KR101405943B1 - Display device and method for display information in thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a display device and a method of displaying information.

According to the present invention, an image provided by each of a plurality of image providing apparatuses connected to a display apparatus is displayed on one screen, so that it is possible to easily know what image the user is currently providing the image providing apparatuses.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a display device,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a display device, and more particularly, to a display device for displaying information on the image providing devices in a display device connected to a plurality of image providing devices and an information display method thereof.

2. Description of the Related Art As the functions of display devices such as a plasma display panel (PDP), a liquid crystal display (LCD), a projection TV, and a projector are improved, The number of types of image providing apparatuses that provide video images has been diversified.

That is, current display devices include a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a digital visual interface (DVI), a red green blue (RGB), a super video (S-Video) S-Video '), component video, composite video, and the like, and is connected to external video providing devices through the connection terminals.

That is, the HDMI terminal and the DVI terminal are connected to an external image providing apparatus such as a home theater, a DVD, and a broadcast receiving apparatus, the RGB terminal is connected to a computer and a broadcast receiving apparatus, And the S-Video terminal is connected to a video computer, and the composite video terminal is connected to a video providing device such as a video, a DVD, a broadcast receiving device, a home theater, or the like.

As described above, when a plurality of image providing apparatuses are connected to the display apparatus, the user is inconvenient to visually recognize which image providing apparatuses are currently connected to the display apparatus.

In addition, when a plurality of image providing devices are connected to the display device, a user has to inconveniently view images by driving each image providing device to know which image the connected image providing devices are currently providing .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a display device and an information display method for displaying an image provided by a plurality of image providing devices connected to a display device on a single screen.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a display device for displaying information indicating connection positions of a plurality of image providing devices connected to a display device, and an information display method thereof.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device including: a connection unit for connection between a plurality of image providing devices and a main body; A controller for extracting an image provided by each of the image providing apparatuses and combining the extracted images; And a display unit for displaying the synthesized image.

In this case, the control unit extracts and synthesizes each moving image or still image from the images.

The controller may further extract and synthesize respective file format information from the images.

In addition, the control unit synthesizes the extracted images so as to be displayed on one screen.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of displaying information on a display device, comprising: connecting a plurality of image providing devices to a main body; Extracting an image provided by each of the image providing apparatuses; Synthesizing each of the extracted images; And displaying the synthesized image.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display apparatus comprising: a connection unit for connection between a plurality of image providing apparatuses and a main body; A control unit for determining a connection position of each of the image providing apparatuses connected to the main body; And a display unit for displaying information indicating a connection position of each of the image providing apparatuses.

In this case, the connection unit includes a plurality of connection terminals for connection between the image providing apparatuses and the main body, and the control unit recognizes the names of the connection terminals connected to the image providing apparatuses.

The connection terminal may include at least one of a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), a Digital Visual Interface (DVI), a Red Green Blue (RGB), a Super Video (S-Video) .

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of displaying information on a display device connected between a plurality of image providing apparatuses and a main body, the method comprising the steps of: determining respective connection positions of image providing apparatuses connected to the main body; And displaying information indicating a connection position of each of the identified image providing apparatuses.

The display device and the information display method thereof according to the present invention can easily display the images provided by the image providing devices by the user by displaying the images provided by the plurality of image providing devices connected to the display device on one screen There is an effect that can be known.

In addition, by displaying information indicating connection positions of a plurality of image providing apparatuses connected to the display apparatus, it is possible to easily know which image providing apparatuses are connected to the display apparatus.

The display device described in this specification can be applied to both a plasma display panel (PDP), a liquid crystal display (LCD), a projection TV, and a device for displaying an image on a screen of a projector .

In addition, the image providing apparatus described in the present specification may include a home theater, an optical disc reproducing apparatus, a DVD reproducing apparatus, a broadcast receiving apparatus, a video reproducing apparatus, a notebook computer, a computer, a game machine, a digital camera, , A PMP, an external hard disk, or the like, and may be connected to the display device to provide an image to the display device.

In addition, the connection terminal described in the present specification may include a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) terminal, a digital visual interface (DVI), a red green blue (RGB) And a composite video terminal such as an S-Video (Super Video) terminal, a component video terminal, and a composite video terminal. The main body and the image providing apparatus are connected to each other, All interfaces capable of transmitting and receiving signals can be included.

Hereinafter, a display apparatus and information display method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a schematic block diagram showing a display device according to the present invention.

1, a display device 100 according to the present invention includes an input unit 110, a connection unit 120, a storage unit 130, an audio output unit 140, a display unit 150, And a control unit 160.

Of course, the display device 100 according to the present invention may be configured to include other components than those described above, but other than the above-described components are not directly related to the present invention, A detailed description thereof will be omitted below for clarity.

On the other hand, it should be noted that when the components are implemented in a practical application, two or more components may be integrated into one component as needed, or one component may be divided into two or more components.

