US 11,956,566 B2
Audio-visual system and method for controlling the same
Ha-Na Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jee-hoon Park, Seongnam-si (KR); Hyun-yong Choi, Suwon-si (KR); You-na Choo, Seongnam-si (KR); and Soo-hyun Whang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/099,367.
Application 18/099,367 is a continuation of application No. 17/548,129, filed on Dec. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,588,997.
Application 17/548,129 is a continuation of application No. 17/219,387, filed on Mar. 31, 2021, granted, now 11,223,793, issued on Jan. 11, 2022.
Application 17/219,387 is a continuation of application No. 17/107,417, filed on Nov. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,089,258, issued on Aug. 10, 2021.
Application 17/107,417 is a continuation of application No. 16/918,793, filed on Jul. 1, 2020, granted, now 10,880,512, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Application 16/918,793 is a continuation of application No. 16/670,867, filed on Oct. 31, 2019, granted, now 10,778,935, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Application 16/670,867 is a continuation of application No. 16/428,501, filed on May 31, 2019, granted, now 10,506,197, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Application 16/428,501 is a continuation of application No. 16/000,403, filed on Jun. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,447,962, issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
Application 16/000,403 is a continuation of application No. 15/278,981, filed on Sep. 28, 2016, granted, now 10,015,435, issued on Jul. 3, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/269,352, filed on Dec. 18, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0032824 (KR), filed on Mar. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156143 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 5/655 (2006.01); H04N 5/60 (2006.01); H04N 5/64 (2006.01); H04N 5/645 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 5/655 (2013.01) [H04N 5/60 (2013.01); H04N 5/642 (2013.01); H04N 5/645 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 1/023 (2013.01); H04R 1/026 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An audio-visual device comprising:
a housing;
a speaker;
a display comprising a display area;
a communicator configured to communicate with a remote controller;
an actuator configured to change at least portion of the display area that is exposed outside the housing; and
at least one processor configured to:
in response to receiving a signal from the remote controller through the communicator, control the actuator to set the audio-visual device to a mode from among a first mode for exposing a first portion of the display area of the display outside the housing and a second mode for exposing the first portion and a second portion of the display area of the display outside the housing, and
while the audio-visual device is in the first mode, control the speaker to reproduce an audio content and control the display to display, on the first portion of the display area of the display, information relating to the audio content being reproduced,
wherein the information relating to the audio content is configured to be displayed in an aspect ratio that corresponds to an aspect ratio of the first portion of the display area.