Display apparatus and method of displaying content
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHan-jin Park, Su-min Kim, Seock-young Shim, Ji-eun Lee, Sung-min Lim
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Abstract
Provided are a rotatable display device and a method of displaying content using the same. The display device includes a display; and a controller configured to control the display to display first video content based on a first source, sense pivoting of the display while the first video content is displayed, and control the display, in response to the pivoting, to display second video content based on at least one second source different from the first source, the second video content being different from the first video content.
Claims14
A display device comprising:
- a display;
- a communicator configured to communicate with an external device;
- a rotating unit configured to pivot the display such that the display is rotated from a first mode to a second mode or from the second mode to the first mode according to an user input signal to pivot the display being received;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive the user input signal to pivot the display from the external device via the communicator,
- control the display to display first video content provided by a first source based on the display being in the first mode, and
- control the display to display second video content provided by a second source different from the first source based on the display being in the second mode according to the user input signal to pivot the display,
- wherein the second video content is different from the first video content,
- wherein the rotating unit comprises a motor to pivot the display device according to the user input signal to pivot the display,
- wherein the first source is a broadcast signal received through a tuner, and
- wherein the second source is a signal from a mobile device, and the second video content is provided by the mobile device.
A method of displaying content on a display device, the method comprising:
- displaying first video content provided by a first source in a first mode;
- receiving, from an external device that communicates with the display device, an user input signal for a motor included in the display device to pivot a display such that the display is rotated from the first mode to a second mode;
- and
- displaying second video content provided by a second source different from the first source, the second video content being different from the first video content, based on the display being in the second mode according to the user input signal to pivot the display,
- wherein the first source is a broadcast signal received through a tuner, and
- wherein the second source is a signal from a mobile device, and the second video content is provided by the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.