Hereinafter, the components of the display device 100 according to the present invention will be described in order.

The input unit 110 generates a signal corresponding to a key input by the user for controlling the operation of the display device 100. [

Also, the input unit 110 may include a remote controller (remote controller) having key buttons for controlling the operation of the display device 100.

The input unit 110 may be configured as a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, a touch screen, or the like. Particularly, when the touch pad has a mutual layer structure with the display unit 150 described later, it can be called a touch screen.

The connection unit 120 is an interface for physically, electrically, and signaling connection between the display apparatus 100 and the external image providing apparatuses. The interface unit 120 includes an HDMI 121, a DVI 122, A RGB 123, an S-Video 124, a component video 125, and a composite video 126 are provided.

Of course, the types of connection terminals according to the present invention are not limited to those described above, and the terminals for physically, electrically, and signal connection between the display device 100 and the image providing devices may all be included.

The HDMI terminal 121 and the DVI terminal 122 may be connected to an external image providing apparatus such as a home theater, a DVD, or a broadcast receiving apparatus. In addition, the RGB terminal 123 may be connected to a computer and a broadcast receiver, and the component video terminal 125 may be connected to a DVD, a digital broadcast receiver (set-top box), and a home theater. In addition, the S-Video terminal 124 may be connected to a video or computer, and the composite video terminal 126 may be connected to an image providing apparatus such as a video, a DVD, a broadcasting receiver, or a home theater.

At this time, the broadcast receiving apparatus or the home theater may be included in the display apparatus 100 according to the present invention.

Also, the broadcast receiving apparatus may be a terrestrial broadcast signal, a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) -trarestrial (DMB-S), a media forward link only (MediaFLO), a digital video broadcast- ), And ISDB-T (Integrated Services Digital Broadcast-Terrestrial).

The storage unit 130 may store a program for processing and control of the controller 160 or may perform a function for temporarily storing input / output data.

The storage unit 130 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory) A RAM, and a ROM.

The audio output unit 140 outputs an audio signal included in an image provided by the image providing apparatuses connected through the connection unit 120 or an audio signal stored in the storage unit 130 through the speaker in an audible sound state.

The display unit 150 displays information processed by the display device 100 and images provided by the image providing devices connected through the connection unit 120. [

Meanwhile, as described above, when the display unit 150 and the touch pad have a mutual layer structure to constitute a touch screen, the display unit 150 can be used as an input device in addition to the output device.

The display unit 150 may be a plasma display panel, a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display A flexible display, and a three-dimensional display.

The control unit 160 separates the video signal, the audio signal, and the text signal from the video provided by the video providing apparatuses connected through the connection unit 120, and decodes the separated video signal, audio signal, and text signal.

Thereafter, the controller 160 displays the decoded video signal and the text signal through the display unit 150, and outputs the decoded audio signal through the audio output unit 140.

In addition, the controller 160 controls the overall operation of the display apparatus 100 according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, an operation process of the controller 160 for displaying information of an image provided by the external image providing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

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FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of the information display process of the display apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a first embodiment of a display method of a display apparatus according to the present invention.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of image providing devices are connected to the connection unit 120 of the display device 100, and each image provided by the image providing devices is displayed on one screen, So that the user can easily know what images the image providing apparatuses are currently providing.

3 and 4, the control unit 160 of the display device 100 is operated in a standby state (S301), and the image providing devices connected to the connection unit 120 from the user through the input unit 110 In operation S302, a key signal 410 for searching for an image to be provided is input, and the images provided by the image providing apparatuses are extracted from the image providing apparatuses in operation S303.

At this time, the control unit 160 can extract each moving image or still image from the images of the image providing apparatuses, and extract the respective file format information from the images of the image providing apparatuses.

Thereafter, the control unit 160 synthesizes the extracted images to be displayed on one screen of the display unit 150 (S304), and displays the synthesized images on the display unit 150 (S305).

Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to Table 1 and FIG.

Table 1 is a table showing the types of external image providing apparatuses connected to the connection terminals of the connection unit 120.

Connection terminal type Whether to connect Types of external video devices HDMI O Broadcast receiving apparatus DVI O DVD playback device RGB O laptop S-Video O Video playback device Component Video X - Composite Video X -

4, the controller 160 controls the HDMI terminal 121, the DVI terminal 122, the RGB terminal 123, and the S-Video terminal 124 to broadcast reception The DVI terminal 122, the RGB terminal 123 and the S-Video terminal 124 are connected to each other through the HDMI terminal 121, the DVI terminal 122, the RGB terminal 123, and the S-Video terminal 124, Extracts images provided from the broadcast receiving apparatus, the DVD reproducing apparatus, the notebook computer, and the video reproducing apparatus, respectively.

4, the control unit 160 synthesizes the extracted images so that the extracted images are displayed on one screen of the display unit 150. FIG.

