KR20110094740A - Image display device enable of displaying 3d object in a shape of analog watch and operation controlling method for the same - Google Patents

Image display device enable of displaying 3d object in a shape of analog watch and operation controlling method for the same Download PDF

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KR20110094740A
KR20110094740A KR1020100014322A KR20100014322A KR20110094740A KR 20110094740 A KR20110094740 A KR 20110094740A KR 1020100014322 A KR1020100014322 A KR 1020100014322A KR 20100014322 A KR20100014322 A KR 20100014322A KR 20110094740 A KR20110094740 A KR 20110094740A
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Abstract

PURPOSE: An image display device for displaying a 3D object in a shape of analog watch is provided to display a 3D effect added image in order to make a user feel 3D effect. CONSTITUTION: It is determined whether a watch application execution command is inputted or not(S110). If it is determined that the watch application execution command is inputted at the determination step, a display unit displays a plurality of time point image which comprises an analog watch shape 3D object or a moon shape 3D object(S120). A gesture of the display unit user is detected(S130). If the gesture is corresponding to a time hand or a minute hand rotation command, the display unit changes the multiple time point images in order to rotate the time hand and the minute hand(S150).

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Image Display Device Enable of Displaying 3D Object in a Shape of Analog Watch and Operation Controlling Method for the Same}

The present invention relates to an image display apparatus and a control method thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to an image display apparatus capable of displaying a screen to which a stereoscopic effect is applied so that a user can feel a stereoscopic effect, and a control method thereof.

The image display device is a device having a function of displaying an image that a user can watch. The user can watch the broadcast through the image display device. A video display device displays a broadcast selected by a user among broadcast signals transmitted from a broadcast station on a display. Currently, broadcasting is shifting from analog broadcasting to digital broadcasting worldwide.

Digital broadcasting refers to broadcasting for transmitting digital video and audio signals. Digital broadcasts are more resistant to false noise than analog broadcasts, resulting in lower data loss, better error correction, higher resolution, and clearer pictures. In addition, unlike analog broadcasting, digital broadcasting is capable of bidirectional services.

Recently, various researches on stereoscopic images have been conducted, and stereoscopic imaging techniques are becoming more and more common and practical in computer graphics as well as in various other environments and technologies. In addition, the above-described digital broadcasting can transmit a stereoscopic image, and a development for a device for reproducing the same is also in progress.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an image display apparatus and a control method thereof, which can display an image to which a stereoscopic effect is applied so that a user can feel a three-dimensional effect. Another object of the present invention is to provide a user interface which can be applied to an image display apparatus displaying a stereoscopic effect image so that a user can conveniently use the image display apparatus displaying a stereoscopic effect image.

An operation control method of an image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the image display apparatus capable of displaying a multi-view image constituting a 3D object, to determine whether the input of the clock application execution command step; Displaying, by the display unit, a multi-view image constituting an analog watch-shaped 3D object including an hour hand and a minute hand when it is determined that the clock application execution command is input in the determining step; Determining a gesture of a user of the image display apparatus; And when the determined gesture corresponds to the hour hand or minute hand rotation command, changing the display unit to change the multi-view image constituting the hour hand or minute hand so that the hour hand or minute hand rotates according to the rotation command. It features.

In addition, the image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is a video display device capable of displaying a multi-view image constituting a 3D object, when the clock application execution command is input, the hour and minute hands A display unit configured to display a multi-view image constituting an analog clock-shaped 3D object including; A gesture determination unit for determining a gesture of the user of the image display device; And a controller configured to process an image signal output to the display unit such that the hour or minute hand rotates according to the rotation command when the determined gesture corresponds to the hour or minute hand rotation command.

According to the present invention, the image display device may display an image to which the stereoscopic effect is applied so that the user may feel a stereoscopic feeling when viewing. In addition, the image display device may display an analog clock-shaped 3D object. The user can intuitively check the current time through the analog clock 3D object. In addition, a predetermined application execution scheduled time may be set by rotating the hour or minute hand included in the analog clock 3D object.

1 is a video display device system diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is an internal block diagram of an image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is an internal block diagram of a controller of an image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a diagram illustrating a 3D video signal format that may be processed in an image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 7 are flowcharts illustrating a flow of a method for controlling an image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
8 to 12 are views referred to for describing a method for controlling an image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described the present invention in more detail.

The suffixes "module" and "unit" for components used in the following description are merely given in consideration of ease of preparation of the present specification, and do not impart any particular meaning or role by themselves. Therefore, the "module" and "unit" may be used interchangeably.

<Description of Fig. 1>

1 is a diagram illustrating an image display device system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The video display device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may communicate with the broadcasting station 210, the network server 220, or the external device 230.

The video display device 100 may receive a broadcast signal including a video signal transmitted from the broadcast station 210. The video display device 100 may process a video signal, an audio signal, or a data signal included in a broadcast signal to be suitable for outputting from the video display device 100. The image display apparatus 100 may output an image or sound based on the processed image signal.

The image display apparatus 100 may communicate with the network server 220. The network server 220 is a device capable of transmitting and receiving a signal with the image display device 100 through an arbitrary network. For example, the network server 220 may be a mobile phone terminal that may be connected to the image display device 100 through a wired or wireless base station. In addition, the network server 220 may be a device capable of providing content to the image display device 100 through an Internet network. The content provider may provide content to the video display device 100 using a network server.

The image display device 100 may communicate with the external device 230. The external device 230 is a device capable of directly transmitting and receiving a signal with the image display device 100 by wire or wirelessly. For example, the external device 230 may be a media storage or playback device used by a user. That is, the external device 230 may be a camera, a DVD or a Blu-ray player, a personal computer, or the like.

The broadcasting station 210, the network server 220, and the external device 230 may transmit a signal including a video signal to the video display device 100. The image display apparatus 100 may display an image based on an image signal included in an input signal. In addition, the image display apparatus 100 may transmit a signal transmitted from the broadcasting station 210 and the network server 220 to the image display apparatus 100 to the external device 230. In addition, the signal transmitted from the external device 230 to the image display device 100 may be transmitted to the broadcasting station 210 or the network server 220. That is, the image display apparatus 100 may transmit content included in a signal transmitted from the broadcasting station 210, the network server 220, and the external device 230 in addition to directly playing the content on the image display apparatus 100.

