US 12,333,203 B2
Display apparatus, modular display apparatus and control method thereof
Sangwon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Youngkook Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Jeongryeol Seo, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/128,710.
Application 18/128,710 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/020900, filed on Dec. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0185466 (KR), filed on Dec. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0236787 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 3/1446 (2013.01) [H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/4858 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus included in a modular display apparatus composed of a plurality of display apparatuses, the display apparatus comprising:
a first communication interface configured to communicate with a remote control device;
a second communication interface configured to communicate with an external device;
a display; and
one or more processor configured to:
based on a control signal for displaying a user interface (UI) screen being received through the first communication interface, identify whether another display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses is connected to the external device based on configuration information of the modular display apparatus received from the external device through the second communication interface,
based on identifying that the other display apparatus is connected to the external device, transmit the control signal to the external device through the second communication interface,
receive, from the external device through the second communication interface, the UI screen processed by the external device according to the control signal, and
control the display to display at least a portion of the received UI screen.