Lg Electronics Inc.

Jihe Suk

Gowoon Choi

Ryoung Kim

Changkyoon Kim

Hyeseung Lee

Sangjin Ahn

Hyojung Oh

Kwangsoo Choi

Myongwon Suh

Hanseok Hwangbo

Heesoo Park

Wonbin Jang

Haneul Lee

Jimin Heo

A method for controlling a display device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: displaying, on a main screen of a display device, content including at least one object; receiving an input for selecting a specific object from the at least one object displayed on the main screen; specifying the specific object by corresponding to the received selection input, expanding a specific area including the specific object; displaying a window including the content displayed on the main screen; displaying the expanded specific area on the main screen; and displaying, within the displayed window, an indicator for displaying the expended specific area, wherein the specific area changes according to a position of the specific object, and the content corresponds to a video.

Display device and control method therefor

A television having an Internet browsing function including: a network interface configured to access a webpage on the Internet, a display, a memory, a user interface configured to receive command signals from a remote controller; and a controller. The controller is configured to access a webpages through a web-browser, and store corresponding URLs and accessed screens of the webpages. While displaying a broadcast program in the first area, the controller displays a thumbnail list in a second area, the thumbnail list including thumbnails generated from the accessed screens, wherein the second area is overlaps at least a portion of the first area. The controller displays, in response to a command signal for selecting a thumbnail, the corresponding webpage on an entire screen of the display through the web-browser, based on the corresponding URL stored in the memory.

Display apparatus for processing multiple applications and method for controlling the same

A television having an Internet browsing function including a network interface configured to access a webpage on the Internet; a display module; a memory configured to store a URL of the accessed webpage; a user interface configured to receive a command signal from a remote controller; and a controller configured to control the display module to display a broadcast program in a first area, in which the broadcast program is received via the network interface, an external device interface or a tuner, control the display module to display a thumbnail list in a second area while displaying the broadcast program in the first area, wherein the thumbnail list includes a captured image of the accessed webpage, and the second area is within the first area, and control the display module to display a webpage corresponding to the accessed webpage based on the URL stored in the memory in response to a command signal for selecting the captured image of the accessed webpage.

A television controlled by a remote controller, the television including a network interface to receive metadata corresponding to a content to be displayed on a screen, the metadata includes a thumbnail image, title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the content, and a controller configured to control a display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the content based on the received metadata on the screen, control the display to display title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the specific content based on the received metadata, control the display to display related content information relates to another content corresponding to the specific content based on the received metadata, and when the related content information is selected, control the display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the another content, a first item to identify a first source providing the another content and the second item to identify a second source providing the another content, the second source is different from the first source.

Display apparatus connected to plural source devices and method of controlling the same

A flexible TV is disclosed. The flexible TV includes a housing, a user interface configured to receive at least one command, a flexible display positioned in the housing, and a controller configured to control a door and a motor. In particular, the controller determines a range of the flexible display exposed to an outside of the housing by controlling at least one of the door or the motor according to a type of the command.

Flexible television and method thereof

A display device can include a tuner to receive a broadcast signal; a network interface to receive an application; an external device interface; a display module to display a broadcast program, the received application or video data received from the external device interface; and a controller to display the received broadcast program in a first area, receive a request for displaying a list from a remote controller, and display the list in a second area within the first area, the list includes a first item including information identifying a recently accessed application, a second item including information identifying a recently accessed broadcast program, or a third item including information identifying an external device recently connected to the display device or an access path of the external device, and a specific information item including a main screen of a last accessed webpage is included in the list.

A method of controlling a display device for processing video data, a tuner configured to receive at least one of broadcast program; an network interface configured to receive at least one of application; an external device interface configured to connect at least one of external device; a display module configured to display the received broadcast program, the received application or video data received from the external device interface; and a controller configured to control the display module. Furthermore, the controller is further configured to control the display module to display the received broadcast program in first area, the controller is further configured to control the display module to display a menu identifying multiple applications in second area within the first area according to first request command signal, the controller is further configured to control the display module to display a recent list according to second request command, and the recent list comprises at least one of information identifying recently accessed external device, recently accessed application and recently accessed broadcast program based on a predetermined order.

A television controlled by a remote controller and including includes an infrared (IR) module to receive an IR signal from the remote controller; a radio frequency (RF) module to receive an RF signal from the remote controller; a network interface to receive metadata corresponding to a content to be displayed on a screen, the metadata including thumbnail image information, title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the content; and a controller configured to change a power-off state of the television into a power-on state of the television based on the received IR signal and control a display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the content based on the received metadata on the screen. Further, the controller is further configured to control the display to move a pointer on the screen based on the received RF signal containing information regarding movement of the remote controller, control the RF module to receive an RF signal corresponding to a designated key of the remote controller for selecting a thumbnail image corresponding to a specific content when the pointer is on the thumbnail image corresponding to the specific content, from the remote controller, control the display to display title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the specific content according to the received RF signal corresponding to the designated key of the remote controller, and control the display to display related content information, the related content information relates to another content corresponding to the specific content based on the received metadata. In addition, when the related content information is selected by the pointer, the controller further controls the display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the another content, a first item to identify a first source providing the another content and the second item to identify a second source providing the another content, the second source is different from the first source.

An image display apparatus for receiving and processing a broadcast signal and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method includes displaying a home screen including a plurality of card objects, displaying a broadcast image and a favorite channel object representing favorite channels in a broadcast card object representing a broadcast image among the plurality of card objects, and displaying a favorite channel list including favorite channel items on the display, upon selection of the favorite channel object.

Image display apparatus and method for operating the same

A multifunctional display device includes a processor to control display of at least one of a broadcast signal, data packets or signals from the remote controller. Also, a home screen includes a first area displaying a program, a second area displaying one or more card objects, and a third area having a prescribed number of applications. The home screen may be changed to display additional applications when an icon is selected using a remote controller.

A method of controlling a display apparatus and which includes displaying received audio and video contents on a display unit of the display apparatus, receiving a request signal for executing an application browser and displaying a list of applications stored in a memory associated with the display apparatus, the list of applications stored in the memory including an editable application group including at least one application that can be edited and a non-editable application group including at least one application that cannot be edited; generating graphic data representing the applications included in the editable application group and non-editable application group; and displaying the received video data in a first area of the display unit and displaying the generated graphic data representing the applications in a second area within the first area.

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Seoul, South Korea

Jihe Suk