US 11,861,256 B2
Display apparatus and method for controlling thereof
Deukgeun Ahn, Suwon-si (KR); and Jaemoon Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/858,689.
Application 17/858,689 is a continuation of application No. 17/029,377, filed on Sep. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,422,766.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0046997 (KR), filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0342626 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G09G 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1446 (2013.01) [G09G 5/14 (2013.01); G09G 2300/026 (2013.01); G09G 2310/08 (2013.01); G09G 2370/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus of a modular display apparatus, the display apparatus comprising:
at least one display module;
a first interface configured to receive a first signal from a first display apparatus;
a second interface configured to receive a second signal from a second display apparatus; and
a processor configured to:
repeatedly execute a first operation for detecting the first signal received through the first interface and a second operation for detecting the second signal received through the second interface,
based on the first signal being identified while executing the first operation, cease repeated execution of the first operation and the second operation, display an image on the at least one display module based on the first signal received through the first interface and control the first signal to be transmitted to the second display apparatus, and
based on the second signal being identified while executing the second operation, cease repeated execution of the first operation and the second operation, display the image on the at least one display module based on the second signal received through the second interface and control the second signal to be transmitted to the first display apparatus.