KR101868031B1 - Display apparatus and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A display device according to the present invention includes a display unit for displaying an image of content, a storage unit for storing information on the content, a UI generating unit for generating a UI on the content, 1 content is executed, control is performed so as to terminate the execution of the first content being executed and to store the information on the finished first content in the storage unit, And controlling the UI generating unit to display the UI associated with the UI on the display unit.
Accordingly, when the user wants to utilize various contents through the display device, it is possible to easily access the desired contents.

Description

[0001] DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a display device and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a display device and a control method thereof capable of providing various kinds of contents.

In the conventional TV, a broadcasting channel is selected and a broadcasting signal transmitted from a broadcasting station is received by wire or wireless. However, in response to a request of a user who wants to utilize various contents, Multimedia playback of external video sources, execution of applications such as games / music, and Internet browsing.

In order to access a content desired by a user, the user must enter a specific application that provides the content. Even if the TV has such a function, only one piece of content can be executed due to hardware constraints etc. .

Therefore, when the user executes another content while executing the specific content, it is inconvenient to return to the previously executed content.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an environment in which a user can easily access a desired content in a display device such as a TV.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a display apparatus including: a display unit displaying an image of contents; A storage unit for storing information on the content; A UI generation unit for generating a UI related to the content; Wherein when the first content is executed and the second content different from the first content is executed during execution of the first content, execution of the first content being executed is terminated, information on the finished first content is stored in the storage unit, And a controller for controlling the UI generator to display a UI for the first content that has been terminated on the display unit.

Here, the controller may execute the first content when the UI for the finished first content is selected according to the input of the user.

Here, the controller may resume execution of the first content at the end of the first content.

Here, when the third content different from the first content and the second content is executed during the execution of the second content, the control unit displays the UI for the first content and the UI for the second content together .

Here, the control unit may classify at least one content that has finished execution according to a category, and display a UI for each of the categories on the display unit.

Here, the control unit may control the display unit to display a UI for each of at least one content that has been executed.

Here, the respective UIs may be displayed in the order in which they were last terminated.

Here, the respective UIs may be displayed in order according to the frequency of execution.

Here, the UI may be displayed in the form of a thumbnail corresponding to a screen at the time of termination of execution of the finished first content.

The above objects are also achieved by a display apparatus comprising: a display unit displaying an image of contents; A storage unit for storing information on the content; A UI generation unit for generating a UI related to the content; When the execution of the content is completed, stores information about the finished content in the storage unit, and classifies the finished content according to the category, and controls the display unit to display a UI for each of the categories The display device may be a display device.

Here, the control unit may terminate the execution of the first content when the second content different from the first content is executed during the execution of the first content.

Here, if the UI related to the category is selected according to the input of the user, the control unit can execute the most recently finished content among the contents included in the category.

Here, if the UI related to the category is selected according to the input of the user, the control unit may execute the content having the highest frequency of execution among the contents included in the category.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a display device, the method comprising: executing content and displaying an image including the content; Executing a second content different from the first content in execution according to a user's input; Ending execution of the first content; Storing information about the finished first content; And generating and displaying a UI for the finished first content.

Here, if the UI for the finished first content is selected according to the input of the user, the first content may be executed.

Here, the execution of the first content may be resumed at the end of the first content.

Here, when executing the third content different from the first content and the second content during execution of the second content, the UI for the first content and the UI for the second content may be displayed together.

Classifying at least one content that has been executed according to a category; And displaying a UI for each of the categories.

Here, the displaying may display a UI for each of the at least one content that has been executed.

Here, the respective UIs may be displayed in the order in which they were last terminated.

Here, the respective UIs may be displayed in order according to the frequency of execution.

Here, the UI may be displayed in the form of a thumbnail corresponding to a screen at the time of termination of execution of the finished first content.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a display device, the method comprising: executing content and displaying an image including the content; Ending the execution of the content being executed according to the input of the user; Storing information on the terminated content; And displaying the UI for each of the categories by classifying the finished content according to the category.

Here, if the second content different from the first content is executed during the execution of the first content, execution of the first content can be terminated.

Here, if the UI related to the category is selected according to the input of the user, the most recently finished content among the contents included in the category can be executed.

Here, if the UI relating to the category is selected according to the input of the user, the content having the highest frequency of execution among the contents included in the category can be executed.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a display device and a control method thereof for allowing a user to easily access desired contents when a user intends to utilize various contents through a display device.

1 is a control block diagram of a display apparatus according to the present invention.
2 shows a screen in which a plurality of UIs are displayed according to categories.
Fig. 3 relates to a screen displayed in accordance with the order in which a plurality of UIs have been recently terminated or the frequency of execution.
4 is a first control flowchart of a display apparatus according to the present invention.
5 is a second control flowchart of a display apparatus according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. The present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and the same or similar components are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the specification.

Hereinafter, a display device 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

1 is a control block diagram of a display apparatus 100 according to the present invention.

