US 12,118,960 B2
Display device and control method therefor
Sanghun Yi, Suwon-si (KR); Sangwon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Youngkook Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jeongryeol Seo, Suwon-si (KR); and Sanghoon Oh, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/094,125.
Application 18/094,125 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/003162, filed on Mar. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0083642 (KR), filed on Jul. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0154439 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 5/14 (2006.01); H04B 10/114 (2013.01)
CPC G09G 5/14 (2013.01) [H04B 10/1141 (2013.01); G09G 2370/06 (2013.01); G09G 2370/12 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, comprising:
a display;
a transmitter configured to transmit an infrared (IR) signal; and
one or more processors configured to:
divide the display into respective areas based on a command to display a multi-screen,
control the display to display, as the multi-screen, a plurality of images in respective areas of the display, based on a plurality of image signals received from a plurality of source devices, each of the plurality of source devices using a same IR protocol,
control the display to display an indicator selectively indicating one of the displayed plurality of images according to a first user command, while controlling the display to display the plurality of images in the respective areas of the display,
receive a second user command indicating selection of a first image from among the displayed plurality of images while controlling the display to display the plurality of images in the respective areas of the display and the indicator selectively indicating the first image, and identify a first source device which provides the first image, from among the plurality of source devices,
perform a process for selectively controlling the first source device, and turning-off an IR function of at least one second source device from among the plurality of source devices, and
transmit an IR signal for selectively controlling the first source device through the transmitter while controlling the display to display the plurality of images in the respective areas of the display.