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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2001
Jin-hwi Kim, Suwon, KR;
Jun-hum Hwang, Suwon, KR;
Eun-jung Kang, Suwon, KR;
Dae-sung Park, Suwon, KR;
Jin-Hwi Kim, Suwon, KR;
Jun-Hum Hwang, Suwon, KR;
Eun-Jung Kang, Suwon, KR;
Dae-Sung Park, Suwon, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An electronic device operation method and apparatus. A current state of a device such as TVs or VCRs is indicated as a graphic moving picture of a familiar character shape. Pictures containing an associated character shape are stored in correspondence with a various states of the electronic device. The pictures are formed of fonts each of which has a predetermined magnitude and corresponds to a block of the picture. One or more fonts are read during the time of shifting a device state according to a user key input, and the fonts are changed at time intervals to display a moving picture. A sound corresponding to the moving picture may be output together with the displayed moving picture, to further enhance the device state indication. Thus, a current state of the electronic device is more recognized by persons who do not read characters.