The display device 100 includes a display unit 110, a storage unit 120, a UI generation unit 130, and a control unit 140. The display device 100 includes various contents And the like.

The display unit 110 displays an image of the content to be executed. In addition to the broadcast channel, the display unit 110 may display images of various types of content executed by the display device 100, and may display a content bar including a plurality of UIs to be described later. The display unit 110 includes a display panel (not shown) such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a plasma display panel (PDP), and a panel driver (not shown) And is not limited by the detailed implementation.

The storage unit 120 stores information about the content under the control of the control unit 140, which will be described later. The storage unit 120 may store information related to the first content when executing the second content during execution of the first content, and the stored information may include at least one of a type of the first content, an interrupted playback time, And the like. The storage unit 120 may be provided as a storage device having a non-volatile memory such as a hard disk drive (HDD) in the display device 100.

The UI generating unit 130 generates a UI related to the content. In particular, the UI generating unit 130 may generate a UI related to the first content that has been executed and display the generated UI on the display unit 110. The UI displayed on the display unit 110 may include a plurality of UIs corresponding to each of the first contents, and a plurality of UIs corresponding to the respective categories may be displayed by classifying the contents into categories.

At this time, the plurality of UIs can be displayed in the form of a thumbnail corresponding to the screen at the time of termination of the execution of the first contents, and accordingly, the user can design the layout of the entire screen displayed at the end of execution of the contents corresponding to each UI (layout) can easily be confirmed.

The control unit 140 performs overall operation control of the display device 100 constituting the present invention. The control unit 140 includes a nonvolatile memory such as a ROM, a flash memory, etc. in which a control program and a control program are stored, a volatile memory such as RAM in which at least a part of the stored control program is loaded, And a microprocessor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MCU (Micro Control Unit), or the like.

The control unit 140 displays a key input unit (not shown) or a remote control device (not shown) provided on the front of the display device 100 to input a user's request to execute the second content different from the first content during the execution of the first content The first content can be executed and the first content that is being executed can be terminated. Accordingly, only one piece of content can be executed at the same time.

When the execution of the first content is terminated, the control unit 140 controls the storage unit 120 to store information about the finished first content. As described above, the information stored in the storage unit 120 may include the type of the first content, the stopped playback time, the screen at the time of the interruption, and the like.

In addition, when the execution of the first content is terminated, the controller 140 may control the UI generator 130 to generate the UI related to the finished first content and display the UI on the display unit 110. The UI related to the first content can be displayed in the form of a thumbnail corresponding to the screen at the end of the execution of the first content, and the information such as the type and title of the content can be displayed together.

The controller 140 may control the UI for the first content and the UI for the second content to be displayed together when the third content different from the first content and the second content is executed during execution of the second content. Accordingly, the history of the content executed through the display device 100 can be easily confirmed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the UI for each of the finished contents is displayed in the content bar 300, and each of the UIs can be displayed in the order in which they have been recently terminated. That is, UIs such as channel 7 310, channel 8 320, game A 330, DVD 340 connected by HDMI, channel 12 350 are displayed in the order of the most recently finished contents .

The user can easily select the UI corresponding to each content through the key input unit or the remote control device and easily execute the respective contents. Also, the display device 100 according to the present invention can display the content Button, it is possible to immediately execute the most recently executed content (channel 7 in Fig. 3) accordingly. Accordingly, the previously executed content can be easily selected and executed in addition to the currently executed content, thereby providing convenience to the user.

In another embodiment, the control unit 140 can control to display a plurality of UIs in order according to the frequency of execution. That is, a plurality of UIs corresponding to respective contents may be displayed in the content bar 300 as shown in FIG.

When the user selects a specific UI among the plurality of UIs through the key input unit or the remote control device, the control unit 140 controls the content corresponding to the selected specific UI according to the input of the user. At this time, Execution can be resumed at the end of the content. Accordingly, when the user re-executes the previously used content after switching the content, it can resume the portion that was executed at the time of termination, thereby providing convenience to the user. In particular, The content can be freely switched.

Hereinafter, a display device 100 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described, and description of the same features as those of the first embodiment described above will be omitted.

The control unit 140 classifies the content according to the category based on the use history of the user's content. The use history corresponds to a list of contents that have been executed through the display apparatus 100. [ The control unit 140 controls the display unit 110 to display the UI for each of the classified categories.

As shown in FIG. 2, a UI corresponding to each category may be included in the content bar 200 and displayed. That is, UIs classified into respective categories such as recently viewed channel 210, recently connected Allshare 220, recently used application 230, recently searched Web site 240, recently connected image source 250, May be displayed. For example, a broadcast channel displays the last tuned channel based on channel tuning by a tuner, a last playback position in the case of multimedia through Allshare, and a web site displays the last playback position in the history list of the web browser Displays recently searched sites.