<Description of Fig. 2>

2 is a block diagram illustrating an image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the image display device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a broadcast signal receiver 110, a network interface unit 120, an external device input / output unit 130, a gesture determination unit 140, The controller 170 may include a display 180 and a sound output unit 185.

The broadcast signal receiver 110 may receive an RF broadcast signal corresponding to a channel selected by a user or all pre-stored channels among RF (Radio Frequency) broadcast signals received through an antenna. The broadcast signal receiving unit 110 may convert the received RF broadcast signal into an intermediate frequency signal or a baseband video or audio signal and output the converted signal to the controller 170.

In addition, the broadcast signal receiver 110 may receive an RF broadcast signal of a single carrier according to an Advanced Television System Committee (ATSC) scheme or an RF broadcast signal of multiple carriers according to a digital video broadcasting (DVB) scheme. The broadcast signal receiving unit 110 may sequentially select the RF broadcast signals of all the broadcast channels stored through the channel memory function among the received RF broadcast signals and convert them into intermediate frequency signals or baseband video or audio signals. This is for illustrating a thumbnail list including a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to a broadcast channel on the display unit 180. Accordingly, the broadcast signal receiver 110 may receive RF broadcast signals of a selected channel or all prestored channels sequentially / periodically.

The network interface unit 120 provides an interface for connecting the image display apparatus 100 to a wired / wireless network including an internet network.

The network interface unit 120 may include a wireless communication unit capable of wirelessly connecting the image display apparatus 100 to the Internet. For wireless Internet access, wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), wireless broadband (Wibro), world interoperability for microwave access (Wimax), high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) communication standards, and the like may be used.

The network interface unit 120 may receive content or data provided by a content provider or a network operator through a network. That is, content such as broadcasts, games, VODs, broadcast signals, and the like, which are provided from a content provider, may be received through a network. In addition, the update information and the update file of the firmware provided by the network operator can be received.

In addition, the network interface unit 120 may be connected to a communication network capable of video or voice calls. The communication network may mean a broadcast type communication network, a public telephone network, a mobile communication network, or the like connected through a LAN.

The external device input / output unit 130 may connect the external device to the image display device 100. To this end, the external device input / output unit 130 may include an A / V input / output unit or a wireless communication unit.

The external device input / output unit 130 is connected to an external device such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), Blu-ray (Blu ray), a game device, a camera, a camcorder, a computer (laptop) or the like by wire / wireless. The external device input / output unit 130 transmits an image, audio or data signal input from the outside through the connected external device to the controller 170 of the image display device 100. In addition, the controller 170 may output a video, audio or data signal processed by the controller 170 to a connected external device.

The A / V input / output unit is configured to input video and audio signals of an external device to the video display device 100, such as an Ethernet terminal, a USB terminal, a Composite Video Banking Sync (CVBS) terminal, a component terminal, and an S-video. Terminals (analog), DVI (Digital Visual Interface) terminal, HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) terminal, RGB terminal, D-SUB terminal and the like.

In addition, the wireless communication unit may perform wireless communication with another external device. The image display device 100 may be connected to other external devices and networks according to communication standards such as Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), and ZigBee. Can be connected.

In addition, the external device input / output unit 130 may be connected through at least one of the various set top boxes and the various terminals described above to perform input / output operations with the set top box.

For example, when the set-top box is a set-top box for an IP (internet protocol) TV, the external device input / output unit 130 controls the video, audio, or data signal processed by the set-top box for the IP TV to enable bidirectional communication. 170). In addition, the signals processed by the controller 170 may be transmitted to the set-top box for the IP TV.

Meanwhile, the above-described IPTV may mean ADSL-TV, VDSL-TV, FTTH-TV, etc. according to the type of transmission network, and include TV over DSL, Video over DSL, TV overIP (TVIP), and Broadband TV ( BTV) and the like. In addition, IPTV may also mean an Internet TV capable of accessing the Internet, or a full browsing TV.

The gesture determination unit 140 may determine the gesture of the user of the image display apparatus 100. The user may input an image display device control command to the image display device 100 using the gesture. The gesture determination unit 140 may store information about an image display device control command corresponding to the user gesture. The gesture determination unit 140 determines a user gesture and transmits information about a projection display device control command corresponding to the determined gesture to the controller 170. The controller 170 controls the image display apparatus 100 to correspond to a user gesture determined by the gesture determination unit 140.

The gesture determination unit 140 may include at least one means for determining a user's gesture. The gesture determination unit 140 of the image display apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment may include a user gesture identification means such as a camera and an infrared sensor, and this embodiment does not limit the scope of the present invention.

For example, the gesture determination unit 140 including a camera may capture a user gesture. The gesture determination unit 140 determines whether or not the gesture pattern corresponding to the image display apparatus control command in which the photographed user gesture pattern is stored. The gesture determination unit 140 may output information about the image display device control command corresponding to the gesture pattern to which the photographed user gesture is matched to the controller 170. Therefore, the controller 170 may control the image display apparatus 100 according to the information output from the gesture determination unit 140.

The user may use a remote control device or other type of control command input means capable of transmitting a signal including a control command to the image display apparatus 100. In this case, the gesture determination unit 140 may determine the user gesture by determining the movement of the remote control device or another type of control command input means used by the user of the image display apparatus 100.

The gesture determination unit 140 may capture the movement of a remote control device or another type of control command input means used by the user of the image display apparatus 100 through the camera. Infrared sensors can also be used to track the movement of remote control devices or other types of control command input means. The gesture determination unit 140 may determine the user gesture through the movement of the remote control apparatus or another kind of control means input means that is photographed or tracked.

As another example, the remote control apparatus or another type of control command input means may transmit and receive a signal with the image display apparatus 100. In this case, information about the movement of the remote control device or other type of control command input means is included in the signal transmitted from the remote control device or other type of control command input means to the image display device 100. Accordingly, the gesture determination unit 140 may determine the gesture of the user who uses the image display device from the signal transmitted from the remote control device or another type of control command input means. The remote control device or another type of control command input means may include a gyro sensor or an acceleration sensor to calculate information about the movement and transmit the information to the image display apparatus 100.

In the present embodiment, the other kind of control command input means may be a pointing device that can be attached to a part of a user's body or a pointing device that can be moved by a user.

