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US 9,426,440 B2Granted
Thumbnail image display apparatus and method for operating the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsKinam Kim, Yongki Ahn
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Abstract
An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method includes receiving an input signal, extracting images from the input signal, generating thumbnail images by converting formats of the extracted images, and transmitting at least one of the thumbnail images to a connected external device.
Claims23
A method for operating an image display apparatus, comprising:
- receiving a broadcast signal;
- extracting a plurality of images from the broadcast signal;
- generating a plurality of thumbnail images by converting formats of the extracted images;
- transmitting at least one of the thumbnail images to an external device,
- displaying, on a display of the image display apparatus, a thumbnail list that includes the plurality of thumbnail images;
- and
- displaying, on the display, an icon representing the external device, when the transmitted thumbnail images being stored in the external device, and
- wherein the icon is simultaneously displayed on the display with the thumbnail list that includes the plurality of thumbnail images, and the displayed icon representing the external device is overlaid on a corresponding thumbnail image of the plurality of the thumbnail images displayed on the display,
- wherein displaying the icon representing the external device includes displaying an icon representing a laptop computer.
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An image display apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- a tuner for receiving a broadcast signal;
- a channel browsing processor for extracting images from a received broadcast signal, and for generating a plurality of thumbnail images based on the extracted images;
- a signal input/output unit to interface with an external device;
- and
- a controller for controlling transmission of at least one of the thumbnail images to the external device,
- wherein the controller controls to display, on the display, a thumbnail list that includes the thumbnail images and to display, on the display, an icon representing the external device, when the transmitted thumbnail images being stored in the external device, and
- wherein the icon is simultaneously displayed on the display with the thumbnail list that includes the plurality of thumbnail images, and the displayed icon representing the external image is overlaid on a corresponding thumbnail image of the plurality of the thumbnail images displayed on the display,
- wherein the controller controls to display the icon representing the external device includes the controller controls to display, on the display, an icon representing a laptop computer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.