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US 11,239,911 B2Granted
Display apparatus and control method for display apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJaewoong Jung
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Abstract
A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes: an optical communication interface configured to communicate with an electronic device through an optical cable; and a processor for, when an optical signal including at least one signal among an image signal and a sound signal is received from the electronic device through the optical communication interface, measuring a strength of the received optical signal, and controlling an operation of the display apparatus related to a state of the optical cable, on the basis of the measured strength of the optical signal.
Claims11
A display apparatus comprising:
- an optical communication interface configured to communicate with an electronic device through an optical cable;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- based on an optical signal including at least one signal among an image signal and a sound signal being received from the electronic device through the optical communication interface, measure a strength of the received optical signal, and control an operation of the display apparatus related to a state of the optical cable based on the measured strength of the optical signal,
- wherein the processor is further configured to:
- based on the measured strength of the optical signal being smaller than a first threshold value, transmit a control signal for increasing a strength of transmission of the optical signal of the electronic device to the electronic device, and
- based on the strength of the optical signal measured after transmitting the control signal to the electronic device being identical to the strength of the optical signal measured before transmitting the control signal to the electronic device, determine that the optical cable is defective.
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A display apparatus comprising:
- an optical communication interface configured to communicate with an electronic device through an optical cable;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- based on an optical signal including at least one signal among an image signal and a sound signal being received from the electronic device through the optical communication interface, measure a strength of the received optical signal, and control an operation of the display apparatus related to a state of the optical cable based on the measured strength of the optical signal,
- wherein the optical communication interface includes a plurality of channels, and
- wherein the processor is further configured to:
- measure a strength of each of optical signals of the plurality of channels, sum up the measured strength of each of the optical signals of the plurality of channels, and control the operation of the display apparatus based on the summed up strength of each of the optical signals.
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A method for controlling a display apparatus comprising an optical communication interface configured to communicate with an electronic device through an optical cable, the method comprising:
- receiving an optical signal including at least one signal among an image signal and a sound signal from the electronic device;
- measuring a strength of the received optical signal;
- and
- controlling an operation of the display apparatus related to a state of the optical cable based on the measured strength of the optical signal,
- wherein the controlling comprises:
- based on the measured strength of the optical signal being smaller than a first threshold value, transmitting a control signal for increasing a strength of transmission of the optical signal of the electronic device to the electronic device, and
- based on the strength of the optical signal measured after transmitting the control signal to the electronic device being identical to the strength of the optical signal measured before transmitting the control signal to the electronic device, determining that the optical cable is defective.
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A method for controlling a display apparatus comprising an optical communication interface configured to communicate with an electronic device through an optical cable, the method comprising:
- receiving an optical signal including at least one signal among an image signal and a sound signal from the electronic device;
- measuring a strength of the received optical signal;
- and
- controlling an operation of the display apparatus related to a state of the optical cable based on the measured strength of the optical signal,
- wherein the optical communication interface includes a plurality of channels, and
- wherein the measuring comprises:
- measuring a strength of each of optical signals of the plurality of channels, and summing up the measured strength of each of the optical signals of the plurality of channels, and
- wherein the controlling comprises:
- controlling the operation of the display apparatus based on the summed up strength of each of the optical signals.
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A display system comprising:
- an electronic device which converts at least one signal among an image signal and a sound signal into an optical signal, and transmits the converted optical signal to a display apparatus through an optical cable;
- and
- a display apparatus which, based on receiving the converted optical signal from the electronic device through the optical cable, converts the received optical signal and outputs at least one signal among the image signal and the sound signal,
- wherein the display apparatus is configured to:
- based on receiving the optical signal, measure a strength of the received optical signal, and perform an operation related to a state of the optical cable based on the measured strength of the optical signal, and
- wherein the display apparatus is further configured to:
- based on the measured strength of the optical signal being smaller than a first threshold value, transmit a control signal for increasing a strength of transmission of the optical signal of the electronic device to the electronic device, and
- based on the strength of the optical signal measured after transmitting the control signal to the electronic device being identical to the strength of the optical signal measured before transmitting the control signal to the electronic device, determine that the optical cable is defective.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.