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US 10,852,907 B2Granted
Display apparatus and controlling method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYong-jin So, Jung-geun Kim, Ji-hyae Kim
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Abstract
A display apparatus includes a display configured to display a plurality of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) corresponding to a plurality of speakers; a communicator configured to communicate with the plurality of speakers; and a processor configured to control a content output in at least one speaker of the plurality of speakers to be output in another speaker according to a touch interaction with respect to at least one GUI of the plurality of GUIs.
Claims18
A display apparatus, comprising:
- a display;
- a communicator;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- control the display to display a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) items, the plurality of GUI items including a first GUI item indicating a first external speaker and including a first name of the first external speaker, and a second GUI item indicating a second external speaker and including a second name of the second external speaker, and
- based on a touch interaction of dragging an entirety of the first GUI item to the second GUI item being detected while an audio content is output at the first external speaker and information related to the audio content is displayed on the first GUI item, control the communicator to transmit a control signal to the second external speaker to output the audio content at the second external speaker and control the display to display the information related to the audio content on the second GUI item while displaying the information related to the audio content on the first GUI item,
- wherein the processor, based on an interaction to move at least one of the first GUI item corresponding to the first external speaker and the second GUI item corresponding to the second external speaker being input on the display, and a distance between the first GUI item and the second GUI item being less than a predetermined first threshold distance, is configured to control the display to provide an animation effect to change a shape of the first GUI item and the second GUI item,
- wherein the first GUI item includes a first information display area and a first edge area surrounding the first information display area and the second GUI item includes a second information display area and a second edge area surrounding the second information display area, and
- wherein the processor, based on the distance between the first GUI item and the second GUI item being less than the predetermined first threshold distance, is configured to provide a visual feedback that is the first edge area and the second edge area are extended in a direction toward a center point between the first GUI item and the second GUI item.
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A method of controlling a display apparatus which communicates with a plurality of speakers, the method comprising:
- displaying on a display a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) items corresponding to the plurality of speakers, the plurality of GUI items including a first GUI item indicating a first external speaker of the plurality of speakers and including a first name of the first external speaker, and a second GUI item indicating a second external speaker of the plurality of speakers and including a second name of the second external speaker;
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- based on a touch interaction of dragging an entirety of the first GUI item to the second GUI item being detected while an audio content is output at the first external speaker and information related to the audio content is displayed on the first GUI item, transmitting a control signal to the second external speaker to output the audio content at the second external speaker and displaying the information related to the audio content on the second GUI item while displaying the information related to the audio content on the first GUI item,
- wherein, based on an interaction to move at least one of the first GUI item corresponding to the first external speaker and the second GUI item corresponding to the second external speaker being input on the display, and a distance between the first GUI item and the second GUI item being less than a predetermined first threshold distance, an animation effect is provided to change a shape of the first GUI item and the second GUI item,
- wherein the first GUI item includes a first information display area and a first edge area surrounding the first information display area and the second GUI item includes a second information display area and a second edge area surrounding the second information display area, and
- wherein, based on the distance between the first GUI item and the second GUI item being less than the predetermined first threshold distance, a visual feedback is provided wherein the first edge area and the second edge area are extended in a direction toward a center point between the first GUI item and the second GUI item.
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A method for controlling a plurality of speakers, the method comprising:
- displaying, on a display, a plurality of icons, the plurality of icons including a first icon and a second icon;
- associating the first icon with a first external speaker of the plurality of speakers, and the second icon with a second external speaker of the plurality of speakers such that the first icon indicates the first external speaker and includes a first name of the first external speaker and the second icon indicates the second external speaker and includes a second name of the second external speaker;
- receiving, at the display, a touch interaction of dragging an entirety of the first icon to the second icon while an audio content is output at the first external speaker corresponding to the first icon and information related to the audio content is displayed on the first icon;
- transmitting a control signal to the second external speaker to output the audio content at the second external speaker corresponding to the second icon based on the touch interaction;
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- displaying the information related to the audio content on the second icon while displaying the information related to the audio content on the first GUI itemicon, wherein, based on an interaction to move at least one of the first icon corresponding to the first external speaker and the second icon corresponding to the second external speaker being input on the display, and a distance between the first icon and the second icon being less than a predetermined first threshold distance, an animation effect is provided to change a shape of the first icon and the second icon,
- wherein the first icon includes a first information display area and a first edge area surrounding the first information display area and the second icon includes a second information display area and a second edge area surrounding the second information display area, and
- wherein, based on the distance between the first icon and the second icon being less than the predetermined first threshold distance, a visual feedback is provided wherein the first edge area and the second edge area are extended in a direction toward a center point between the first icon and the second icon.
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