KR102012703B1 - Display device including a function of cleaning a display and method thereof - Google Patents
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A display apparatus including a screen cleaning function is disclosed. One embodiment includes a signal generator for generating a detection signal for detecting a foreign substance attached to a display, a signal receiver for receiving a recognition signal including information in which the detection signal is modified by the foreign substance, and based on the detection signal and the recognition signal. And a controller for detecting a foreign matter and controlling the signal generator to remove the detected foreign matter.
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Display device including screen cleaning function and method using the device {DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING A FUNCTION OF CLEANING A DISPLAY AND METHOD THEREOF}
With the development of the information society, the role of the display device as a means of information development is very important, and high-performance and large-scale electronic display devices suitable for diversifying information society needs are continuously developed.
The electrical information signal output from the electronic device is converted into an optical information signal that can be recognized by human vision, and the method of displaying the optical information signal as patterned information is a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) and PDP (displayed by light emission). It is largely classified into a light emitting display method such as a Plasma Display Panel and a non-emissive display method such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) displayed by controlling ambient light by reflection, scattering, or interference. Can be.
A display device including a screen cleaning function according to one side includes a display for displaying an image; A signal generator for generating a detection signal for detecting a foreign substance attached to the display; A signal receiver for receiving a recognition signal including information in which the detection signal is modified by the foreign matter; And a controller configured to detect the foreign matter based on the detection signal and the recognition signal and to control the signal generator to remove the foreign matter.
Here, the signal generator may generate a removal signal for removing the foreign matter under the control of the controller.
In this case, the signal generator includes a plurality of signal generating elements, the plurality of signal generating elements are disposed on the display according to a predetermined pattern, and the controller is configured to generate the plurality of signal generating elements based on the predetermined pattern. Can control them.
The controller may generate a plurality of simultaneous operation groups by clustering at least one signal generation element controlled to be operated simultaneously among the plurality of signal generation elements, and generate an operation sequence, an operation time, and The plurality of signal generating elements can be controlled by determining an operating strength.
The control unit may include a comparison unit comparing the detection signal with the recognition signal; And a foreign substance determination unit determining at least one of a kind, a position, and a state of the foreign substance according to the comparison result.
In addition, each of the detection signal and the removal signal may include at least one of an ultrasonic signal or a surface sound wave signal.
The controller may further include a mode determiner configured to determine an operation mode of the display apparatus, wherein the operation mode includes a detection mode and a cleaning mode; And a signal generator control unit controlling the signal generator to generate the detection signal in the detection mode, and controlling the signal generator to generate the removal signal in the cleaning mode.
In addition, the cleaning mode includes a full cleaning mode and a partial cleaning mode, the signal generator control unit controls the signal generator to generate a removal signal for cleaning the entire display in the full cleaning mode, and the partial cleaning In a mode, the signal generator may be controlled to generate a removal signal for cleaning a portion of the display based at least on the position of the foreign material.
The display apparatus may further include a setting storage unit configured to store a setting related to whether the automatic cleaning function is activated, and wherein the controller compares the detection signal with the recognition signal when the automatic cleaning function is activated. A condition determination unit that determines whether or not a related predetermined condition is satisfied; And a signal generator controller configured to control the signal generator to automatically generate the removal signal when a predetermined condition related to the foreign matter is satisfied.
The setting storage unit may further store a setting related to a time for automatic cleaning, and the signal generator controller may control the signal generator based on the time for the automatic cleaning.
The display apparatus may further include a setting storage unit configured to store a setting related to whether the manual cleaning function is activated, and wherein the controller compares the detection signal with the recognition signal when the manual cleaning function is activated. A condition determination unit that determines whether or not a related predetermined condition is satisfied; And an indicator controller configured to control an indicator indicating that the predetermined condition related to the foreign matter is satisfied when the predetermined condition related to the foreign matter is satisfied.
The setting storage unit may further store a setting related to the indicator, and the indicator control unit may determine a notification method using the indicator based on a setting related to the indicator.
The display apparatus may further include an input receiver configured to receive input of whether to perform screen cleaning using the removal signal, and the controller controls the signal generator to generate the removal signal in response to the input. It may include a generator control unit.
The control unit may include an indicator control unit that controls an indicator indicating a progress state of cleaning while the removal signal is generated by the signal generator.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating a display apparatus including a screen cleaning function, the method comprising: generating a detection signal for detecting a foreign substance attached to a display; Receiving a recognition signal including information in which the detection signal is modified by the foreign matter; Detecting the foreign matter based on the detection signal and the recognition signal; And generating a removal signal for removing the foreign matter.
In this case, the generating of the removal signal for removing the foreign matter may be performed by clustering at least one signal generating element which is controlled to operate simultaneously among a plurality of signal generating elements arranged in accordance with a predetermined pattern on the display. Creating action groups; Determining an operation order, an operation time, and an operation intensity of the plurality of simultaneous operation groups; And generating a cancellation signal using at least one signal generating element included in the plurality of simultaneous operation groups according to the determination result.
