Display apparatus, controlling method, and display system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9992439-B2
Application number	US-201514736891-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2015
Priority date	Oct 30, 2014
Publication date	Jun 5, 2018
Grant date	Jun 5, 2018

Abstract

A display apparatus, a controlling method thereof, and a display system are provided. The display apparatus includes a power supply unit and a processor configured to, in response to AC power being applied through the power supply unit, search a connectable control device, determine a pairing history regarding the searched control device, in response to determining that there is no pairing history regarding the searched control device, boot the display apparatus, and perform pairing with the searched control device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a storage;
a communicator;
a power supply connectable to an AC power source for supplying AC power to the display apparatus; and
a processor configured to:
in response to the power supply being connected to the AC power source, control the communicator to search for a connectable control device,
in response to the connectable control device being found as a result of the search, determine whether a pairing history of the connectable control device is stored in the storage,
in response to determining that the pairing history of the connectable control device is not stored in the storage, automatically boot an operating system without a user boot command and perform pairing with the connectable control device based on a user command for pairing with the connectable control device, and
in response to determining that the pairing history of the connectable control device is stored in the storage, perform pairing with the connectable control device based on the pairing history.

2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a display,
wherein the processor is configured to control the display to display a user interface (UI) indicating that the display apparatus is performing pairing with the connectable control device while the display apparatus is being booted.

3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises:
a sub processor; and
a main processor,
wherein, in response to the AC power being applied to the display apparatus through the power supply, the sub processor is configured to transmit information about a pairing history of the connectable control device to the main processor, and
in response to determining that there is no pairing history of the connectable control device based on the information received from the sub processor, the main processor is configured to boot the display apparatus.

4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control device comprises a Bluetooth remote controller, and
the processor is configured to perform a Bluetooth pairing with the connectable control device to perform Bluetooth communication.

5. A controlling method of a display apparatus, the method comprising:
in response to a power supply connectable to an AC power source for supplying AC power to the display apparatus being connected to the AC power source, searching for a connectable control device;
in response to the connectable control device being found as a result of the search, determining whether a pairing history of the connectable control device is stored in a storage of the display apparatus;
in response to determining that the pairing history of the connectable control device is not stored in the storage, automatically booting an operating system without a user boot command and performing pairing with the connectable control device based on a user command for pairing with the connectable control device; and
in response to determining that the pairing history of the connectable control device is stored in the storage, performing pairing with the connectable control device based on the pairing history.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising displaying a user interface (UI) indicating that the display apparatus is performing pairing with the connectable control device while the display apparatus is being booted.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein in response to the AC power being applied to the display apparatus, power is applied to a sub processor, information about the pairing history of the connectable control device is transmitted to a main processor by the sub processor, and, in response to the main processor receiving information that there is no pairing history of the connectable control device, the display apparatus is booted by the main processor.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the control device comprises a Bluetooth remote controller, and
the performing pairing comprising performing Bluetooth pairing to perform Bluetooth communication with the connectable control device.

9. A display system, comprising:
a control device configured to control an electronic apparatus via Bluetooth communication; and
a display apparatus configured to:
search for a connectable control device in response to a power supply connectable to an AC power source for supplying AC power to the display apparatus being connected to the AC power source,
in response to the connectable control device being found as a result of the search, determine whether a pairing history of the connectable control device is stored in a storage of the display apparatus,
in response to determining that the pairing history of the connectable control device is not stored in the storage, automatically boot an operating system without a user boot command and performing pairing with the connectable control device based on a user command for pairing with the connectable control device, and
in response to determining that the pairing history of the connectable control device is stored in the storage, perform pairing with the searched connectable device based on the pairing history.

10. The system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein, in response to the AC power being supplied for the first time, the display apparatus is configured to store information indicating that there is no pairing history of a control device, and in response to the connectable control device being searched, perform booting and perform pairing with the connectable control device.

11. The system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the control device comprises a Bluetooth remote controller, and
the display apparatus performs Bluetooth pairing with the control device.

12. A display apparatus comprising:
a storage;
a communicator;
a processor; and
a power supply configured to initially power the processor prior to booting of the display apparatus,
wherein the processor is configured to:
in response to the power supply connectable to an AC power source for supplying AC power to the display apparatus being connected to the AC power source, control the communicator to search for a remote control device,
in response to the remote control device being found as a result of the search, determine whether the remote control device is previously paired with the display apparatus,
in response to determining the remote control device having not previously paired with the display apparatus, automatically boot an operating system without a user boot command and perform pairing with the remote control device based on a user command for pairing with the remote control device, and
in response to determining the remote control device having previously paired with the display apparatus, perform pairing with the searched remote control device based on a pairing history of the remote control device.

13. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether the remote control device has previously paired with the display apparatus based on a pairing history of the remote control device.

14. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the power supply is configured to initially power the processor without supplying power to a display of the display apparatus.

15. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to perform the pairing operation with the remote control device via Bluetooth communication.

16. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the display apparatus receives a user input via an infrared (IR) channel.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jin-Hee
• Kim Bong-Su
• Ahn Joon-Young
• Jo Kun-Hee

Classifications

• H04N21/43637 Primary

  involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] (arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114) · CPC title

• H04W8/005

  Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals · CPC title

• H04N21/42207

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N2005/4426

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N5/4403 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic