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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); F25D 29/005 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01); F25D 2400/361 (2013.01); F25D 2700/04 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04804 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0261 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display apparatus and a method thereof. The display apparatus includes a display with variable transparency, a sensor which senses a location of at least one of a person and an object, and a controller which determines proximity of the at least one of the person and the object to the display based on a result of the sensing by the sensor, and adjusts the transparency of the display differently according to a result of the determining. Accordingly, a user can easily recognize contents displayed on the display screen having high transparency in the display apparatus.