The controller 170 controls the overall operation of the image display apparatus 100. The controller 170 may receive a signal transmitted from a remote control device or another type of control command input means. In addition, a command may be input through a local key provided in the image display apparatus 100. The controller 170 determines a command included in the received signal or a command corresponding to a local key manipulation and controls the image display apparatus 100 to correspond thereto.

For example, when a user inputs a predetermined channel selection command, the controller 170 controls the broadcast signal receiver 110 to receive a broadcast signal provided from the selected channel through the broadcast signal receiver 110. In addition, the video signal and the audio signal of the selected channel may be processed and output to the display unit 180 or the sound output unit 185. In addition, the channel information selected by the user may be output through the display unit 180 or the audio output unit 185 together with the image signal and the audio signal.

The controller 170 may process the video signal or the audio signal based on information included in the data signal received together with the video signal or the audio signal. That is, the controller 170 may determine the format of the video signal from the data signal associated with the video signal input to the image display apparatus 100 and process the video signal input to the image display apparatus 100 accordingly. .

The controller 170 may generate an OSD signal capable of displaying an OSD related to an image generated based on the image signal from the data signal related to the image signal. In addition, a graphic user interface may be generated so that a user may check related information on the image display apparatus 100 or input an image display apparatus control command to the image display apparatus 100.

The user may input another type of video or audio output command through a remote control device or other type of control command input means. For example, the user may want to watch a camera or camcorder video signal input through the external device input / output unit 130 instead of the broadcast signal. In this case, the controller 170 may output the video signal or the audio signal input through the USB input unit of the external device input / output unit 130 through the display unit 180 or the audio output unit 185. It can process the video signal or the audio signal input to.

The controller 170 of the present exemplary embodiment may process the image signal so that the 2D or 3D image signal input from the outside may be displayed on the display unit 180. In addition, the controller 170 may process the image signal such that the generated graphic user interface is displayed in three dimensions on the display unit 180. Detailed description of the control unit 170 will be described later with reference to FIG. 3.

The display unit 180 converts an image signal, a data signal, an OSD signal processed by the controller 170, or an image signal or data signal received through the external device input / output unit 130 into R, G, and B signals, respectively. To generate a drive signal. The display unit 180 may display a screen according to the generated driving signal. The display unit 180 may be a PDP, an LCD, an OLED, a flexible display, or the like. In the present embodiment, the display unit 180 may be a 3D display.

The 3D display may be divided into an additional display method and a single display method according to a method of recognizing a 3D image by a user.

The independent display method is a method in which a 3D image may be implemented on a display alone without a separate auxiliary device. A user viewing a display using a single display method can view a 3D image without an additional device (ex) glasses. The independent display may include a lenticular method and a parallax barrier.

The additional display method is a method of implementing a 3D image using an auxiliary device. Additional display methods may include a head mounted display (HMD) method, glasses method, and the like. In addition, polarizing glasses, shutter glasses, spectral filters, and the like may be applied to the glasses used in the spectacles.

The display unit 180 may be configured as a touch screen and used as an input device in addition to the output device.

The audio output unit 185 receives a signal processed by the video / audio processor 170, for example, a stereo signal, a 3.1 channel signal, or a 5.1 channel signal, and outputs the audio. The sound output unit 185 may be implemented with various types of speakers.

<Description of Figs. 3 and 4>

3 is an internal block diagram of the controller 170 of the image display apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

The controller 170 may include a demodulator 171, a demultiplexer 172, a decoder 173, an OSD generator 174, and a formatter 175.

The demodulator 171 may demodulate the broadcast signal received by the broadcast signal receiver 110. For example, the demodulator 171 may perform a demodulation operation by receiving the digital IF signal DIF converted by the broadcast signal receiver 110. In addition, the demodulator 171 may perform channel decoding. To this end, the demodulator 171 may include a convolution decoder, a deinterleaver, a reed-soloman decoder, and the like to perform convolutional decoding, deinterleaving, and reed soloman decoding.

The demodulator 171 may output a stream signal TS after performing demodulation and channel decoding. The stream signal may be a signal multiplexed with a video signal, audio signal or data signal. For example, the stream signal may be an MPEG-2 Transport Stream (TS) multiplexed with an MPEG-2 standard video signal, a Dolby AC-3 standard audio signal, and the like. Specifically, the MPEG-2 TS may include a header of 4 bytes and a payload of 184 bytes.

The demodulator 171 may be provided separately according to the ATSC method and the DVB method. The stream signal output from the demodulator 171 may be input to the demultiplexer 172.

The demultiplexer 172 may demultiplex the received stream signal, for example, the MPEG-2 TS, and divide the received stream signal into a video signal, an audio signal, and a data signal. The stream signal input to the demultiplexer 172 may be a stream signal output from the demodulator 171, the network interface 120, and the external device input / output unit 130.

The demultiplexed data signal may be an encoded data signal. The encoded data signal may include EPG (Electronic Progtam Guide) information including broadcast information such as a start time and an end time of a broadcast program broadcasted in each channel. For example, the EPG information may be TSC-PSIP (ATSC-Program and System Information Protocol) information in the ATSC scheme, and may include DVB-Service Information (DVB-SI) in the DVB scheme. .

The decoder 173 may decode the demultiplexed signal. The decoder 173 of the present exemplary embodiment may include a video decoder for decoding the demultiplexed video signal and a scaler for adjusting the resolution of the decoded video signal to be output from the video display device 100.

The formatter 175 may determine the format of an input video signal by referring to a data signal related to the video signal. In addition, the formatter 175 may convert the input image signal into a format suitable for the display unit 180 and output the converted image signal to the display unit 180.

The image display apparatus 100 of the present exemplary embodiment may display a 3D image on the display unit 180. The formatter 175 may generate a 3D image signal according to a predetermined format by separating the input image signal into a plurality of viewpoint images. The formatter 175 outputs the generated 3D image signal to the display unit 180. The display unit 180 displays a 3D image based on the generated 3D image signal.

The 3D image is composed of a multi-view image. The user may watch the multi-view image through the left eye and the right eye. The user may feel a three-dimensional effect of the 3D image through the difference in the image viewed through the left eye and the right eye. A multi-view image for realizing a 3D image generally includes a left eye image that a user can recognize through the left eye and a right eye image that can be recognized through the right eye.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a 3D video signal format capable of implementing 3D video. The 3D video signal format may be determined according to a method of arranging a left eye image and a right eye image generated to implement a 3D image.

