US 11,962,934 B2Granted

Display device and control method therefor

AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.

InventorsHyeseung Lee, Sangjin Ahn, Jihe Suk

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Abstract

A method for controlling a display device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: displaying, on a main screen of a display device, content including at least one object; receiving an input for selecting a specific object from the at least one object displayed on the main screen; specifying the specific object by corresponding to the received selection input, expanding a specific area including the specific object; displaying a window including the content displayed on the main screen; displaying the expanded specific area on the main screen; and displaying, within the displayed window, an indicator for displaying the expended specific area, wherein the specific area changes according to a position of the specific object, and the content corresponds to a video.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A display device comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a video signal;
a display configured to display video content corresponding to the received video signal;
and
a controller configured to:
receive a first command from a remote controller of the display device;
cause the display to display a full view of the video content in a reduced size based on receiving the first command, wherein the full view of the video content in the reduced size is centered along a vertical direction and first and second blank areas are respectively displayed above and below the centered full view of the video content in the reduced size, and wherein the full view of the video content is continuously displayed in the reduced size as the video signal is received by the receiver;
receive a second command from the remote controller specifying a specific area of the video content to enlarge;
and
cause the display to display the full view of the video content in the reduced size with the first and second blank areas together with an enlarged view of the specific area so as not to overlap,
wherein the full view of the video content in the reduced size and the enlarged view of the specific area are both continuously displayed as the video signal is received by the receiver.

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Facts

Application: 17/718,894Filed 12 Apr 2022 · continuation
Priority: KR 10-2015-006869818 May 2015
Published: US 2022/0247968 A14 Aug 2022
Granted: 16 Apr 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H04N 5/45
For displaying additional information: picture in picture , e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen
H04N 21/42204
Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]: user interfaces…
H04N 21/4312
Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering: involving specific graphical features,…
H04N 21/4728
End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content…: for…

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PCT/KR2015/008759Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Aug 2015
Application17/186,778Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Feb 2021
US 10,986,302 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 20 Apr 2021
US 2022/0247968 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Aug 2022
US 11,323,651 B2Parent of this continuation
Application15/573,806Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0262708 A1Published application
US 2021/0185269 A1Published application
US 11,962,934 B2This patent

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