US 11,722,722 B2
Display apparatus and control method thereof
Myungho Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Dukwoo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Kwansik Yang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/674,642.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0135625 (KR), filed on Nov. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0145602 A1, May 7, 2020
Int. Cl. H04N 5/44 (2011.01); G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/42204 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); H04N 21/41265 (2020.08); H04N 21/4222 (2013.01); H04N 21/42209 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display;
a communicator;
a storage; and
a processor configured to:
in response to an occurrence of an event corresponding to a user input, identify a plurality of first electronic apparatuses which is connectable through the communicator,
obtain state information about a state of each of the identified plurality of first electronic apparatuses,
select a plurality of second electronic apparatuses, among the identified plurality of first electronic apparatuses, based on the obtained state information of the plurality of electronic apparatuses satisfying a predetermined criteria
transmit a connection request signal to each of the plurality of second electronic apparatuses through the communicator along with information about a function to be performed by the display apparatus based on the user input,
receive a response associated with the connection request signal from an electronic apparatus which accepts the connection request signal, among the plurality of second electronic apparatuses,
connect, through the communicator, with the electronic apparatus, which responded to the connection request signal, and transmit a connection request canceling signal through the communicator to each of remaining electronic apparatuses other than the connected electronic apparatus among the plurality of second electronic apparatuses,
receive a user input from the connected electronic apparatus through the communicator, and
execute the function based on the received user input.