US2015188724A1PendingUtilityA1

Display apparatus, terminal apparatus, and controlling methods thereof

Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTDPriority: Dec 31, 2013Filed: Nov 26, 2014Published: Jul 2, 2015
Est. expiryDec 31, 2033(~7.4 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
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Abstract

A display apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and controlling methods are provided. The display apparatus includes: a communicator to communicate with a terminal apparatus or a relay server in order to receive collected status information about at least one peripheral device from the terminal apparatus, a display unit to display a user interface (UI) screen; and a controller to generate a control UI for controlling the at least one peripheral device or a security UI for monitoring a peripheral space through the at least one peripheral device based on the status information about the at least one peripheral device and based on whether a communication with the terminal apparatus is possible, thereby controlling a home device t in real time according to a communication status with the terminal apparatus.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A display apparatus comprising:
 a communicator configured to communicate with at least one of a terminal apparatus and a relay server to receive from the terminal apparatus collected status information corresponding to at least one peripheral device;   a display unit configured to display a user interface (UI) screen; and   a controller configured to generate at least one of a control UI for controlling the at least one peripheral device and a security UI for monitoring a peripheral space using the at least one peripheral device based on the status information corresponding to the at least one peripheral device and based on whether communication with the terminal apparatus is possible, and display the at least one of the control UI and the security UI on the display unit.   
     
     
         2 . The display apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein, if communication with the terminal apparatus is possible, the controller generates a control list information about at least one controllable peripheral device, from among the at least one peripheral device, based on the received status information, and generates the control UI comprising a control menu corresponding to one of the at least one controllable peripheral device selected based on the control list information. 
     
     
         3 . The display apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein, if communication with the terminal apparatus is not possible, the controller generates a security list information comprising identification information indicating the at least one peripheral device to be monitored and an area information depicting a monitoring area based on the received status information and setting information corresponding to each of the at least one peripheral device. 
     
     
         4 . The display apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to :
 generate a user certification UI for certifying a user in response to one of the at least one peripheral device being selected based on the security list information,   request the terminal apparatus, using the relay server, to monitor the selected one of the at least one peripheral device in response to an encryption key input on the user certification UI corresponding to preset encryption information, and   generate a security UI for displaying image information that is captured by the selected peripheral device and received from the relay server, according to the monitoring request.   
     
     
         5 . The display apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the security UI comprises a monitoring control menu for controlling a monitoring operation of the selected peripheral device. 
     
     
         6 . The display apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the security UI further comprises an editing menu for editing an image captured by the selected peripheral device. 
     
     
         7 . The display apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the controller generates the control list information based on an execution mode of the display apparatus,
 wherein the execution mode is at least one of a first execution mode activated on a quick menu, a second execution mode activated on a lock screen, and a third execution mode in which a home network service-related application is activated.   
     
     
         8 . The display apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the controller generates a first control list information comprising the at least one controllable peripheral devices in the first execution mode and generates a second control list information comprising one activated controllable peripheral device from among the at least one controllable peripheral device in the second execution mode. 
     
     
         9 . The display apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein, if in the third execution mode, the controller generates a control UI comprising status-related detailed information and a control menu of the at least one controllable peripheral device based on the received status information regardless of whether communication with the terminal apparatus is possible. 
     
     
         10 . A terminal apparatus comprising:
 a communicator configured to periodically communicate with at least one peripheral device;   a storage unit configured to store status information about the at least one peripheral device; and   a controller configured to, in response to a status information request message requesting status information of the at least one peripheral device being received from a display apparatus, control the communicator to transmit, to the display apparatus, at least one of status information about at least one controllable peripheral device, from among the at least one peripheral device, and the status information about the at least one peripheral device to be monitored based on the status information stored in the storage unit and based on whether a communication with the display apparatus is possible.   
     
     
         11 . The terminal apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein, if communication with the display apparatus is possible, the controller transmits the status information about the at least one controllable peripheral device based on the status information stored in the storage unit and, in response to a control command being received from the display apparatus, transmits the control command to one of the at least one controllable peripheral device corresponding to the received control command. 
     