As shown in FIG. 4A, a method of arranging the left eye image and the right eye image left and right is referred to as a side by side format. As shown in FIG. 4B, a method of disposing the left eye image and the right eye image up and down is referred to as a top / down format. As shown in FIG. 4C, a method of time-divisionally arranging a left eye image and a right eye image is called a frame sequential format. As shown in FIG. 4D, a method of mixing the left eye image and the right eye image for each line is called an interlaced format. As shown in FIG. 4E, a method of mixing the left eye image and the right eye image for each box is called a checker box format.

The image signal included in the signal input to the image display apparatus 100 from the outside may be a 3D image signal capable of realizing a 3D image. In addition, the graphic user interface image signal generated to display the image display apparatus 100 related information or to input a command related to the image display apparatus 100 may be a 3D image signal. The formatter 175 may mix the 3D image signal and the graphic user interface 3D image signal included in the signal input to the image display apparatus 100 from the outside and output the mixed image to the display unit 180.

The formatter 175 may determine the format of the mixed 3D video signal by referring to a related data signal. The formatter 175 may process and output the 3D image signal to the display unit 180 so as to conform to the determined format. In addition, when the 3D video signal format that can be output from the display unit 180 is limited, the formatter 175 may adapt the received 3D video signal to the 3D video signal format that can be output from the display unit 180. The conversion may be output to the display unit 180.

The OSD generator 174 may generate an OSD signal. In detail, the OSD generator 174 is configured to display various types of information on a screen of the display 180 based on at least one of an image signal and a data signal, or a user input signal input through a remote control device or another type of control command input means. You can create a signal to display a graphic or text. In addition, the OSD generator 174 may generate a signal for displaying a graphic or text for inputting a control command to the image display apparatus 100. The generated OSD signal may be output to the display unit 180 along with the image processed image signal and the data processed data signal.

The OSD signal is a signal generated for graphic or text display and may include information about a user interface screen, various menu screens, widgets, icons, etc. which the display unit 180 can display. The OSD generator 174 may generate an OSD signal as a 2D video signal or a 3D video signal. The OSD signal generated by the OSD generator 174 may include a graphic user interface 3D video signal mixed with another video signal by the formatter 175.

The display unit 180 may display an object according to the OSD signal generated by the OSD generator 174. The object of the present embodiment may be one of a volume control button, a channel control button, an image display device control menu, an icon, a navigation tab, a scroll bar, a progressive bar, a text box, and a window.

Through the object displayed by the display unit 180, the user may recognize information about the image display apparatus 100 or information about an image displayed on the image display apparatus 100. In addition, a command may be input to the image display apparatus 100 through the object displayed on the image display apparatus 100. In the present specification, a 3D object is an object to which a stereo effect is applied to have a three-dimensional effect. The 3D object may be a PIP image, an EPG representing broadcast program information, various menus, widgets, or icons of an image display device.

<Description of Fig. 5>

5 is a flowchart referred to for describing an operation control method of an image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The controller 170 determines whether a clock application execution command is input (S110). The clock application is an application that can display an analog watch-shaped 3D object on the display unit 180. The 3D object may include at least two multi-view images displayed on the display unit 180, for example, a left eye image and a right eye image. The user may watch the left eye image and the right eye image displayed on the display unit 180 through the left eye and the right eye, respectively. In this case, the user stereoscopically recognizes a 3D object including a left eye image and a right eye image.

The controller 170 may determine that the clock application execution command is input when a signal corresponding to the clock application execution command is input through a remote controller or the like. In addition, the controller 170 may determine that the clock application execution command is input to the image display apparatus 100 when the image display apparatus 100 is turned on or a predetermined application is executed. For example, when the alarm setting application is executed, the controller 170 may determine that a clock application execution command is input.

In the present embodiment, the display unit 180 displays a multi-view image constituting the analog watch 3D object so that the user recognizes as if the analog watch 3D object is displayed on the display unit 180 (S120).

In the present embodiment, the OSD generator 174 may generate an OSD signal and output the OSD signal to the formatter 175 so that an image may be displayed on the display unit 180 at a plurality of viewpoints constituting the analog clock 3D object. The formatter 175 may process an image signal output to the display unit 180 so that the multi-view image may be displayed on the display unit 180 based on the OSD signal generated by the OSD generator 174. For example, the formatter 175 may process an image signal output to the display unit 180 so that the left eye image and the right eye image constituting the analog watch 3D object may be displayed on the display unit 180.

That is, the video signal output by the formatter 175 to the display unit 180 includes a 3D video signal included in a broadcast signal or an OSD signal generated by the OSD generator 174. Therefore, when the image signal output from the formatter 175 to the display unit 180 is changed, the screen displayed on the display unit 180 is changed.

The gesture determination unit 140 determines a gesture of the user of the image display apparatus 100 (S130). The gesture determination unit 140 may determine a user gesture by photographing a movement of a user's finger or the like through a camera and analyzing a pattern. In addition, the gesture determination unit 140 may determine a user gesture by analyzing a pattern by photographing a movement of a remote control device used by the user through a camera. In addition, the gesture determination unit 140 may receive a signal transmitted from the control means of the image display device 100 such as a remote control device and determine the user gesture through the data included in the received signal.

The gesture determination unit 140 included in the image display apparatus 100 according to the present exemplary embodiment may determine a user gesture by analyzing a pattern by photographing a movement of a user's finger. This embodiment does not limit the scope of the invention.

The controller 170 determines whether the image display device control command corresponding to the determined user gesture is a rotation command of the hour hand or the minute hand included in the analog watch 3D object (S140). For example, when the user moves a finger to draw an arc as if the user rotates the hour or minute hands, the controller 170 may determine that a rotation command of the hour or minute hands is input to the image display apparatus 100.

If the user gesture determined by the gesture determination unit 140 corresponds to a rotation command, the OSD generator 174 may format the hour or minute hand included in the analog watch 3D object to rotate in response to the user gesture. The OSD signal output can be changed. The formatter 175 outputs the changed OSD signal to the display unit 180. The display unit 180 changes the multi-view image constituting the hour hand or minute hand included in the analog watch 3D object so that the hour or minute hand included in the analog watch 3D object appears to move in response to the rotation command input by the user. (S150). Accordingly, the user viewing the display unit 180 may recognize that the hour or minute hand included in the analog watch 3D object rotates in response to the finger moved by the user.

