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US 10,440,319 B2Granted
Display apparatus and controlling method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJi-youn Han, Sung-hyun Jang
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Abstract
A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus may include a display configured to operate as at least one of a screen and a mirror, a photographing unit configured to generate a photographed image in which a subject present in a display direction of the display is photographed, and a processor configured to control the display in order for a first area of the display operate as a screen displaying part of the photographed image and a second area other than the first area to operate as a mirror.
Claims18
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display configured to display a screen when the display is in a display mode and operate as a mirror when the display is in a mirror mode;
- a camera configured to photograph an image;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- acquire a first image including a subject via the image having been photographed via the camera;
- in response to a gesture selecting a part of the subject when the display is in a mirror mode, convert a first area of the display from the mirror mode into the display mode while a second area other than the first area is in the mirror mode;
- control the display to display a second image including the selected part of the subject from the first image on the first area of the display and to display the first image on the second area other than the first area;
- and
- switch the first area from a display mode displaying the second image into a mirror mode to operate as a mirror based on a determination that a distance between a body part of the second image and the display is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance.
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A method for controlling a display apparatus comprising
- a display configured to operate as a display screen in a display mode and as a mirror in a mirror mode, the method comprising:
- generating a photographed image in which a subject is photographed;
- acquiring a first image including the subject via the subject having been photographed;
- in response to a gesture selecting a part of the subject when the display is in a mirror mode, convert a first area of the display from the mirror mode into the display mode while a second area other than the first area is in the mirror mode;
- controlling the display to display a second image including the selected part of the subject from the first image on the first area of the display and to display the first image on the second area other than the first area;
- and
- switching the first area from a display mode displaying the second image into a mirror mode to operate as a mirror based on a determination that a distance between a body part of the second image and the display is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.