     
         12 . The terminal apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein, if communication with the display apparatus is not possible, the controller transmits the status information about the at least one peripheral device to be monitored to the display apparatus through a relay server based on the status information stored in the storage unit and, in response to a monitoring performance command being received from the display apparatus through the relay server, transmits the monitoring performance command to one of the at least one peripheral device corresponding to the monitoring performance command, and transmits image information captured by the one of the at least one peripheral device to the display apparatus through the relay server according to the monitoring performance command. 
     
     
         13 . A method of controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:
 periodically communicating with a terminal apparatus or a relay server to receive collected status information about at least one peripheral device from the terminal apparatus;   generating at least one of a control UI for controlling the at least one peripheral device and a security UI for monitoring a peripheral space through the at least one peripheral device based on the status information about the at least one peripheral device and based on whether a communication with the terminal apparatus is possible; and   displaying the at least one of the control UI and the security UI.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the generating at least one of the control UI and the security UI comprises:
 if communication with the terminal apparatus is possible, generating control list information about at least one controllable peripheral device, from among the at least one peripheral device, based on the status information; and   in response to one of the at least one controllable peripheral device being selected based on the control list information, generating the control UI comprising a control menu corresponding to the selected controllable peripheral device.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the generating at least one of the control UI and the security UI comprises:
 if communication with the terminal apparatus is not possible, generating security list information comprising identification information indicating the at least one peripheral device to be monitored and an area information depicting a monitoring area based on the status information and setting information corresponding to each of the at least one peripheral device.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the generating at least one of the control UI and the security UI further comprises:
 generating a user certification UI for certifying a user in response to one of the at least one peripheral device being selected based on the security list information;   requesting, in response to an encryption key input on the user certification UI corresponding to preset encryption information, the terminal apparatus, using the relay server, to monitor the selected peripheral device; and   generating, in response to image information being captured by the selected peripheral device and being received according to the monitoring request, the security UI for displaying the received image information.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the security UI further comprises a monitoring control menu for controlling a monitoring operation of the selected peripheral device. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the security UI further comprises an editing menu for editing an image captured by the selected peripheral device. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the control list information is generated based on an execution mode of the display apparatus,
 wherein the execution mode is at least one of a first execution mode activated on a quick menu, a second execution mode activated on a lock screen, and a third execution mode in which a home network service-related application is activated.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the generating of the control list information comprises:
 generating a first control list information comprising the at least one controllable peripheral device in the first execution mode; and   generating a second control list information comprising one activated controllable peripheral device from among the at least one controllable peripheral device in the second execution mode.   
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the generating of the control UI comprises:
 if in the third execution mode, generating the control UI comprising status-related detailed information and a control menu of the at least one controllable peripheral device based on the received status information regardless of whether communication with the terminal apparatus is possible.   
     
     
         22 . A method of controlling a terminal apparatus, the method comprising:
 periodically communicating with at least one peripheral device to receive status information about the at least one peripheral device;   storing the received status information about the at least one peripheral device;   receiving a status information request message requesting status information of the at least one peripheral device from a display apparatus; and   transmitting at least one of status information about at least one controllable peripheral device, from among the at least one peripheral device, and the status information about the at least one peripheral device to be monitored, to the display apparatus based on the stored status information and based on whether the communication with the display apparatus is possible.   
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the transmitting of the status information comprises:
 if communication with the display apparatus is possible, transmitting the status information about the at least one controllable peripheral device to the display apparatus based on the stored status information; and in response to a control command being received from the display apparatus, transmitting the control command to one of the at least one controllable peripheral device corresponding to the received control command.   
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the transmitting of the status information comprises:
 if communication with the display apparatus is not possible, transmitting the status information about the at least one peripheral device to be monitored, to the display apparatus through a relay server based on the stored status information;   in response to a monitoring performance command being received from the display apparatus through the relay server, transmitting the monitoring performance command to one of the at least one peripheral device corresponding to the monitoring performance command; and   transmitting image information captured by the one of the at least one peripheral device to the display apparatus through the relay server according to the monitoring performance command.   
     
     
         25 . A method of controlling at least one peripheral device, the method comprising:
 transmitting, to the at least one peripheral device, a request for status information of the at least one peripheral device;   receiving, from the at least one peripheral device, the requested status information;   generating at least one of a control user interface (UI) for controlling the at least one peripheral device and a security UI for monitoring a peripheral space using the at least one peripheral device based on the received status information and a communication status information; and   transmitting, to the at least one peripheral device, a user command to control the at least one peripheral device, input by a user in the at least one of the control UI and the security UI.

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