<Description of Fig. 6>

6 is a flowchart referred to for describing an operation control method of an image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The controller 170 determines whether a reservation time setting command is input to the image display apparatus 100 (S210). The reservation time setting command is a command for reserving a time at which a predetermined application can be executed. For example, the predetermined application may include an application for setting an alarm time, an application for setting a program recording time, an application for setting a turn on / off time of the image display apparatus 100, and the like.

In the present embodiment, the controller 170 may determine that the reservation time setting command is input when the user gesture for touching the analog watch 3D object is determined by the gesture determination unit 140. In addition, when the gesture determining unit 140 determines a user gesture that rotates the hour or minute hand included in the analog watch 3D object, it may be determined that a reservation time setting command is input.

If the OSD generation unit 174 determines that a reservation time setting command is input, the OSD generation unit 174 generates an OSD signal such that a list of applications for setting the reservation time is displayed on the display unit 180 (S220). The application list displayed according to the OSD signal generated by the OSD generator 174 may be a 3D object.

The controller 170 may determine whether a command for selecting a predetermined application from among the applications included in the application list is input (S230). As described above, when the gesture determining unit 140 determines that a user gesture is performed by a user touching an item corresponding to a predetermined application, the control unit 170 inputs a predetermined application selection command to the image display apparatus 100. Can be determined.

When the application selection command is input to the image display apparatus 100, the controller 170 may reserve the time indicated by the hour or minute hand included in the analog clock 3D object as the execution time of the selected application (S240). When the analog clock 3D object includes at least two hour and minute hands, the controller 170 may reserve the time indicated by the set of the hour and minute hands as the execution time of the selected application by default. Also, if the analog clock 3D object includes at least two hour and minute hands, the user can select a set of hour and minute hands. In this case, the controller 170 may reserve the time indicated by the hour and minute hands of the set selected by the user as the execution time of the selected application.

<Description of Fig. 7>

7 is a flowchart referred to for describing an operation control method of an image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the present embodiment, when the OSD generator 174 determines that the application execution reservation time is set (S310), the OSD generator 174 generates an OSD signal such that the second hour hand and the second minute hand indicating the application reservation time are included in the analog clock 3D object. (S320).

In the present embodiment, when there are two or more sets of hour and minute hands included in the analog watch 3D object, each set may have a different depth. In addition, each set may have a different color or shape. Therefore, the user can identify each hour and minute hand even when the analog clock 3D object includes a plurality of hour and minute hand sets.

The controller 170 determines whether a second hour hand or second minute hand rotation command is input to the image display apparatus 100 among the hour hand and minute hand sets included in the analog watch 3D object (S330). When the gesture determining unit 140 determines that the user takes the gesture of touching the second trial or the second minute hand, the controller 170 may determine that the second hour hand or the second minute hand rotation command is input.

In another embodiment, the OSD generator 174 may generate an OSD signal capable of displaying 3D objects corresponding to the hour and minute hands included in the analog clock 3D object, respectively. The user may input a 3D object selection command corresponding to the hour and minute hand set to be selected among the hour and minute hand sets included in the analog watch 3D object, to the image display apparatus 100.

The 3D object selection command corresponding to the hour hand and minute hand sets may be input to the image display device 100 through a remote control device capable of controlling the image display device 100. In addition, when the gesture determining unit 140 determines that the user takes a gesture of touching a 3D object to be selected from among 3D objects corresponding to the hour hand and minute hand sets, the control unit 170 may determine that the set corresponds to the touched 3D object. It may be determined that the hour or minute hand is selected.

The OSD generator 174 generates an OSD signal so that the second hour hand or the second minute hand rotates in response to the input rotation command, and transmits the OSD signal to the display unit 180 through the formatter 175. The display unit 180 changes the multi-view image constituting the second hour hand or the second minute hand in accordance with the OSD signal generated by the OSD generator 174. When the multi-view image constituting the second hour hand or the second minute hand is changed, the second hour hand or the second minute hand included in the analog watch 3D object is rotated (S340).

The controller 170 resets the time indicated by the second hour hand and the second minute hand to the execution time after the second hour hand or the second minute hand is rotated (S350). When the analog clock 3D object includes a plurality of sets of hour and minute hands, each set may be a scheduled execution time of each application. When the hour hand or minute hand included in one of the sets is rotated, the controller 170 may reset the execution time of the application corresponding to the set.

8 to 12

8 to 12 are views for explaining an analog clock 3D object that can be displayed through the image display apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8A shows an analog clock 3D object 301. The analog clock 3D object 301 is recognized by the user as if it is positioned to protrude in a predetermined direction from the plane of the display unit 180. The analog watch 3D object 301 includes an hour hand 302 and a minute hand 303. The hour hand 302 and the minute hand 303 are recognized by the user as if they protrude from the clock face 304 of the analog watch 3D object 301 toward the user by a and b, respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the user may move a finger in an arc in the direction of the arrow after placing the finger in a space corresponding to the minute hand 303. The gesture determination unit 140 determines a user gesture. When the controller 170 determines that the user gesture determined by the gesture determination unit 140 corresponds to the minute hand 303 rotation command, the control unit 170 rotates the minute hand 303 in response to an arc of the user's finger. 180) process the video signal output.

As illustrated in FIG. 8B, the controller 170 processes the image signal output to the display unit 180 to change the color of the minute hand 303 which determines that the rotation command is input according to the user gesture. Therefore, the user can more easily check the hour or minute hand to rotate according to the gesture taken by the user.

When a reserved time setting command is input to the image display apparatus 100, the OSD generator 174 generates an OSD signal capable of displaying an application list including application items for setting a reserved time. As illustrated in FIG. 9A, the application list 311 may be a 3D object that is displayed as if it protrudes toward a predetermined direction from the plane D1 of the display unit 180. In response to the OSD signal generated by the OSD generator 174, the display 180 displays a multi-view image constituting a 3D object (application list) on the plane D1 of the display 180.

The application list 3D object 311 and the analog watch 3D object 312 may be displayed as if they protrude toward the user by C from the plane D1 on which the multi-view image constituting the 3D object is displayed. In addition, the image display apparatus 100 may display an object 313 indicating a time indicated by the hour and minute hands included in the analog clock 3D object 312 on the plane D1 of the display unit 180.

