Display apparatus with a plurality of screens and method of controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9619019-B2
Application number	US-201414275082-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2014
Priority date	May 10, 2013
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display a plurality of images received from a plurality of sources on each of a first screen, a second screen, and a third screen of a display screen, a user interface configured to detect a user interaction, and a controller configured to control the display to move locations of the first to third screens in accordance with a detected rotation interaction in response to the rotation interaction being detected through the user interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus, the display apparatus comprising:
a display;
an audio output; and
a controller configured to control the display to display a first moving image on a main screen, a second moving image on a left sub-screen, and a third moving image on a right sub-screen, and control the audio output to output audio associated with the first moving image being displayed on the main screen,
wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to receiving user input, control the display to move the first moving image from the main screen to the left sub-screen and move the third moving image from the right sub-screen to the main screen and control the audio output to output audio associated with the third moving image being displayed on the main screen.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the left sub-screen is disposed at a left side of the main screen and has a trapezoid shape configured to display an image thereon at a first inclined viewing angle, and
the right sub-screen is disposed at a right side of the main screen and has a trapezoid shape configured to display an image thereon at a second inclined viewing angle different from the first inclined viewing angle.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the user input being a user's head rotation interaction, control the display by detecting the user's head rotation and moving the first, second, and third moving images in accordance with a direction of the detected user's head rotation.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to:
increase a ratio of the third moving image on the display which is located on a right side among the first, second, and third moving images by moving the first, second, and third moving images in a left direction in response to detecting that the user's head rotates in a right direction, and
increase a ratio of the first moving image on the display which is located on a left side among the first, second, and third moving images by moving the first, second, and third moving images in a right direction in response to detecting that the user's head rotates in a left direction.

5. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to perform a control operation to move the first, second, and third moving images on a real-time basis in accordance with an angle of the user's detected head rotation.

6. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
set the third moving image which is moved in a left direction as the main screen in response to detecting that the user's head rotation angle is greater than a predetermined value while the user's head moves in a right direction, and
sets the first moving image which is moved in a right direction as the main screen in response to detecting that the user's head rotation angle is greater than the predetermined value while the user's head moves in a left direction.

7. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the user input being an interaction to rotate a remote controller after pressing a button on the remote controller, control the display to move a moving image which corresponds to a rotation direction of the remote controller in a direction towards a center of the display.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user input is received via a remote controller being moved in a first rotational direction.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to receiving another user input via moving the remote controller in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction, control the display to move the first moving image from the main screen to the right sub-screen and move the second moving image from the left sub-screen to the main screen and control the audio output to output audio associated with the second moving image being displayed on the main screen.

10. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user input comprises a user gesture moving in a first rotational direction determined based on processing of images obtained via a camera.

11. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein, the controller is further configured to, in response to receiving another user input via moving the user gesture in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction, control the display to move the first moving image from the main screen to the right sub-screen and move the second moving image from the left sub-screen to the main screen and control the audio output to output audio associated with the second moving image being displayed on the main screen.

12. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the audio output to output only an audio of a moving image displayed on the main screen which takes up a largest ratio of the display, among the first, second, and third moving images.

13. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the user input being a user's head rotation interaction, control the audio output to increase an audio output of a moving image having a ratio on the display that increases in response to the user's head rotation being detected.

14. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
set the third moving image which is located on a right side as a new main screen and to control the audio output to output only an audio of content displayed on the third moving image in response to detecting that an angle of the user's head rotation is greater than a predetermined value while the user's head moves in a right direction, and
set the first moving image which is located on a left side as a new main screen and to control the audio output to output only an audio of content displayed on the first moving image in response to detecting that the user's head rotation angle is greater than the predetermined value while the user's head moves in a left direction.

15. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the audio output to increase an audio output of a moving image having a ratio on the display that increases, among the first, second, and third moving images, in accordance with a moving image ratio of the display.

16. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
increase an audio output of the third moving image in response to detecting that the user's head rotates in a right direction, and
increase an audio output of the first moving image in response to detecting that the user's head rotates in a left direction.

17. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user input comprises a user's eye movement interaction in which a movement of the user's eye is detected.

18. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a storage configured to store a plurality of modules for operating the display apparatus.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the modules include at least one of a voice recognition module, a touch recognition module, and a gesture module.

20. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display information related to the first, second, and third moving images.

21. A method for controlling a displa

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Phang Joon-Ho
• Park Nam-Hyun
• Jung Do-Sung
• Moon Joo-Sun
• Park Yi-Sak
• Chung Sue-Young
• Bangle Christopher E

Classifications

• H04N21/42222

  Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device · CPC title

• H04N21/4223

  Cameras (H04N23/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N21/4858

  for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows · CPC title

• H04N21/4852

  for modifying audio parameters, e.g. switching between mono and stereo · CPC title

• H04N21/4622

  Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859) · CPC title