Control device, broadcast receiver, method for controlling broadcast receiver, and method for providing service

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9723350-B2
Application number	US-201113290198-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2011
Priority date	Dec 31, 2010
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

A control device is provided. The control device includes a communication interface unit which requests and receives menu information from a broadcast receiver, a determination unit which determines a control mode of the control device, a user interface unit which displays the received menu information in a user interface window according to the determined control mode, and a control unit which, if a command to control the broadcast receiver is input through the user interface unit, controls the communication interface unit to transmit the input control command to the broadcast receiver.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device which controls a broadcast receiver, comprising:
a communication interface unit which communicates with the broadcast receiver;
a touch display unit which receives a touch input; and
a control unit which determines if the control device is in a vertical mode or a horizontal mode, and controls the touch display unit to display a user interface (UI) for controlling the broadcast receiver in the vertical mode and to display received information from the broadcast receiver in the horizontal mode,
wherein the control unit controls the touch display unit to display the UI for controlling the broadcast receiver differentially according to an operation mode of the broadcast receiver in the vertical mode, and controls the touch display unit to display the UI corresponding to an operation mode of the broadcast receiver and the received information in the horizontal mode,
wherein the information comprises menu information to select a service of the broadcast receiver.

2. The control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control unit requests and receives the information from the broadcast receiver in the horizontal mode.

3. The control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control unit, when the grip direction of the user is a vertical direction with respect to the user, determines the control mode as the vertical mode, and when the grip direction of the user is a horizontal direction with respect to the user, determines the control mode as the horizontal mode.

4. The control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the touch display unit to display pre-stored user interface window corresponding to the operation mode of the broadcast receiver in the vertical mode, and
controls the touch display unit to display pre-stored user interface window corresponding to the operation mode of the broadcast receiver together with the received menu information in the horizontal mode.

5. The control device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the menu information includes at least one of channel information, current volume, play time, remaining play time, current time, Electronic Program Guide (EPG), and an operation mode of the broadcast receiver.

6. The control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the touch display unit to display a same content viewed on the broadcast receiver in full screen size in the horizontal mode.

7. The control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the touch display unit to display the received information overlapped with the UI displayed in the horizontal mode.

8. The control device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the control unit controls the touch display unit to display the received information overlapped with the content displayed in the horizontal mode.

9. The control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control unit, when the touch input for controlling the broadcast receiver is input through the touch display unit, controls the communication interface unit to transmit a control command corresponding to the touch input to the broadcast receiver.

10. A method for controlling a broadcast receiver using a control device, the method comprising:
determining if a control mode of the control device is in a vertical mode or a horizontal mode;
displaying a user interface (UI) for controlling the broadcast receiver in the vertical mode and displaying received information from the broadcast receiver in the horizontal mode,
wherein the displaying the UI comprises displaying the UI for controlling the broadcast receiver differentially according to an operation mode of the broadcast receiver in the vertical mode, and displaying the UI corresponding to an operation mode of the broadcast receiver and the received information in the horizontal mode,
wherein the information comprises menu information to select a service of the broadcast receiver.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising, requesting and receiving the information from the broadcast receiver in the horizontal mode.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the determining the control mode of the control device comprises, when the grip direction of a user is a vertical direction with respect to the user, determining the control mode as the vertical mode, and when the grip direction of the user is a horizontal direction with respect to the user, determining the control mode the horizontal mode.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the displaying the UI comprises displaying a pre-stored user interface window corresponding to the operation mode of the broadcast receiver in the vertical mode, and
wherein the displaying the received information comprises, displaying the pre-stored user interface window corresponding to the operation mode of the broadcast receiver together with the received menu information in the horizontal mode.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the menu information includes at least one of channel information, current volume, play time, remaining play time, current time, Electronic Program Guide (EPG), and an operation mode of the broadcast receiver.

15. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the displaying the received information comprises displaying a same content viewed on the broadcast receiver in full screen size in the horizontal mode.

16. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the displaying the received information comprises displaying the received information overlapped with the UI displayed in the horizontal mode.

17. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the displaying the received information comprises displaying the received information overlapped with the content displayed in the horizontal mode.

18. The method as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising:
when the touch input for controlling the broadcast receiver is input through the touch display unit, transmitting a control command corresponding to the touch input to the broadcast receiver.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium where a program which controls a broadcast receiver using a control device is stored,
wherein the program performs a process of determining if a control mode of the control device is in a vertical mode or a horizontal mode and displaying an UI for controlling the broadcast receiver in the vertical mode and displaying received information from the broadcast receiver in the horizontal mode,
wherein the displaying the UI comprises displaying the UI for controlling the broadcast receiver differentially according to an operation mode of the broadcast receiver in the vertical mode, and displaying the UI corresponding to an operation mode of the broadcast receiver and the received information in the horizontal mode,
wherein the information comprises menu information to select a service of the broadcast receiver.

Assignees

• Kim Joo-Youn
• Kwon Yong-Hwan
• Kim Jung-A
• Lee Bum-Jin
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Joo-Youn
• Kwon Yong-Hwan
• Kim Jung-A
• Lee Bum-Jin

Classifications

• G08C2201/32

  Remote control based on movements, attitude of remote control device · CPC title

• H04N21/63 Primary

  Control signaling {related to video distribution} between client, server and network components; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients {or between remote clients}, e.g. transmitting basic layer and enhancement layers over different transmission paths, setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet between remote STB's; Communication protocols; Addressing (real-time session protocols H04L65/1101; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104) · CPC title

• G08C17/02 Primary

  using a radio link · CPC title

• H04N21/482

  End-user interface for programme selection · CPC title

• H04N21/41265 Primary

  having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device (unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204) · CPC title