US 11,917,233 B2
Display device and a remote controller controlling same
Kwan Hee Seo, Seoul (KR); Obong An, Seoul (KR); Mi Yeon Kwon, Seoul (KR); and Kyung Ryun Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/791,375
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jan. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/000272
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/141152, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0041881 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/422 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/42215 (2013.01) [H04N 21/42221 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, comprising:
a communicator configured to receive a request packet periodically transmitted from a remote controller with a plurality of buttons, wherein the request packet includes an event associated with a first button among the plurality of buttons;
an identifier configured to periodically identify whether the request packet is received within a first time period; and
a controller configured to, when periodic reception of the request packet is stopped within the first time period, control an operation of the display device to forcibly perform a release event of the first button,
wherein the first time period is a time period for identifying whether a repeat event of the first button occurs,
wherein a start point of the first time period corresponds to a time point when the request packet is first received,
wherein the identifier is configured to periodically identify whether the request packet is received within a second time period when the repeat event of the first button occurs, and
wherein the controller is configured to, when a periodic reception of the request packet is stopped within the second time period, control the operation of the display device to forcibly perform the release event of the first button.