1 is a block diagram illustrating a display apparatus including a screen cleaning function according to an exemplary embodiment.
2A to 2D are diagrams for describing a screen cleaning function using a plurality of signal generating elements arranged according to a predetermined pattern, according to an exemplary embodiment.
3 is a diagram for describing a display apparatus that detects a foreign substance using a control unit and operates according to an operation mode, according to an exemplary embodiment.
4 is a diagram for describing a display device operating in an automatic cleaning mode and a manual cleaning mode, according to an exemplary embodiment;
5 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of operating a display apparatus including a screen cleaning function according to an exemplary embodiment.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 is a block diagram illustrating a display device including a screen cleaning function, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Referring to FIG. 1, the
The
The
In this case, the detection signal may include a physical signal such as an ultrasonic signal or a surface acoustic wave signal. The
The detection signal generated by the
For example, according to an embodiment, when the detection signal is generated to flow along the surface of the
According to another embodiment, when the
According to another embodiment, when the
The
More specifically, the
In addition, the
In this case, the removal signal may include a physical signal such as an ultrasonic signal or a surface sound wave signal. The
For this reason, the display apparatus according to an embodiment may provide a technology for automatically cleaning a display installed in a condition where it is difficult for a person to clean the space or location directly.
Here, according to an embodiment, the
2A to 2D are diagrams for describing a screen cleaning function using a plurality of signal generating elements arranged according to a predetermined pattern, according to an exemplary embodiment.
2A, a signal generator according to an embodiment includes a plurality of
In this case, the
The controller may control the
For example, the controller may control the plurality of
In addition, the controller may generate a second
Further, the controller determines the operation order, operation time, and operation intensity of the plurality of
More specifically, the controller may operate the signal generating elements for each simultaneous operation group according to the determined operation sequence, operation time, and operation intensity.
For example, according to one embodiment, the control unit first operates the first
According to another exemplary embodiment, the controller controls two
According to another embodiment, the controller operates the first
In addition, the control unit may operate the corresponding simultaneous operation group at different intensities step by step when operating each simultaneous operation group. For example, when the first
For this reason, the display apparatus according to an embodiment may provide a technique for preventing a phenomenon in which foreign matter collects at a specific portion of the display due to the removal signal generated by the signal generator.
Referring to FIG. 2B, a plurality of signal generating elements may be disposed horizontally on the display in order to push out foreign substances attached to the display.
In this case, the controller controls the fourth
According to an embodiment, the controller operates the fourth
According to another embodiment, the plurality of signal generating elements may be operable to push the foreign matter attached to the display in a diagonal direction from one corner of the display to the opposite corner.
For example, referring to FIG. 2C, the controller clusters a plurality of signal generating elements that are controlled to operate simultaneously among the plurality of signal generating elements, thereby performing the
In this case, the controller sequentially operates the
Alternatively, referring to FIG. 2D, the control unit clusters a plurality of signal generating elements that are controlled to operate simultaneously among the plurality of signal generating elements, thereby performing the
In this case, the controller sequentially operates the
At this time, the appearance of the plurality of signal generation elements may have an effective shape for removing foreign matter according to a predetermined pattern. For example, the signal generating elements may have various shapes, such as a horizontally long rectangle, a vertically long rectangle, a circle, and a diagonally long rectangle.
Since the details described with reference to FIG. 2A may be applied to each of the modules illustrated in FIGS. 2B to 2D, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
3 is a diagram for describing a controller for detecting a foreign substance, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Referring to FIG. 3, the
In this case, the
More specifically, the
For example, the foreign
In addition, the foreign
In addition, the
The
In this case, the
For example, the user may input the operation mode through input means such as a keypad included in the display device. Alternatively, the user may input the operation mode through another input means connected with a display device such as a remote controller or a wireless device by wire or wirelessly or directly or indirectly. The input operation mode may be stored in a storage device (not shown) provided in advance.
According to an embodiment, in the detection mode, the display apparatus may analyze the difference between the detection signal generated by the signal generator and the recognition signal received by the signal receiver, thereby analyzing the type, state, etc. of the foreign matter attached to the display. . In addition, in the cleaning mode, the display device may remove the foreign matter attached to the display by using the removal signal generated by the signal generator.
For example, the
Further, according to another embodiment, the cleaning mode may include a full cleaning mode and a partial cleaning mode.
In this case, when the cleaning mode is the entire cleaning mode, the
4 is a diagram for describing a display apparatus operating in an automatic cleaning mode and a manual cleaning mode, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Referring to FIG. 4, the
More specifically, the
The setting
The
The
At this time, the setting
In this case, when the predetermined condition related to the foreign matter is satisfied, the
The
More specifically, the setting
In addition, when the manual cleaning function is activated, the
In this case, the
Here, the setting
The notification method using the indicator may be implemented in various ways. More specifically, the display device according to an embodiment may further include an indicator output unit 450 for outputting the indicator.
