Display apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJeong-yeon Lee
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of controlling a display apparatus having a user input part to manipulate a user control menu including at least one control item. The method involves displaying the user control menu in a halftone when a user control function is selected via the user input part, and increasing a display tone of the control item by a predetermined level, which is pointed to on the user control menu via the user input part. Thus, the present invention provides a display apparatus and a control method thereof, in which a user can clearly recognize what selection is performed in a halftone user control menu.
Claims20
A method of controlling a display apparatus comprising a user input part to manipulate a user control menu including at least one control item, the method comprising:
- displaying the user control menu in a halftone when a user control function is selected via the user input part;
- and
- increasing a display tone of the control item by a predetermined level, which is pointed to on the user control menu via the user input part.
A display apparatus comprising:
- an OSD generator to generate an OSD signal to display a user control menu including at least one control item in a halftone;
- a user input part to manipulate the user control menu;
- and
- a controller to control the OSD generator to display the user control menu when a user control function is selected via the user input part, and increase a display tone of the control item by a predetermined level, the control item being pointed to by manipulation of the user input part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.