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US RE48,782 E1Granted
Multimedia device having flexible display and controlling method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJunghoon Park, Dongwon Choi, Namhun Kim, Sunjung Hwang
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Abstract
Disclosed are a multimedia device including a flexible display and controlling method thereof. The present invention includes a guide bar, a flexible display configured to be rolled up on an outer circumference of the guide bar, the flexible display having a first region rolled up on the outer circumference of the guide bar and a second region not rolled up on the outer circumference of the guide bar, a receiving unit configured to receive a content and metadata corresponding to the content from a source device, and a control unit adjusting a vertical width of the second region of the flexible display in accordance with a preset condition.
Claims31
A multimedia device comprising:
- a guide bar;
- a flexible display configured to be rolled up on an outer circumference of the guide bar, the flexible display having a first region rolled up on the outer circumference of the guide bar and a second region not rolled up on the outer circumference of the guide bar;
- a receiver configured to receive a content and metadata corresponding to the content from a source device;
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- a control unit adjusting configured to adjust a vertical width of the second region of the flexible display in accordance with a preset condition,
- wherein the control unit extracts is configured to extract an aspect ratio information from the received metadata and determines determine the vertical width of the second region of the flexible display in accordance with the extracted aspect ratio information,
- wherein the multimedia device is configured to:
- display video data in the received content on a first partitioned region of the second region, and display caption data on a second partitioned region of the second region if the caption data is included in the received metadata, and
- display, in a standby mode, information received from another indoor home device, a portable device or a mobile device on the second partitioned region of the second region, and
- wherein the second partitioned region of the second region is not rolled up on the outer circumference of the guide bar in the standby mode, and the vertical width of the second region is minimized made smaller in the standby mode such that only the second partitioned region of the second region is not rolled up on the outer circumference of the guide bar.
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A method of controlling a multimedia device, which includes a control unit, a guide bar and a flexible display configured to be rolled up on an outer circumference of the guide bar, the method comprising:
- receiving a content and metadata corresponding to the content from a source device;
- extracting, via the control unit, an aspect ratio information from the received metadata;
- determining, via the control unit, a vertical width of a region in the flexible display not rolled up on the outer circumstance circumference of the guide bar in accordance with the extracted aspect ratio information;
- adjusting an extent of the flexible display rolled up on the outer circumference of the flexible display guide bar in accordance with the extracted aspect ratio information;
- displaying video data in the received content on a first partitioned region of the region in the flexible display, and displaying caption data on a second partitioned region of the region in the flexible display not rolled up on the outer circumstance circumference of the guide bar if the caption data is included in the received metadata;
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- displaying, in a standby mode, information received from another indoor home device, a portable device, or a mobile device on the second partitioned region of the region in the flexible display not rolled up on the outer circumstance circumference of the guide bar,
- wherein the second partitioned region is not rolled up on the outer circumference of the guide bar in the standby mode, and the region in the flexible display not rolled up on the outer circumstance of the guide bar is minimized in the standby mode vertical width of the region of the flexible display not rolled up on the outer circumference of the guide bar is made smaller in the standby mode such that only the second partitioned region of the region is not rolled up on the outer circumference of the guide bar.
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A method of controlling a multimedia device, which includes a control unit, a guide bar and a flexible display configured to be rolled up on an outer circumference of the guide bar, the method comprising:
- receiving a content and metadata corresponding to the content from a source device;
- receiving a command signal for selecting an aspect ratio of a screen in the flexible display;
- extracting, via the control unit, an aspect ratio information from the received metadata;
- determining, via the control unit, a vertical width of a region in the flexible display not rolled up on the outer circumstance circumference of the guide bar in accordance with the extracted aspect ratio information;
- adjusting an extent of the flexible display rolled up on the outer circumference of the flexible display in accordance with the received command signal;
- displaying video data in the received content on a first partitioned region of the region in the flexible display, and displaying caption data on a second partitioned region of the region in the flexible display not rolled up on the outer circumstance circumference of the guide bar if the caption data is included in the received metadata;
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- displaying, in a standby mode, information received from another indoor home device, a portable device, or a mobile device on the second partitioned region of the region in the flexible display not rolled up on the outer circumstance circumference of the guide bar,
- wherein the second partitioned region is not rolled up on the outer circumference of the guide bar in the standby mode, and the region in the flexible display not rolled up on the outer circumstance of the guide bar is minimized in the standby mode vertical width of the region of the flexible display not rolled up on the outer circumference of the guide bar is made smaller in the standby mode such that only the second partitioned region of the region is not rolled up on the outer circumference of the guide bar.
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A digital television comprising:
- a flexible display;
- a sensing unit configured to receive a user command;
- a guide bar supporting the flexible display;
- a motor coupled to the guide bar and configured to roll the flexible display on an outer circumference of the guide bar, the flexible display having a first region rolled on the outer circumference of the guide bar and a second region not rolled on the outer circumference of the guide bar;
- a wireless communication unit configured to pair the digital television with a portable device, a mobile device or at least one indoor home device;
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- a controller configured to:
- in response to a first display mode, extract aspect ratio information from video data to be displayed on the flexible display, adjust a vertical width of the second region to be a first width in accordance with the extracted aspect ratio information, display the video data on a first partitioned region of the second region, and display caption data on a second partitioned region of the second region in correspondence with the displayed video data if the caption data is included with the video data, and
- in response to a second display mode, adjust the vertical width of the second region to be a second width that is smaller than the first width, and display information on the second partitioned region received from the paired portable device, the mobile device or the at least one indoor home device,
- wherein the vertical width of the second region of the flexible display is adjusted to be smaller in the second display mode such that only the second partitioned region of the region is not rolled on the outer circumference of the guide bar.
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A method of controlling a digital television, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a sensing unit of the digital television, a user command;
- pairing, via a wireless communication unit of the digital television, the digital television with a portable device, a mobile device or at least one indoor home device;
- rolling a flexible display of the digital television on an outer circumference of a guide bar via a motor, wherein the flexible display has a first region rolled on the outer circumference of the guide bar and a second region not rolled on the outer circumference of the guide bar;
- in response to a first display mode, extracting, via a controller, aspect ratio information from video data to be displayed on the flexible display, adjusting a vertical width of the second region to be a first width in accordance with the extracted aspect ratio information, displaying the video data on a first partitioned region of the second region, and displaying caption data on a second partitioned region of the second region in correspondence with the displayed video data if the caption data is included with the video data;
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- in response to a second display mode, adjusting the vertical width of the second region to be a second width that is smaller than the first width, and displaying information on the second partitioned region received from the paired portable device, mobile device or the at least one indoor home device,
- wherein the vertical width of the second region of the flexible display is adjusted to be smaller in the second display mode such that only the second partitioned region is not rolled on the outer circumference of the guide bar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.