The controller 170 may determine whether a predetermined application item selection command among the application items included in the application list 3D object 311 is input to the image display apparatus 100. In the present embodiment, when the gesture determining unit 140 determines that the user has made a gesture of touching an application item for setting an alarm, the control unit 170 inputs an alarm setting application selection command to the image display device 100. It is determined to have been done.

Therefore, the controller 170 sets the time at which the alarm is executed to 12:10. In addition, the OSD generator 174 for generating an OSD signal capable of displaying the application list 3D object 311 changes the OSD signal so that the alarm time 315 set in the alarm setting application item 314 can be displayed. .

As shown in FIG. 10A, when the alarm execution time is set, the OSD generator 174 includes the second hour hand 321 and the second minute hand 322 in the analog clock 3D object 323 indicating the alarm execution time. It is possible to change the OSD signal generated and output as possible. The display unit 180 may display a multi-view image constituting the second hour hand 321 and the second minute hand 322 according to the OSD signal changed by the OSD generator 174.

After the second hour hand 321 and the second minute hand 322 are displayed, the OSD generator 174 displays the second hour hand when the second hour hand or the second minute hand 322 selection command is input to the image display device 100. The OSD signal may be generated to display an object indicating application-related information set to be executed at the time indicated by 321 and the second minute hand 322. In the present embodiment, when the gesture determination unit 140 determines a user gesture of touching the second hour hand 321 or the second minute hand 322, the OSD generation unit 174 may perform the second hand 321 or the second hand. The second minute hand 322 may determine that a selection command is input.

As shown in FIG. 10B, in response to the signal generated by the OSD generator 174, the display unit 180 is associated with an application set to be executed at a time indicated by the second hour hand 321 and the second minute hand 322. A multi-view image constituting the 3D object 324 representing information can be displayed. In the present embodiment, the application-related information 3D object 324 indicates text about the type of application scheduled to be executed and information about the set reservation time.

In another embodiment, when the rotation command of the second hour hand 321 or the second minute hand 322 is input, the controller 170 controls the second hour hand 321 or the second minute hand 322 according to the input rotation command. Can rotate In addition, the controller 170 indicates that the second hour hand and the second minute hand rotated in response to the rotation command, the execution reservation time of the application set to be executed at the time indicated by the second hour hand 321 and the second minute hand 322. You can change it with time.

As shown in FIG. 11A, when the gesture determining unit 140 determines a user gesture of touching the second hour hand 321 and the second minute hand 322, the controller 170 controls the second hour hand 321 or the second hand. It is determined that the two-minute hand 322 rotation command is input to the image display apparatus 100. In this embodiment, the user rotates the second minute hand 322.

As shown in FIG. 11B, the OSD generator 174 changes the OSD signal output to the display unit 180 through the formatter 175 so that the second minute hand 322 rotates in response to the rotation command. The display unit 180 changes the multi-view image constituting the second minute hand 322 so that the second minute hand 322 appears to rotate in accordance with the OSD signal changed by the OSD generator 174. The multi-view image constituting the second minute hand 322 is displayed on the plane D3 of the display unit 180, and the second minute hand 321 and the second minute hand 322 protrude toward the user in the plane D3. It is recognized by the user as if it is located.

In addition, the OSD generator 174 may display the application-related information 3D object 324 such that the time 325 indicated by the rotated second minute hand 322 and the first hour hand 321 is displayed on the application-related information 3D object 324. Changes the OSD signal that composes. Accordingly, the user may confirm that the alarm execution reservation time is changed as the second minute hand 322 displayed on the image display device 100 rotates. The controller 170 resets the changed time to the alarm execution reservation time.

12 includes at least two hour hands 331, 341 and at least two minute hands 332, 342, that is, at least two sets of hour and minute hands, in an analog watch 3D object 330 according to one embodiment of the invention. In this case, the image display apparatus 100 is referred to for explaining the operation control method.

As illustrated in FIG. 12A, the OSD generator 174 may generate an OSD signal such that an object corresponding to a set of hour and minute hands is displayed on the display 180. In the present embodiment, the OSD generator 174 generates an OSD signal so that 3D objects 333 and 343 corresponding to a set of hour and minute hands can be displayed. The 3D objects 333 and 343 corresponding to the hour and minute hands are 3D objects 333 and 343 which are recognized as being protruded toward the user from the plane D4 of the display unit 180. The display unit 180 may display a multi-view image constituting the 3D objects 333 and 343 on the plane D4.

As shown in FIG. 12A, when the 3D object 343 selection command corresponding to the second set of hour hand 341 and the minute hand 342 is input to the image display apparatus 100, the OSD generator 174 receives the hour hand. Alternatively, the OSD signal may be changed to rotate the second set of hour hand 341 or minute hand 342 according to the minute hand rotation command. In the present embodiment, when the gesture determining unit 140 determines a user gesture of touching the 3D object 343 corresponding to the second set of hour hand 341 and the minute hand 342, the control unit 170 determines that the second gesture is the second gesture. A 3D object 343 selection command corresponding to the set of hour hand 341 and minute hand 342 is determined to have been input to the image display apparatus 100.

The user can then move the finger in an arc, as shown in FIG. 12B. The gesture determination unit 140 determines the user gesture illustrated in FIG. 12B. The controller 170 determines that the user gesture determined by the gesture determination unit 140 corresponds to the rotation command of the second minute hand 342.

Accordingly, the OSD generator 174 changes the OSD signal so that the second minute hand 342 included in the analog clock 3D object 330 is rotated. The display unit 180 changes the multiple view image constituting the second minute hand 342 according to the changed OSD signal. Thus, the user may recognize that the second minute hand 342 rotates.

<Description of Fig. 13>

13 is a diagram referred to for explaining the operation control method of the image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 13A, the display unit 180 of the image display apparatus 100 may display a multi-view image constituting the calendar-shaped 3D object 351 on the plane D5 of the display unit 180. . The calendar-shaped 3D object 351 is recognized by the user as if it is positioned to protrude toward the user from the plane D5 of the display unit 180.

The calendar-shaped 3D object 351 is a calendar-shaped 3D object 351 configured as a page capable of confirming a date for each month as illustrated. When the clock application execution command is input to the image display apparatus 100, the OSD generator 174 may change an image signal output to the formatter 175 so that a user may recognize the calendar-shaped 3D object 351. .

