Display apparatus and method of controlling the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorEunjoo Cho
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Abstract
Disclosed is a pivotable display apparatus and method thereof. The display apparatus includes a support body; a display body pivotable on the support body and displaying an image; a pivoting driver; and a processor configured to: control the pivoting driver to pivot the display body; identify whether the display body is obstructed from pivoting; and control the display body to display thereon a user interface (UI), which provides a guide in association with the pivoting of the displaying body, based on whether the display body is obstructed inform the pivoting.
Claims19
A display apparatus comprising:
- a support body;
- a display body pivotable on the support body, the display body being configured to display an image;
- a pivoting driver;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- control the pivoting driver to pivot the display body,
- identify whether the display body is obstructed from pivoting, and
- control the display body to display a user interface (UI), which provides a guide in association with the pivoting of the display body, based on whether the display body is obstructed from the pivoting,
- wherein when a collision is detected during the pivoting the display body,
- in a first operating mode, guide a user by the UI to manually pivot the display body by informing the user of a force applying point to pivot the display body, and
- in a second operating mode, automatically control the pivoting driver of the display apparatus to pivot the display body.
A method of controlling a display apparatus, comprising:
- pivoting a display body on a support body, the display body being configured to display an image;
- identifying whether the display body is obstructed from pivoting;
- and
- controlling the display body to display a user interface (UI), which provides a guide in association with the pivoting of the display body, based on whether the display body is obstructed from the pivoting,
- wherein when a collision is detected during the pivoting of the display body,
- in a first operating mode, guiding a user by the UI to manually pivot the display body by informing the user of a force applying point to pivot the display body, and
- in a second operating mode, automatically controlling a pivoting driver of the display apparatus to pivot the display body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.