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Patent No.:

US 9367153 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2013

Display apparatus and method thereof

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Jong-chul Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;

Na-young Kwon, Suwon-si, KR;

Sang-bong Lee, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Dismery Mercedes

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Shin, Jong-chul. (2016). Display apparatus and method thereof (U.S. Patent No. 9367153). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9367153

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