the application layer,
wherein the middleware includes a virtual machine configured to execute a plurality of instances, and
wherein a binder driver of the OS kernel schedules the plurality of instances.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the favorite channel item corresponding to the displayed broadcast image is positioned at a top of the favorite channel list, and
wherein the favorite channel list includes an object for displaying more channel items additionally.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the application list is displayed under the broadcast image,
wherein the application list includes a social network service (SNS) application item, and a book application item.

12. An image display apparatus, comprising:
a tuner configured to receive a broadcast signal;
a memory configured to store a plurality of applications;
a display configured to display a broadcast image from the broadcast signal, and an application list including at least one of a plurality of applications;
a user input interface configured to receive a control signal from a remote controller; and
a controller configured to:
in response to a first user input, display a favorite channel list including favorite channel items in a first area of the display, wherein each of the favorite channel items includes a channel name and a channel number,
display a broadcast image of a channel corresponding to a favorite channel item selected in the favorite channel list, upon selection of one of the favorite channel items, and
in response to a second user input while displaying the favorite channel list, display a content list including a plurality of contents, instead of the favorite channel list in the first area of the display,
wherein during the displaying of the favorite channel list, the controller is configured to display a first object for indicating a total number of content lists available for displaying in the first area and indicating position information concerning currently displayed content lis

Assignees

• Lee Haneul
• Choi Kwangsoo
• Suk Jihe
• Oh Hyojung
• Heo Jimin
• Suh Myongwon
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Haneul
• Choi Kwangsoo
• Suk Jihe
• Oh Hyojung
• Heo Jimin
• Suh Myongwon

Classifications

• H04N21/4312

  involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations · CPC title

• H04N21/4755 Primary

  for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre (retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306) · CPC title

• H04N21/8173

  End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game · CPC title

• H04N21/4782

  Web browsing {, e.g. WebTV} · CPC title

• H04N21/4786

  e-mailing {(message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00)} · CPC title