Display apparatus, remote controller and method for controlling applied thereto

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9525904-B2
Application number	US-201113278719-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2011
Priority date	Dec 27, 2010
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

A display apparatus, a remote controller and a method for controlling applied thereto are provided. The display apparatus receives direction information regarding an orientation of the remote controller from the remote controller, and selects an area to be controlled by the remote controller from among a first area and a second area of a screen according to the direction information received from the remote controller. As a result, user is enabled to control different areas on the screen by appropriately moving the remote controller between different orientations.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a display unit which displays a first image on a first area of a screen, and displays a second image on a second area of the screen; and
a control unit, configured with program logic, to perform:
receiving direction information regarding an orientation of a remote controller from the remote controller that has been sensed by the remote controller, wherein the remote controller includes a longer-axis and a shorter-axis, and the direction information indicates an axis of the remote controller which is perpendicular to the display unit from among the longer-axis and the shorter-axis of the remote controller, and
selecting an area to be controlled by the remote controller from among the first and the second areas according to whether a direction of a longer side of the first or second area corresponds to a direction of the longer-axis indicated by the direction information received from the remote controller,
wherein an aspect ratio of the first area is longer in a horizontal direction than in a vertical direction, and an aspect ratio of the second area is shorter in the horizontal direction than in a vertical direction, and
wherein the selecting selects the first area when the shorter-axis of the remote controller is perpendicular to the display unit, and selects the second area when the longer-axis of the remote controller is perpendicular to the display unit.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control unit receives command information transmitted from the remote controller, which is different from the direction information transmitted from the remote controller, wherein the command information corresponds to a user manipulation input from a user operating unit of the remote controller.

3. A method for controlling a display apparatus using a remote controller, the method comprising:
displaying a first image on a first area of a screen of the display apparatus, and displaying a second image on a second area of the screen of the display apparatus;
receiving direction information regarding an orientation of the remote controller from the remote controller that has been sensed by the remote controller, wherein the remote controller includes a longer-axis and a shorter-axis, and the direction information indicates an axis of the remote controller which is perpendicular to the display unit from among the longer-axis and the shorter-axis of the remote controller; and
selecting an area for controlling by the remote controller, from among the first and the second areas, according to whether a direction of a longer side of the first or second area corresponds to a direction of the longer-axis indicated by the direction information received from the remote controller,
wherein an aspect ratio of the first area is longer in a horizontal direction than in a vertical direction, and an aspect ratio of the second area is shorter in the horizontal direction than in a vertical direction, and
wherein the selecting selects the first area when the shorter-axis of the remote controller is perpendicular to the display unit, and selects the second area when the longer-axis of the remote controller is perpendicular to the display unit.

4. A remote controller for controlling a display apparatus, comprising:
a motion sensor unit which detects direction information of the remote controller, the direction information including which one of a longer-axis and a shorter-axis of the remote controller is perpendicular to the display apparatus;
a transmitting unit which transmits the direction information to the display apparatus;
a control unit, configured with program logic, to perform:
selecting an area to be controlled from among a first area and a second area of a screen of the display apparatus according to whether a direction of a longer side of the first or second area corresponds to a direction of the longer-axis indicated by the detected direction information of the remote controller; and
a display unit which displays a control screen on the remote controller to control the display apparatus, wherein
the remote controller displays a first control screen to control the first area on the display unit upon selecting of the first area for controlling, and displays a second control screen to control the second area upon selecting of the second area for controlling,
wherein the first control screen and the second control screen are different from each other,
wherein an aspect ratio of the first area is longer in a horizontal direction than in a vertical direction, and an aspect ratio of the second area is shorter in the horizontal direction than in a vertical direction, and
wherein the selecting selects the first area when the shorter-axis of the remote controller is perpendicular to the display unit, and selects the second area when the longer-axis of the remote controller is perpendicular to the display unit.

5. A control method of a remote controller, having a display unit configured to display a first control screen and a second control screen, for controlling a display apparatus, comprising:
detecting, by the remote controller, direction information that indicates an axis of the remote controller which is perpendicular to the display apparatus from among a longer-axis and a shorter-axis of the remote controller;
transmitting, by the remote controller, the detected direction information to the display apparatus; and
selecting an area to be controlled from among a first area and a second area of a screen of the display apparatus according to whether a direction of a longer side of the first or second area corresponds to a direction of the longer-axis indicated by the detected direction information of the remote controller; and
displaying the first control screen on the display unit of the remote controller to control the first area upon selecting of the first area for controlling, and displaying the second control screen on the display unit of the remote controller to control the second area upon selecting of the second area for controlling,
wherein the first control screen and the second control screen are different from each other,
wherein an aspect ratio of the first area is longer in a horizontal direction than in a vertical direction, and an aspect ratio of the second area is shorter in the horizontal direction than in a vertical direction, and
wherein the selecting selects the first area when the shorter-axis of the remote controller is perpendicular to the display unit, and selects the second area when the longer-axis of the remote controller is perpendicular to the display unit.

6. A display apparatus controlled by a first remote controller and a second remote controller, wherein each of the first remote controller and the second remote controller includes a longer-axis and a shorter-axis, the display apparatus comprising:
a display unit which displays a first image on a first area of a screen, and displays a second image on a second area of the screen; and
a control unit configured with program logic to perform:
receiving first direction information regarding an orientation of the first remote controller from the first remote controller that has been sensed by the first remote controller, wherein the first direction information indicates an axis of the first remote controller which is perpendicular to the display unit from among the longer-axis and the shorter-axis of the first remote controller,
receiving second direction information regarding an orientation of the second remote controller from the second remote controller that has been sensed by the second remote controller, wherein the second direction information indicates an axis of the second remote controller which is perpendicular to the display unit from among the

Assignees

• Ryu Young-Jun
• Hwang Byung-Jin
• Lee Dong-Jin
• Ahn Jae-Hong
• Lee Hye-Jeong
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ryu Young-Jun
• Hwang Byung-Jin
• Lee Dong-Jin
• Ahn Jae-Hong
• Lee Hye-Jeong

Classifications

• H04N21/4312

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

• G06F3/0481

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• G06F2203/04803

  Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas · CPC title

• H04N21/42204 Primary

  User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor (constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205) · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title