Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090141185 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING CHANNEL THEREOF - A broadcast receiving apparatus and a method for switching a channel thereof are disclosed, the broadcast receiving apparatus including a channel switch unit which monitors the condition of a channel used to communicate with a remote controller, and sets a new channel to be switched with a current channel if the channel condition is inappropriate for communication; and a transceiver which transmits a channel switch request message to request a channel be switched to the new channel set by the channel switch unit. Therefore, the broadcast receiving apparatus is easily switch a channel used to communicate with a remote controller irrespective of a sleep mode of the remote controller. | 06-04-2009 |
20100009629 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A wireless communication method, and a wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication system using the same. The wireless communication method includes pairing with a specific device, extracting a media access control (MAC) address of the specific device, and communicating with the specific device. Accordingly, even when a MAC address of a counterpart device is not known, pairing with the counterpart device can be performed without interference with other devices. | 01-14-2010 |
20130235052 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, 3D GLASSES, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a display apparatus, three-dimensional (3D) glasses and a control method thereof. The method of controlling three-dimensional (3D) glasses for a display apparatus includes: synchronizing clocks for communicating with the 3D glasses; generating drive timing information for driving shutters of the 3D glasses from the synchronized clocks and a frame sync signal of a displayed image; and transmitting a glasses control message, comprising the drive timing information, to the 3D glasses. | 09-12-2013 |
20140207811 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETERMINING EMOTION OF USER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING EMOTION OF USER - A system and method for determining an emotional state of a user of an electronic device. The system is configured to execute a method of receiving, using the electronic device, input emotional data, comparing the input emotional data with reference emotional data and determining an emotional state of a user of the electronic device, and transmitting the determined emotional state of the user to an external device to share the emotional state with the external device. | 07-24-2014 |
20140210755 | DEVICE FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control device for remotely controlling an electronic apparatus includes a communication part configured to communicate with the electronic apparatus; a position sensor configured to sense a position of the control device; and a controller configured to determine a first input interface on a first plate surface or a second input interface on a second plate surface that is directed toward a first direction and determine a first end part or a second end part that is directed toward a second direction according to position sensing by the position sensor, provide the first or the second input interface that is determined to be directed toward the first direction in a display direction determined based on the first or the second end part that is directed toward the second direction, and disable the first or the second input interface which is determined to be not directed toward the first direction. | 07-31-2014 |
20140267935 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided The display apparatus includes: an image processor configured to process an image of content; a display configured to display the processed image of the content; a camera configured to capture an image of a remote controller; a storage configured to store information regarding a plurality of appearance states of the remote controller corresponding to user commands; and a controller configured to determine an appearance state from among the plurality of appearance states of the remote controller based on the image of remote controller captured by the camera, and control the display section to display the image of the content according to a user command corresponding to the determined appearance state of the remote controller. | 09-18-2014 |
20140289774 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a method of controlling the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes: an image processor configured to process an image of a predetermined content; a display configured to display the processed image of the content; a communicator configured to communicate with a remote controller configured to receive a user command and display information related to the content; and a controller configured to control the display to display the image of the content in accordance with the received user command, store information related to a use history that the user has used the content, and transmit information to the remote controller related to the stored use history of the user so that the information related to the content can be displayed on the remote controller based on the use history of the user. | 09-25-2014 |
20140333421 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND THE DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - A remote control device, a display apparatus and a method for controlling the remote control device and the display apparatus thereof are provided. A remote control device for controlling a display apparatus includes a user interface configured to receive a user interaction, a first communicator configured to communicate with the display apparatus and receive an image, a display, and a controller configured to, in response to a first interaction being input through the user interface, control the display to display at least one image of a plurality of images received from the display apparatus, and in response to an object included in the at least one displayed image being selected according to a second interaction input through the user interface and a graphic user interface (GUI) being selected through the user interface, retrieve information related to the selected object, and display the information related to the selected object. | 11-13-2014 |
20140333531 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH A PLURALITY OF SCREENS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - 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. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337749 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE SCREEN PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes a display configured to display a GUI screen including a plurality of regions, a user interface configured to receive a user interaction with respect to the GUI screen, and a controller configured to control the display to display a region corresponding to the user interaction among the plurality of regions as a main region by rotating the GUI screen, and configured to perform a control operation mapped to the main region, wherein the main region is a region that occupies the GUI screen at a predetermined ratio or more. | 11-13-2014 |
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20110248859 | METHOD OF PROVIDING 3D IMAGE AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided are a three dimensional (3D) display apparatus, a method of setting up a graphic user interface (GUI) thereof, and 3D glasses. The method of providing a GUI of the 3D display apparatus operating in association with the 3D glasses includes receiving a signal including battery information from the 3D glasses, generating a GUI related to the battery information of the 3D glasses, using the battery information contained in the received signal, and displaying the generated GUI on a screen of the 3D display apparatus. | 10-13-2011 |
20110254933 | SHUTTER GLASSES, DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a display apparatus for transmitting a sync signal, shutter glasses, and a method of controlling the same. The display apparatus includes: a video signal processor which processes a predetermined three-dimensional (3D) video signal to be displayed on a display unit; a communication unit which communicates with the shutter glasses; and a sync signal generator which generates a sync signal to open and close shutters of the shutter glasses in response to the 3D video signal, the generated sync signal including error-correction information for correcting an error that causes malfunction of the shutter glasses, wherein the sync signal generator transmits, to the shutter glasses, the generated sync signal including the error-correction information through a communication unit. | 10-20-2011 |
20120169852 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - Disclosed are a display apparatus and a system including the same. A 3-dimensional (3D) display apparatus includes a display unit; a video signal processor which extracts frame sync signals corresponding to a left-eye image and a right-eye image from a predetermined 3D video signal, and processes the left-eye image and the right-eye image to be alternately displayed on the display unit; and a first communication unit which communicates with an external 3D display apparatus, and transmits a display sync signal based on the extracted frame sync signal to the external 3D display apparatus so that a 3D image displayed in the external 3D display apparatus can be synchronized with order of the left-eye image and the right-eye image displayed on the display unit. | 07-05-2012 |
20120169854 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, 3D GLASSES, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a display apparatus, three-dimensional (3D) glasses and a control method thereof. The method of controlling three-dimensional (3D) glasses for a display apparatus includes: synchronizing clocks for communicating with the 3D glasses; generating drive timing information for driving shutters of the 3D glasses from the synchronized clocks and a frame sync signal of a displayed image; and transmitting a glasses control message, comprising the drive timing information, to the 3D glasses. | 07-05-2012 |
20120174088 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UPDATING SOFTWARE THEREOF - Disclosed are an electronic device and a method for updating software thereof. The electronic device includes: a communication unit which includes predetermined software needed for communicating with an exterior; a first storage which stores user information set up in the electronic device; a user input unit; and a controller which updates the software with an update file needed for updating the software and sets up the stored user information again in the communication unit if receiving update instruction for the software through the user input unit. | 07-05-2012 |
20130057660 | USER HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM COMPRISING 3D GLASSES AND DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A user health monitoring system having 3D glasses and a display apparatus and a display apparatus and a control method thereof, the user health monitoring system including: 3D glasses which obtain biosignal information of a user and transmit; and a display apparatus which receives the biosignal information transmitted by the 3D glasses, obtains a health index of the user by using the biosignal information and controls a display state according to the health index. With this configuration, a user's health condition may be monitored in real-time with a biosignal of the user viewing a 3D image and a 3D display state may be controlled according to the user's health condition to thereby protect a user's health. | 03-07-2013 |