The gesture determination unit 140 may determine a user gesture interacting with the calendar-shaped 3D object 351. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 13A, the gesture determination unit 140 may determine a gesture in which the user selects an arbitrary date of the calendar-shaped 3D object 351. When the gesture determining unit 140 determines that the user has made a gesture of selecting an arbitrary date included in the calendar-shaped 3D object 351, the OSD generator 174 may determine the color of the date corresponding to the selection gesture. Changes the generated OSD signal so that its appearance and so on change. As shown in FIG. 13A, the object 352 corresponding to the date selected by the user may be highlighted.

In addition, when the OSD generation unit 174 determines that the gesture determination unit 140 takes a gesture of selecting a certain date, the OSD generation unit 174 corresponds to the selected object 352 among the calendar-shaped 3D objects 351. An OSD signal can be generated to display the menu. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 13B, the OSD generator 174 may generate an OSD signal so that a user may recognize the 3D object 353 including the application menu.

As illustrated in FIG. 13B, the 3D object 353 recognized by the user includes a menu corresponding to the selected object 352 of the calendar-shaped 3D object 351. In the present embodiment, the menu corresponding to the selected object 352 is a menu for inputting a broadcast schedule confirmation command of a date corresponding to the selected object 352, and a broadcast reservation command of a date corresponding to the selected object 352. A menu for inputting a menu 354, a menu for inputting a broadcast playback command corresponding to the selected object 352, and a menu for inputting a broadcast editing command corresponding to the selected object 352; Include.

As shown in FIG. 13B, the gesture determination unit 140 may determine a menu 354 that the user selects through the gesture. In the present embodiment, the user selects a menu 354 for inputting a broadcast reservation command of December 25, 2009 using a gesture. The OSD generator 174 changes the generated OSD signal so that the color of the menu 354 determined as selected by the gesture determiner 140 is highlighted. The user may confirm that the reservation command is input to the image display apparatus 100 by changing the color of the selected menu 354 through the gesture.

<Description of Fig. 14>

14 is a diagram referred to for describing an operation control method of an image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 14A, the OSD generator 174 generates an OSD signal so that a user of the image display apparatus 100 may recognize the 3D object 362 having a calendar shape. The calendar-shaped 3D object 362 may include a left eye image and a right eye image displayed on the plane D6 of the display unit 180. When the user views the left eye image and the right eye image displayed on the plane D6 of the display unit 180 through the left eye and the right eye, respectively, the user protrudes toward the user from the plane D6 of the display unit 180. A calendar-shaped 3D object 362 that looks like can be recognized.

The gesture determination unit 140 determines a user gesture of selecting an object 363 corresponding to a predetermined date included in the calendar-shaped 3D object 362. In the present embodiment, the gesture determination unit 140 determines that the user has made a gesture of selecting an object 363 corresponding to December 10, 2009. The OSD generator 174 changes the generated OSD signal so that the object 363 corresponding to the gesture taken by the user is highlighted.

In addition, the OSD generator 174 generates an OSD signal such that the EPG screen 361 is displayed on the display 180. The EPG screen shows broadcast schedule related information of a predetermined date. In the present embodiment, the OSD generator 174 generates an OSD signal such that the EPG screen 361 indicating the broadcast schedule related information of December 10, 2009 is displayed on the display 180.

As shown in FIG. 14B, the gesture determination unit 140 determines that the user has made a gesture of selecting an object 364 corresponding to December 25, 2009 among the calendar-shaped 3D objects 362. The OSD generator 174 changes the OSD signal output to the formatter 175 such that the EPG screen 365 indicating the broadcast schedule related information of December 25, 2009 is displayed on the display 180. The user may check an EPG screen indicating broadcast schedule information on a date selected by the user.

<Description of Fig. 15>

15 is a diagram referred to for describing an operation control method of an image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The image display apparatus 100 according to the present exemplary embodiment is provided with a calendar-shaped 3D object 371 and an analog clock-type for selecting a recording date and time when a playback command of content recorded on a predetermined date is input to the image display apparatus 100. The multi-view image constituting the 3D object 372 is displayed on the plane D6 of the display unit 180. The user looks at the multi-view image displayed on the plane D6 of the display unit 180 through the left eye and the right eye. The user may recognize the multi-view image as 3D objects 371 and 372 that appear to protrude from the plane D6 of the display unit 180 toward the user.

The content playback command of the present embodiment may be included in a clock application execution command. The clock application execution command of the present invention may be an execution command of various applications having time information as one argument. As exemplified above, a reservation recording execution command of content corresponding to a predetermined date, a reproduction command of content recorded on a predetermined date, and the like are included in an application execution command having time information as one argument.

The user may designate a recording date of content to be played back through the calendar-shaped 3D object 371. In addition, the user may designate a recording time of content to be played back through the watch-shaped 3D object 372. The gesture determination unit 140 may determine a predetermined date and a predetermined time corresponding to the gesture taken by the user.

The user may make a gesture of selecting a 3D object 373 corresponding to the OK command after designating a recording date and a recording time of the content to be played back. The gesture determination unit 140 may determine that the user has made a gesture of selecting the 3D object 363 corresponding to the OK command. If the gesture determining unit 140 determines that the 3D object 363 corresponding to the OK command is selected, the controller 170 may play the content recorded at a predetermined date and a predetermined time. In the present embodiment, the content played by the controller 170 is content recorded at a date and time determined to be designated by the user through the gesture determination unit 140. The display unit 180 may display an image corresponding to the content played by the controller 170.

<Description of Fig. 16>

16 is a diagram referred to for describing an operation control method of an image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the present exemplary embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 16A, the image display apparatus 100 uses the clock-shaped object 382 to display an EPG screen 381 indicating broadcast schedule information on the plane D7 of the display unit 180. ) Can be displayed. The clock-shaped object 382 is an object displayed on the plane D7 of the display unit 180 as a 2D image. The clock-shaped object 382 may include a thumbnail based on an image signal input to the image display apparatus 100. In the present embodiment, the user may check the image of the content currently being broadcast on each channel transmitting the broadcast signal to the video display device 100 through the clock-shaped object 382.