When the synthesized image is displayed on the display unit 150, the control unit 160 may display the synthesized image so that the user does not disturb the image being displayed Can be displayed in the remaining space of the displayed image.

In addition, the control unit 160 may display the synthesized image in a pop-up form on the already-displayed image, or may display the synthesized image in a transparent manner so that the user is not disturbed by the already-displayed image.

≪ Embodiment 2 >

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a second embodiment of the information display process of the display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of a second embodiment of the information display process of the display device according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, in a second embodiment of the present invention, information indicating a connection position of a plurality of image providing apparatuses connected to the connection unit 120 of the display apparatus 100 is displayed on one screen, So that it is easy to know which image providing devices are connected.

5, the control unit 160 of the display device 100 is operated in a standby state (S501). The control unit 160 of the display device 100 displays an image, which is connected to the connection unit 120 from a user through the input unit 110, When a key signal 610 for searching for the connection position of the providing apparatuses (broadcasting receiving apparatus, DVD reproducing apparatus, notebook, video reproducing apparatus) is input (S502), the connection terminals 121 and 122 122, 123 and 124 connected to the image providing apparatuses (the broadcast receiving apparatus, the DVD reproducing apparatus, the notebook, and the video reproducing apparatus) among the connection terminals 123, 124, 125 and 126 S503).

6, the control unit 160 controls the name of the image providing apparatuses (broadcasting receiving apparatus, DVD reproducing apparatus, notebook, video reproducing apparatus) and the recognized connection terminals 121, 122, 123 , 124) on the display unit 150 (S504).

≪ Third Embodiment >

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a third embodiment of the information display process of the display apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to Table 1 and FIG. 7, the controller 160 controls the operation of the image providing apparatuses (the broadcast receiving apparatus, the DVD reproducing apparatus, the notebook computer, and the notebook computer) connected to the display apparatus 100, as in the first and second embodiments, And displays the synthesized images on a screen of the display unit 150. The display unit 150 displays the synthesized images.

The control unit 160 may display the names of the connection terminals 121, 122, 123 and 124 connected to the image providing apparatuses (broadcasting receiving apparatus, DVD reproducing apparatus, notebook, video reproducing apparatus) And identifies the names of the image providing apparatuses (broadcast receiving apparatus, DVD reproducing apparatus, notebook, video reproducing apparatus) and the identified connection terminals 121, 122, 123 and 124 as the synthesized image You can display more on the displayed screen.

As described above, by displaying together the images provided by the broadcast providing apparatuses connected to the display apparatus 100 and the names of the connection terminals to which the broadcast providing apparatuses are connected, And it is easy to see which connection terminals are connected.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. For example, it would be very easy for those skilled in the art to use the above-described embodiments in combination with each other. Accordingly, the above description should not be construed in a limiting sense in all respects and should be considered illustrative. The scope of the present invention should be determined by rational interpretation of the appended claims, and all changes within the scope of equivalents of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.

1 is a schematic block diagram showing a display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing connection terminals of a connection portion according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of the information display process of the display apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a first embodiment of a display method of a display apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a second embodiment of the information display process of the display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of a second embodiment of the information display process of the display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a third embodiment of the information display process of the display apparatus according to the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART [0002]

100: display device 110: input part

120: connection part 130: storage part

140: Acoustic output unit 150: Display unit

160:

Claims (14)

(HDMI), a DVI (Digital Visual Interface), a RGB (Red Green Blue), an S-Video (Super Video), a Component Video, and a Composite Video for connection between a plurality of video providing apparatuses and a main body A connection portion providing a plurality of connection terminals including at least one; A controller for detecting a connection position of each of the image providing apparatuses connected to the main body, extracting images provided by the image providing apparatuses, and synthesizing the extracted images; And And a display unit displaying the synthesized image together with connection information to which each of the sensed image providing apparatuses is connected. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the control unit extracts and combines each moving image or still image from the images. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the control unit further extracts and synthesizes respective file format information from the images. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the control unit synthesizes the extracted images so as to be displayed on one screen. A plurality of image providing apparatuses may be connected to a plurality of connections including at least one of a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), a Digital Visual Interface (DVI), a Red Green Blue (RGB) Detecting a connection position of each of the image providing apparatuses connected to the main body and extracting an image provided by each of the image providing apparatuses when the connection unit is connected to the terminal providing the terminal; Synthesizing the extracted images; And And displaying the synthesized image together with connection information to which each of the sensed image providing apparatuses is connected. 6. The method of claim 5, Wherein the extracting step extracts each moving image or still image from the images. The method according to claim 6, And further extracting respective file format information from the images. 6. The method of claim 5, Wherein the synthesizing step combines each of the extracted images so as to be displayed on one screen. The display device of claim 1, wherein the connection information includes a name of each of the image providing apparatuses and a connection terminal name to which the image providing apparatus is connected. 6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the connection information includes a name of each of the image providing devices and a connection terminal name to which the image providing device is connected. delete delete delete delete

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