# US 10,310,709 B2 · Image display apparatus and method of displaying image for determining a candidate item to select > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,310,709 B2 - Document ID: US10310709B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/273,144 - Filed: 2016-09-22 - Published: 2017-06-29 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-23 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Sung-hyuk Kwon; Jeong-hye Choi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10310709B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - H04N 21/41265: {having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device (unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204)} - H04N 21/42204: {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)} - H04N 21/4821: {using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An image display apparatus and a method of displaying an image are disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a display configured to display a plurality of items and display an item selected from among the plurality of items with a highlight, a detector configured to detect a user input for moving the highlight, and a controller configured to determine candidate items to which the highlight is to be moved in response to the user input, select one of the candidate items based on information about a moving path of the highlight, and move the highlight to a selected candidate item. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image display apparatus comprising: a display configured to display a plurality of items and display an item selected from among the plurality of items with a highlight; a detector configured to detect a user input for moving the highlight in one of an upward direction, a downward direction, a leftward direction, and a rightward direction; and a controller configured to determine candidate items to which the highlight is to be moved in response to the user input, select one of the candidate items based on information about a moving path of the highlight, and move the highlight to the selected candidate item, wherein the candidate items are adjacent to an item on which the highlight is currently located, in a direction corresponding to the user input, and the direction is one of the upward direction, the downward direction, the leftward direction, and the rightward direction, and wherein the controller is configured to select an item at which a change in location of the highlight in a direction perpendicular to the direction corresponding to the user input is minimized and to select a leftmost item or an uppermost item from among the candidate items when the change in location of the highlight with regard to each of the candidate items is identical. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to calculate a variance or a standard deviation of the moving path of the highlight with regard to each of the candidate items based on the information about the moving path of the highlight and coordinates of the candidate items, and to select an item having a smallest variance or standard deviation from among the candidate items. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The image display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information about the moving path of the highlight comprises history data and coordinates of an item on which the highlight is currently located, and the history data comprises coordinates of items on which the highlight was located before the highlight is moved to a current location. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The image display apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a memory configured to store a preset number of pieces of the history data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The image display apparatus of claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to initialize the history data when the direction corresponding to the user input is changed to a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the highlight is moved. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The image display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display is configured to display the plurality of items in a 2-dimensional (2D) grid form. ### Claim 7 A method of displaying an image, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of items and displaying an item selected from among the plurality of items with a highlight; detecting a user input for moving the highlight in one of an upward direction, a downward direction, a leftward direction, and a rightward direction; determining candidate items to which the highlight is to be moved, in response to the user input; selecting one of the candidate items based on information about a moving path of the highlight; and moving the highlight to the selected candidate item, wherein the candidate items are adjacent to an item on which the highlight is currently located, in a direction corresponding to the user input, and the direction is one of the upward direction, the downward direction, the leftward direction, and the rightward direction, and wherein the selecting of one of the candidate items comprises selecting an item at which a change in location of the highlight is minimized in a direction perpendicular to the direction corresponding to the user input, and selecting a leftmost item or an uppermost item from among the candidate items when the change in location of the highlight with regard to each of the candidate items is identical. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the selecting of one of the candidate items further comprises: calculating a variance or a standard deviation of the moving path of the highlight with regard to each of the candidate items based on the information about the moving path of the highlight and coordinates of the candidate items; and selecting an item having a smallest variance or standard deviation from among the candidate items. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the information about the moving path of the highlight comprises history data and coordinates of an item on which the highlight is currently located, and the history data comprises coordinates of items on which the highlight was located before the highlight is moved to a current location. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: initializing the history data when a direction corresponding to the user input is changed to a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the highlight is moved. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the displaying of the plurality of items comprises displaying the plurality of items in a 2-dimensional (2D) grid form. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program which, when executed by a computer, performs the method of claim 7.