In this case, the indicator output unit 450 may be configured as a
For example, the
Alternatively, the display device may inform the user that the corresponding condition is satisfied by using a
In this case, the display apparatus may inform the user that the corresponding condition is satisfied by combining two or more of the above-described methods.
Furthermore, the
In addition, the
For example, the
The
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a display apparatus including a screen cleaning function, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Referring to FIG. 5, in
At this time, the display device is at least one signal controlled to be operated simultaneously among the plurality of signal generating elements disposed in accordance with a predetermined pattern on the display in
Each of the steps illustrated in FIG. 5 may be applied as it is through FIGS. 1 to 4, and thus, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
The method according to the embodiment may be embodied in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the embodiments, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.
Although the embodiments have been described by the limited embodiments and the drawings as described above, various modifications and variations are possible to those skilled in the art from the above description. For example, the described techniques may be performed in a different order than the described method, and / or components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, etc. may be combined or combined in a different form than the described method, or other components. Or even if replaced or substituted by equivalents, an appropriate result can be achieved.
Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are within the scope of the claims that follow.
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A display for displaying an image;
A signal generator for generating a detection signal for detecting a foreign substance attached to the display;
A signal receiver for receiving a recognition signal including information in which the detection signal is modified by the foreign matter; And
A controller for detecting the foreign matter based on the detection signal and the recognition signal and controlling the signal generator to remove the foreign matter
Including,
The signal generator generates a removal signal for removing the foreign matter under the control of the controller,
And each of the detection signal and the removal signal includes at least one of an ultrasonic signal and a surface acoustic wave signal.
The signal generator includes a plurality of signal generating elements,
The plurality of signal generating elements are disposed on the display according to a predetermined pattern,
The control unit controls the plurality of signal generating elements based on the predetermined pattern.
The controller generates a plurality of simultaneous operation groups by clustering at least one signal generation element controlled to be operated simultaneously among the plurality of signal generation elements, and generates an operation sequence, an operation time, and an operation intensity of the plurality of simultaneous operation groups. And controlling the plurality of signal generating elements.
The control unit
A comparator for comparing the detection signal with the recognition signal; And
A foreign substance determination unit that determines at least one of the type, location and state of the foreign substance according to the comparison result
Display device comprising a.
The control unit
A mode determination unit that determines an operation mode of the display device, wherein the operation mode includes a detection mode and a cleaning mode; And
A signal generator control unit controlling the signal generator to generate the detection signal in the detection mode and controlling the signal generator to generate the removal signal in the cleaning mode
Display device comprising a.
The cleaning mode includes a full cleaning mode and a partial cleaning mode,
The signal generator control unit controls the signal generator to generate a removal signal for cleaning the entire display in the full cleaning mode, and to clean a portion of the display based on at least the position of the foreign matter in the partial cleaning mode. And control the signal generator to generate a cancellation signal.
A setting storage unit that stores the settings related to whether or not the automatic cleaning function is enabled.
More,
The control unit
A condition determination unit determining whether a predetermined condition related to the foreign matter is satisfied by comparing the detection signal with the recognition signal when the automatic cleaning function is activated; And
Signal generator control unit for controlling the signal generator to automatically generate the removal signal when a predetermined condition related to the foreign matter is satisfied
Display device comprising a.
A setting storage unit that stores settings related to whether manual cleaning is enabled.
More,
The control unit
A condition determination unit determining whether a predetermined condition related to the foreign matter is satisfied by comparing the detection signal with the recognition signal when the manual cleaning function is activated; And
Indicator control unit for controlling the indicator indicating that the predetermined condition associated with the foreign matter is satisfied when the predetermined condition associated with the foreign matter
Display device comprising a.
Input receiving unit for receiving input whether or not to perform the screen cleaning using the removal signal
More,
The control unit
A signal generator control unit controlling the signal generator to generate the cancellation signal in response to the input
Display device comprising a.
The control unit
Indicator control unit for controlling the indicator indicating the progress of cleaning while the removal signal is generated by the signal generator
Display device comprising a.
Generating a detection signal for detecting a foreign substance attached to the display;
Receiving a recognition signal including information in which the detection signal is modified by the foreign matter;
Detecting the foreign matter based on the detection signal and the recognition signal; And
Generating a removal signal for removing the foreign matter;
Including,
Generating a removal signal for removing the foreign matter
Generating a plurality of simultaneous operation groups by clustering at least one signal generating element controlled to be operated simultaneously among a plurality of signal generating elements arranged in accordance with a predetermined pattern on the display;
Determining at least one of an operation order, an operation time, and an operation intensity of the plurality of simultaneous operation groups; And
Generating a cancellation signal using at least one signal generating element included in the plurality of simultaneous operation groups according to the determination result;
A method of operating a display device comprising a.
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