The gesture determination unit 140 may determine a user gesture for selecting the clock-shaped object 382. When the gesture determination unit 140 determines a user gesture to select the clock-shaped object 382, the OSD generator 174 may user the clock-shaped 3D object 383 indicating broadcast information related to the selected object 382. Generates an OSD signal for recognition. As illustrated in FIG. 16B, the display unit 180 displays a multi-view image constituting the clock-shaped 3D object 383 on the plane D7. The user recognizes the multi-view image as a clock-shaped 3D object 383 which appears to be located protruding toward the user from the plane D7.

In addition, the image display apparatus and its operation or control method according to the present invention are not limited to the configuration and method of the above-described embodiments, but the embodiments may be modified in various ways. All or some of these may optionally be combined.

Meanwhile, the present invention can be embodied as processor readable codes on a processor readable recording medium included in the image display device. The processor-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices that store data that can be read by the processor. Examples of the processor-readable recording medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like, and also include a carrier wave such as transmission through the Internet. The processor-readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the processor-readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

In addition, while the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, but the technical field to which the invention belongs without departing from the spirit of the invention claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention.

100: image display apparatus 110: broadcast signal receiver
120: network interface unit 130: external device input and output unit
140: gesture determination unit 170: control unit
180: display 185: sound output unit

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An image display apparatus capable of displaying a multi-view image constituting a 3D object,
Determining whether to input a clock application execution command;
Displaying a multi-view image constituting an analog clock-shaped 3D object or a calendar-shaped 3D object including hour and minute hands when it is determined that a clock application execution command is input in the determining step;
Determining a gesture of a user of the image display apparatus; And
When the determined gesture corresponds to the hour hand or minute hand rotation command, the display unit changes a multi-view image constituting the hour hand or minute hand so that the hour hand or minute hand rotates according to the rotation command, and the determined gesture is the image. And a display unit for changing a multi-view image constituting the calendar so that the page of the calendar is turned in response to the turning page command. Operation control method of a video display device.
The method of claim 1,
Determining whether to input a reservation time setting command;
Displaying, by the display unit, a list of applications for setting a reservation time when it is determined that the reservation time setting command is input;
Determining whether to input an application selection command included in the application list; And
If it is determined that the application selection command is input, setting the application corresponding to the input selection command to be executed at a time indicated by the changed hour and minute hands, and displaying the analog clock 3D object. Operation control method of a video display device.
The method of claim 2,
When the reservation time of a predetermined application is set, the display unit configures the second hour hand and the second minute hand so that the second hour hand and the second minute hand corresponding to the set reservation time are included in the analog clock 3D object. And controlling the operation of the image display apparatus capable of displaying an analog clock 3D object.
The method of claim 3,
Determining whether to input the second hour hand or the second minute hand selection command; And
And when it is determined that the second hour hand or the second minute hand selection command is input, displaying the application related information set to be executed at the time indicated by the second hour hand and the second minute hand. An operation control method of an image display apparatus capable of displaying a 3D object.
The method of claim 4, wherein
And displaying the application-related information by using a 3D object.
The method of claim 3,
Determining whether the second hour hand or the second minute hand rotation command is input;
Changing, by the display unit, a multi-view image constituting the second hour hand or the second minute hand so that the second hour hand or the second minute hand rotates when it is determined that the second hour hand or the second minute hand rotation command is input; And
And resetting a scheduled execution time of the application to a time indicated by the changed second hour hand and second minute hand.
The method of claim 1,
If the analog clock 3D object includes at least two hour hands and at least two minutes hands to display at least two times, determining whether to input the hour and minute hand selection commands included in the analog clock 3D object. Includes;
The multi-view image changing step constituting the hour hand and the minute hand may be performed when the selection command is determined to be input. A multi-view image corresponding to the corresponding hour and minute hands may be changed to display an analog clock 3D object. Operation control method of a video display device.
The method of claim 7, wherein
The step of determining whether the hour and minute hand selection command input,
Displaying at least two 3D objects corresponding to the hour and minute hands included in the analog clock 3D object, respectively;
Determining a gesture of a user of the image display apparatus; And
Determining that the hour and minute hand selection commands corresponding to the 3D object selected according to the selection command are input when the determined user gesture corresponds to the object selection command corresponding to the hour and minute hands. An operation method of controlling an image display device capable of displaying an analog clock 3D object.
The method of claim 7, wherein
In the multi-view image changing step of configuring the hour and minute hands, the analog watch 3D object is displayed such that the multi-view image is changed such that at least one of the color and the shape of the hour and minute hands corresponding to the selection command is changed. Operation control method of a video display device.
An image display apparatus capable of displaying a multi-view image constituting a 3D object,
A display unit configured to display a multi-view image constituting an analog watch-shaped 3D object including an hour hand and a minute hand when a clock application execution command is input;
A gesture determination unit for determining a gesture of the user of the image display device; And
And a controller configured to process an image signal output to the display unit such that the hour or minute hand rotates according to the rotation command when the determined gesture corresponds to the hour or minute hand rotation command. Video display device that can display.
The method of claim 10,
The display unit displays a list of applications for setting a reservation time when a reservation time setting command is input,
If the controller determines that an application selection command included in the application list is input, the controller executes an application corresponding to the input selection command at a time indicated by the changed hour and minute hands. Video display device.
The method of claim 11,
The display unit displays a multi-view image constituting the second hour hand and the second minute hand so that the second hour hand and the second minute hand corresponding to the application execution scheduled time are included in the analog clock 3D object. Image display device that can display 3D objects.
The method of claim 10,
When the analog clock 3D object includes at least two hands and at least two minutes to display at least two times,
The controller determines whether the hour hand and minute hand selection commands included in the analog watch 3D object are input, and if the selection command is input, determines whether the selection command is input. Displaying an analog clock 3D object, characterized in that for processing the video signal output to the display unit so that the multi-view image corresponding to the corresponding hour and minute hands change Video display device.
The method of claim 13,
The display unit displays a multi-view image constituting at least two 3D objects respectively corresponding to the hour and minute hands included in the analog clock 3D object,
If the user gesture determined by the gesture determination unit corresponds to an object selection command corresponding to the hour and minute hands, the controller determines that a selection command of the hour and minute hands corresponding to the 3D object selected according to the selection command is input. And an image display apparatus capable of displaying an analog clock 3D object.
The method of claim 13,
And the controller is configured to process an image signal output to the display unit such that at least one of a color or a shape of an hour hand and a minute hand corresponding to the selection command is changed.
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