US 11,853,640 B2
Display apparatus and method of controlling the same
Hyeonji Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Yonghwan Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Soyoung Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Jisoo Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Hajeong Yun, Suwon-si (KR); Sangjoon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Eunjin Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/140,311.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0000139 (KR), filed on Jan. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0208837 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/16 (2013.01) [H04N 21/41265 (2020.08); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display;
a content interface;
a communication interface; and
a controller configured to:
control the display to display an image corresponding to a broadcast signal received through the content interface;
receive operation information of an external audio apparatus through at least one interface selected from the content interface and the communication interface;
control the display to display a first control menu identifying the operation information of the external audio apparatus and through which an operation of the external audio apparatus is controllable based on the operation information of the external audio apparatus and an operation information of the display apparatus;
control the display to display a second control menu representing information about an application of the external audio apparatus, the second control menu being selectable to control the application of the external audio apparatus for audio reproduction of the external audio apparatus;
control the display to display a third control menu representing information about an application of an external user device communicating with the external audio apparatus, the third control menu being selectable to control the application of the external user device for audio reproduction of the external user device; and
control audio reproduction of the external audio apparatus and the external user device based on an input received through the first control menu, the second control menu, and the third control menu, which are displayed simultaneously on the display of the display apparatus, by respectively executing the application of the external audio apparatus and the application related to audio reproduction of the external user device according to the input.