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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2004
Applicant:
Jung-hoon Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Jung-hoon Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus to display user-guide on-screen display information about a status of an external device on a display device connected with the external device may include attempting to detect a signal from the external device when the display device is in an external input mode, displaying OSD information indicating that a signal is being detected from the external device, for a predetermined time, if no signal is detected in the signal detection operation, and preventing the OSD information displaying operation if a signal is detected in the signal detection operation.