As shown in the figure, the category name of the content, the thumbnail of the screen at the time of termination, and the detailed name of the content can be displayed together. If the user selects a specific UI, Alternatively, it may execute the content having the highest frequency of execution among the contents included in the category.

4 is a first control flowchart of the display apparatus 100 according to the present invention.

The display device 100 according to the present invention can be utilized as various contents other than broadcasting viewing. The display device 100 executes the content and displays an image including the content (S110). When receiving an input to execute the second content different from the first content being executed by the user at step S120, the display device 100 executes the second content according to the input of the user and displays the second content at step 130, The execution of the first content is terminated (140). Thus, only one piece of content can be executed at the same time.

When the execution of the first content is terminated, the display apparatus 100 stores the information on the finished first content (S150). At this time, the information to be stored may be the type of the first content, the playback time that has been discontinued, the screen at the time of the interruption, and the like, and this information may be stored in the display device 100 in a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk drive And the like.

The display device 100 generates UI for the finished first content and displays it (S160). In this case, the displayed UI may include a plurality of UIs corresponding to each of the finished first contents, and each of the plurality of UIs may be displayed in the form of a thumbnail corresponding to the screen at the time of termination of execution of the first content And information such as the type of content and title can be displayed together.

When the first content and the third content different from the second content are executed during execution of the second content, the display device 100 may display the UI for the first content and the UI for the second content together. Accordingly, the history of the content executed through the display device 100 can be easily confirmed.

Each UI can be displayed in order according to the recently terminated order or frequency of execution, as described with reference to FIG.

The user can select a specific UI among the plurality of displayed UIs to execute the content corresponding to the selected specific UI. At this time, the display device 100 can resume execution of the content at the end of the selected content. Accordingly, when the user re-executes the previously used content after switching the content, it can resume the portion that was executed at the time of termination, thereby providing convenience to the user. In particular, The content can be freely switched.

5 is a second control flow diagram of the display device 100 according to the present invention.

The display device 100 executes the content and displays an image including the content (S210). The display device 100 classifies the content according to the category based on the content usage history of the user (S120). The use history corresponds to a list of contents that have been executed through the display apparatus 100. [

The display device 100 displays the UI for each classified category (S130). An example in which the UI is displayed is described with reference to FIG.

When a UI relating to a specific category is selected according to the input of the user, the most recently finished content among the contents included in the selected category can be executed. As another example, the content having the highest frequency of execution among the contents included in the selected category may be executed.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, . Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

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Claims (12)

In the display device,
A display unit for displaying contents;
A receiver for receiving broadcast content of a broadcast channel;
A first interface capable of receiving file content from an image source;
A second interface capable of receiving an application from a web site;
A storage unit for storing information on the content; And
A program for causing a computer to execute a plurality of contents including a broadcast channel, a file, or an application, displaying the plurality of executed contents on the display unit, storing information about the executed plurality of contents in the storage unit, Displays a UI including a plurality of content items corresponding to the plurality of executed contents on the basis of the broadcast contents received from the receiver, the file contents received from the image source, and the application received from the website And a control unit for controlling the display unit to display the corresponding UI in the UI of the same area,
Wherein the plurality of content items provide information of the plurality of contents which are different contents,
Wherein the UI is classified into a recently viewed broadcast channel, a recently executed file, and an executed application. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit executes content by using an application corresponding to the selected content item when any one of the plurality of content items is selected according to a user's input. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the control unit stores the end time of the content in the storage unit and resumes execution of the content from the end time of the content when the user selects the content item. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein each of the content items is displayed in the order of execution of the content corresponding to each content item. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein each content item is displayed in order according to the frequency of execution of the content corresponding to each content item. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein each of the content items includes a thumbnail image corresponding to a screen at the end of execution of the content corresponding to each of the content items. A method of controlling a display device,
Executing a plurality of contents including a broadcast channel, a file or an application and displaying the plurality of executed contents on a display unit;
Storing information on the plurality of executed contents in a storage unit;
Displaying a UI including a plurality of content items corresponding to the plurality of executed contents based on the stored information;
Displaying the UI content corresponding to the application received from the web site and the broadcast content received through the receiver, the file content received from the image source, in the UI of the same area,
Wherein the plurality of content items provide information of the plurality of contents which are different contents,
Wherein the UI is classified into a recently viewed broadcast channel, a recently executed file, and a recently executed application. 8. The method of claim 7,
Further comprising executing the content using an application corresponding to the selected content item when any one of the plurality of content items is selected according to a user's input. 9. The method of claim 8,
Storing the end time of the content when the content is terminated during execution; And
And resuming execution of the content from the end time of the content when the user selects the content item. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein each content item is displayed in the order of execution of the content corresponding to each content item. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein each content item is displayed in order according to the frequency of execution of the content corresponding to each content item. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein each of the content items includes a thumbnail image corresponding to a screen at the end of execution of the content corresponding to each of the content items.

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