US 12,225,256 B2
Display device
Miyeon Kwon, Seoul (KR); Seongwoon Seol, Seoul (KR); Kyungryun Lee, Seoul (KR); and Eunyoung Cho, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/757,767
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/018069
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/125389, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0018885 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/422 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/42203 (2013.01) [H04N 21/42226 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display configured to display content of an external device;
a user input interface configured to receive a signal from a remote control device; and
a controller configured to:
receive a voice signal expressing an intention of setting the external device as a control target of the remote control device;
extract, from the voice signal, data comprising at least one of a type of the external device, a service provider of the external device, a manufacturer of the external device, or an external input terminal to which the external device is connected;
determine whether the extracted data comprises all data required for setting the remote control device;
receive an additional input signal through the user input interface or an additional voice signal to acquire all of the required data among the type of the external device, the service provider of the external device, the manufacturer of the external device and the external input terminal, based on determining that the extracted data does not comprise all of the required data;
set the external device to be controlled by the remote control device based on the extracted data and the additional input signal; and
control the external device using the remote control device.