# US 10,771,836 B2 · Display apparatus and control method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,771,836 B2 - Document ID: US10771836B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/529,359 - Filed: 2019-08-01 - Published: 2019-11-21 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2010-08-06 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yong-hwan Kwon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10771836B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/4227: {Providing} Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - 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 21/42208: {Display device provided on the remote control} - H04N 21/42209: {for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic programme guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel} - H04N 21/42224: {Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control} - H04N 21/4312: {involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations} - H04N 21/47: End-user applications - H04N 21/482: End-user interface for programme selection - H04N 21/4821: {using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time} - H04N 21/84: Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors {(systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73)} - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A display apparatus includes: an image processor; a display unit; a remote controller which includes a touch input unit to detect motion of a user; a remote control signal receiver which receives a remote control signal from the remote controller corresponding to the motion of a user; and a controller which displays the content information window as if the content information window enters from an outside of a display area to an inside of the display area in accordance with the motion that a user moves from an outside of an area of the touch input unit to an inside of the area, or stops displaying the content information window as if the content information window exits from the inside of the display area to the outside of the display area in accordance with the motion that a user moves from the inside of the area of the touch input unit to the outside of the touch input unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display system comprising: an input device; a communicator configured to receive a wireless signal from the input device; and a processor configured to output an image signal configured to: display a first set of user interface (UI) items in a first group of a plurality of groups of UI items over an image displayed in a display area of a display device based on a wireless signal corresponding to a first input being received from the input device via the communicator; graphically distinguish a first UI item from among the first set of UI items, to represent selection of the first UI item, while the first set of UI items is displayed in the display area; graphically distinguish a second UI item from among the first set of UI items, to represent selection of the second UI item, based on a wireless signal corresponding to a second input being received from the input device via the communicator; display a second set of UI items in a second group of the plurality of groups in the display area by sliding the second set of UI items into the display area based on a wireless signal corresponding to a third input being received from the input device via the communicator while the first set of UI items is displayed in the display area; and display a third set of UI items in the first group that is different than the first set of UI items based on a wireless signal corresponding to a fourth input being received from the input device via the communicator while the first set of UI items is displayed in the display area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display system according to claim 1, wherein the image signal is signals are further configured to display a second UI in the display area by sliding in a set of second UI items into the display area based on a wireless signal corresponding to a fifth input being received from the input device via the communicator. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless signal corresponding to each of the first input, the second input, the third input and the fourth input that is received from the input device indicates a directional swipe on the input device by a user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display system according to claim 3, wherein the wireless signal corresponding to the first input is received based on the directional swipe corresponding to a first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display system according to claim 4, wherein the wireless signal corresponding to the second input is received based on the directional swipe corresponding to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display system according to claim 5, wherein the wireless signal corresponding to the third input is received based on the directional swipe corresponding to a third direction parallel to the first direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display system according to claim 1, further comprising an image signal receiver configured to receive an input image signal corresponding to a content image. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display system according to claim 1, wherein each of the first set of UI items comprises a thumbnail image. ### Claim 9 A display method comprising: communicating with an input device; and providing an image signal configured to: display a first set of user interface (UI) items in a first group of a plurality of groups of UI items in a display area of a display device based on a wireless signal corresponding to a first input being received from the input device; graphically distinguish a first UI item from among the first set of UI items, to represent selection of the first UI item, while the first set of UI items is displayed in the display area; graphically distinguish a second UI item from among the first set of UI items, to represent selection of the second UI item, based on a wireless signal corresponding to a second input being received from the input device; display a second set of UI items in a second group of the plurality of groups in the display area by sliding the second set of UI items into the display area based on a wireless signal corresponding to a third input being received from the input device while the first set of UI items is displayed in the display area; and display a third set of UI items in the first group that is different than the first set of UI items based on a wireless signal corresponding to a fourth input being received from the input device while the first set of UI items is displayed in the display area. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display method according to claim 9, wherein the image signal is further configured to display a second UI in the display area by sliding in a set of second UI items into the display area based on a wireless signal corresponding to a fifth input being received from the input device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The display method according to claim 9, wherein the wireless signal corresponding to each of the first input, the second input, the third input and the fourth input that is received from the input device indicates a directional swipe on the input device by a user. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display method according to claim 11, wherein the wireless signal corresponding to the first input is received based on the directional swipe corresponding to a first direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display method according to claim 12, wherein the wireless signal corresponding to the second input is received based on the directional swipe corresponding to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display method according to claim 13, wherein the wireless signal corresponding to the third input is received based on the directional swipe corresponding to a third direction parallel to the first direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The display method according to claim 9, wherein each of the first set of UI items comprises a thumbnail image. ### Claim 16 A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions of a method to be executed by a processor of a device, the method comprising: communicating with an input device; providing an image signal configured to: display a first set of user interface (UI) items in a first group of a plurality of groups of UI items in a display area of a display device based on a wireless signal corresponding to a first input being received from the input device; graphically distinguish a first UI item from among the first set of UI items, to represent selection of the first UI item, while the first set of UI items is displayed in the display area; graphically distinguish a second UI item from among the first set of UI items, to represent selection of the second UI item, based on a wireless signal corresponding to a second input being received from the input device; display a second set of UI items in a second group of the plurality of groups in the display area by sliding the second set of UI items into the display area based on a wireless signal corresponding to a third input being received from the input device while the first set of UI items is displayed in the display area; and display a third set of UI items in the first group that is different than the first set of UI items based on a wireless signal corresponding to a fourth input being received from the input device while the first set of UI items is displayed in the display area. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 16, wherein the wireless signal corresponding to each of the first input, the second input, the third input and the fourth input that is received from the input device indicates a directional swipe on the input device by a user. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 17, wherein the wireless signal corresponding to the first input is received based on the directional swipe corresponding to a first direction. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 18, wherein the wireless signal corresponding to the second input is received based on the directional swipe corresponding to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 19, wherein the wireless signal corresponding to the third input is received based on the directional swipe corresponding to a third direction parallel to the first direction.