Electronic apparatus and method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJia HA, Seongsoo CHUN, Hoichul JUNG
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Abstract
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus and method thereof. The electronic apparatus comprises a device connector configured to connect with at least one first source device, a signal input/output unit configured to output a signal of the first source device to an intermediation apparatus and a display apparatus, or receive a signal of at least one second source device through the intermediation apparatus, and a processor configured to control the signal of the second source device to be input through the signal input/output unit and control the input signal of the second source device to be output to the display apparatus in response to a user's input through the display apparatus.
Claims20
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a device connector structured to connect with at least one first source device;
- a signal input/output structured to output a signal of the at least one first source device to an intermediation apparatus and a display apparatus, or receive a signal of at least one second source device through the intermediation apparatus;
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- a processor configured to control the signal of the at least one second source device that is received through the intermediation apparatus to be input through the signal input/output and control the input signal of the at least one second source device to be output to the display apparatus in response to an input of a user through the display apparatus.
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- a signal input structured to receive a signal of a first source device connected to an electronic apparatus from the electronic apparatus, or receive a signal of at least one second source device that outputs the signal to an intermediation apparatus;
- a user input structured to receive an input of a user;
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- a processor configured to:
- transmit information of the first source device to the intermediation apparatus,
- receive information of the at least one second source device from the intermediation apparatus,
- control the signal of the at least one second source device that is received through the intermediation apparatus to be input to the signal input through the electronic apparatus in response to the input of the user based on the received information, and control the display to display an image based on the signal of the at least one second source device.
An intermediation apparatus comprising:
- a signal input/output structured to input and output a signal between a plurality of electronic apparatuses and at least one source device, respectively, the plurality of electronic apparatuses being connectable with at least one source device;
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- a processor configured to:
- transmit information of the at least one source device while the at least one source device is connected to a first electronic apparatus, among the plurality of electronic apparatuses, to a second electronic apparatus, and
- control the signal input/output to output a signal of the at least one source device while the at least one source device is connected to the first electronic apparatus, among the plurality of electronic apparatuses, to the second electronic apparatus in response to a request of the second electronic apparatus.
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- a device connector structured to connect with at least one first source device;
- a signal input/output structured to output a signal of the at least one first source device to a different display apparatus, or receive a signal of at least one second source device connected to the different display apparatus through an intermediation apparatus;
- a user input structured to receive an input of a user;
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- a processor configured to:
- transmit information of the at least one first source device to the intermediation apparatus,
- control the signal of the at least one first source device to be output through the signal input/output,
- receive information of the at least one second source device from the intermediation apparatus,
- control the signal of the at least one second source device that is received through the intermediation apparatus to be input through the signal input/output in response to the input of the user based on the received information, and control the display to display an image based on the input signal.
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- a user input structured to receive an input of a user;
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- a signal input/output structured to input and output a signal between a plurality of display apparatuses connectable with at least one first source device;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- transmit information of the at least one first source device, while the at least one first source device is connected to a first display apparatus among the plurality of display apparatuses, to a second display apparatus,
- control the signal input/output to output a signal of the at least one first source device to the second display apparatus in response to a request of the second display apparatus,
- control the signal input/output to receive the signal of the at least one first source device connected to the first display apparatus or second display apparatus in response to the input of the user based on the information of the at least one first source device or the information of a second source device connected to the second display apparatus, and
- control the display to display an image based on the input signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.