Display apparatus and displaying method for changing a cursor based on a user change of manipulation mode
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung-hyuk Kwon, Woo-seok Hwang, Jang-won Seo, Dong-hun Lee, Sang-jin Han, Yong-hwan Kwon
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Abstract
A display apparatus and a displaying method thereof are provided. The displaying method of the display apparatus includes displaying a cursor, changing a manipulation mode of the display apparatus based on an input, and changing the cursor to a highlight or a mode guide icon corresponding to the changed manipulation mode.
Claims14
A displaying method of a display apparatus, the method comprising:
- displaying a cursor and display items;
- changing a manipulation mode of the display apparatus based on an input;
- and
- changing the cursor to a highlight or a mode guide icon corresponding to the changed manipulation mode,
- wherein the changing the cursor further comprises:
- moving the cursor to a display item closest to the cursor among the display items, and changing the cursor to the highlight of the display item, in response to the changed manipulation mode corresponding to a highlight manipulation mode, and
- moving the cursor to a location on a display, and changing the cursor to the mode guide icon corresponding to the changed manipulation mode in response to the changed manipulation mode corresponding to a motion manipulation mode or a voice manipulation mode.
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display configured to display a cursor and display items;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- change a manipulation mode of the display apparatus based on an input;
- and
- control the display to change the cursor to a highlight or a mode guide icon corresponding to the changed manipulation mode,
- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- control the display to move the cursor to a display item closest to the cursor among the display items, and change the cursor to the highlight of the display item, in response to the changed manipulation mode corresponding to a highlight manipulation mode, and
- control the display to move the cursor to a location on the display, and to change the cursor to the mode guide icon corresponding to the changed manipulation mode in response to the changed manipulation mode corresponding to a motion manipulation mode or a voice manipulation mode.
A displaying method of a display apparatus, the method comprising:
- displaying a cursor;
- displaying image content;
- displaying a menu in an area of the display on which the image content is displayed, and deactivating a remaining area of the display, in response to a menu generating input;
- displaying, in the cursor, an icon corresponding to a previous command, in response to an input moving the cursor to the deactivated remaining area;
- and
- removing the menu, and activating the remaining area, in response to a selecting input of the icon.
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display configured to display a cursor;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- display image content;
- display a menu in an area of the display on which the image content is displayed, and deactivate a remaining area of the display, in response to a menu generating input;
- display, in the cursor, an icon corresponding to a previous command, in response to an input moving the cursor to the deactivated remaining area;
- and
- remove the menu, and activate the remaining area, in response to a selecting input of the icon.
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display configured to display an interface element and display items, and to highlight the interface element;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- change an interface mode of the display apparatus based on an input;
- and
- control the display to change the highlight to a cursor or a mode guide icon corresponding to the changed interface mode,
- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- control the display to move the cursor to a display item closest to the cursor among the display items, and change the cursor to the highlight of the interface element, in response to the changed interface mode corresponding to a highlight interface mode, and
- control the display to move the cursor to a location on the display, and to change the cursor to the mode guide icon corresponding to the changed interface mode in response to the changed interface mode corresponding to a motion interface mode or a voice manipulation mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.