Apparatus and method for controlling a display
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsTae Ho Lee, Mun Jun Hur, Jong Pil Park, Kwang Seung Heo, Kyowoong Choo
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a display includes a controller to set a relationship index indicating relationship between selected content, which is selected through an input of a user, of the at least one content, and remaining content of the at least one content, and arrange an output screen of the output device, based on the relationship index, such that content useful to a user as well as content desired by the user is determined and provided, thereby improving the convenience of the user.
Claims12
An apparatus for controlling a display, the apparatus comprising:
- an output device configured to output at least one content;
- and
- a controller configured to set a relationship index indicating a relationship between selected content, which is selected through an input of a user of the at least one content, and remaining content, which is not selected through the input of the user of the at least one content, and arrange an output screen of the output device, based on the relationship index,
- wherein the relationship index is set to increase as a degree that the selected content is related to the remaining content is increased,
- wherein the controller is configured to output the selected content, which is selected through the input of the user, to a main screen, which is set in an entire portion of the output screen,
- wherein the controller is configured to dispose at least one sub-screen at one side of the main screen by splitting a specific region of the main screen, when content having a relationship index of a specific value or more is present, and to output the content having the relationship index of the specific value or more, to the at least one sub-screen,
- wherein the controller is configured to adjust down the relationship index, when the content output to the at least one sub-screen is output-cancelled by the input of the user, and
- wherein the controller is configured to prevent content, which has a relationship index changed to be less than the specific value, from being output to the at least one sub-screen, when the relationship index is consecutively adjusted down to be less than the specific value.
A method for controlling a display, the method comprising:
- setting a relationship index indicating a relationship between selected content, which is selected through an input of a user of at least one content, and remaining content, which is not selected through the input of the user of the at least one content;
- arranging an output screen of an output device, based on the relationship index;
- outputting the selected content, which is selected through the input of the user, to a main screen, which is set in an entire portion of the output screen;
- setting the relationship index to increase as a degree that the selected content is related to the remaining content is increased;
- disposing at least one sub-screen at one side of the main screen by splitting a specific region of the main screen, when content having a relationship index of a specific value or more is present;
- outputting the content having the relationship index of the specific value or more to the at least one sub-screen;
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- adjusting down the relationship index, when the content output to the sub-screen is output-cancelled by the input of the user,
- wherein content, which has a relationship index changed to be less than the specific value, is prevented from being output to the sub-screen, when the relationship index is consecutively adjusted down to be less than the specific value.
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