US 12,314,151 B2
Display device and operating method thereof
Sin Jae Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/322,069.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0047535 (KR), filed on Apr. 11, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0345933 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 11/3055 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1698 (2013.01); G06F 3/0227 (2013.01); G06F 3/0634 (2013.01); G06F 9/44589 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a network interface connected to a network;
an external device interface connected to at least one external device;
a wireless communication interface configured to perform pairing with a remote control device; and
a controller configured to obtain a state of the network as a normal state or an abnormal state, count a number of times the state of the network is obtained as the abnormal state, and maintain or change a control mode for controlling the external device, based on the number of times,
wherein the control mode includes an infrared (IR) mode and a network mode, and
wherein the controller is configured to maintain the IR mode or change to the IR mode when the number of times is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference number.