Method for displaying wallpaper on digital broadcasting reception terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorGun-Su Lee
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Abstract
Provided is a method for displaying a wallpaper that includes setting a broadcast picture display function to display a specific broadcast picture as a wallpaper in response to a user's request; changing a standby mode to a digital broadcasting reception mode at preset time intervals to periodically capture a picture from a digital broadcast delivered on a specific channel if the broadcast picture display function is set; and displaying the captured picture as a wallpaper for the digital broadcasting reception terminal. The digital broadcasting reception terminal can periodically capture a picture from a digital broadcast program currently delivered and display the captured picture as a wallpaper even when the user does not view the digital broadcast program.
Claims16
A wallpaper display method comprising:
- selecting a type of broadcast picture display and setting a broadcast picture display function to display a specific broadcast picture as a wallpaper in response to a user request;
- changing an operation mode from a standby mode to a reception mode when the broadcast picture display function is set;
- capturing a picture from a digital broadcast currently being delivered on a determined channel according to the selected type of broadcast picture display in the reception mode, without outputting a digital broadcast program;
- terminating the reception mode after capturing the picture and changing the operation mode to the standby mode;
- and
- displaying, on a display unit of a terminal, the captured picture as a wallpaper for the terminal in the standby mode,
- wherein capturing the picture from the digital broadcast currently being delivered includes:
- identifying which type of broadcast picture display function has been set;
- and
- capturing the picture from the digital broadcast currently being delivered on the determined channel according to the set type of broadcast picture display function.
A terminal comprising:
- a display unit;
- and
- a control unit configured to:
- select a type of broadcast picture display and set a broadcast picture display function to display a specific broadcast picture as a wallpaper in response to a user request,
- change an operation mode from a standby mode to a reception mode when the broadcast picture display function is set,
- capture a picture from a digital broadcast currently being delivered on a determined channel according to the selected type of broadcast picture display in the reception mode, without outputting a digital broadcast program,
- terminate the reception mode after capturing the picture and change the operation mode to the standby mode,
- control the displaying, on the display unit, the captured picture as a wallpaper for the terminal in the standby mode,
- identify which type of broadcast picture display function has been set, and
- capture the picture from the digital broadcast currently being delivered on the determined channel according to the set type of broadcast picture display function,
- wherein the display of the captured picture as the wallpaper includes displaying information about the captured picture at a specific location on the displayed wallpaper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.