Patent ID: 8760503
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus having a screen, the method comprising: displaying an image; exchanging data between the 3D image display apparatus and plural external devices; generating and simultaneously displaying, by the 3D image display apparatus, 3D objects at a depth different from the image, each of the 3D objects corresponding to a data exchange between the 3D image display apparatus and a respective one of the plural external devices, wherein the step of simultaneously displaying the 3D objects includes: simultaneously displaying a movement of each of the 3D objects relative to the screen, each movement representing a state of the data exchange between the 3D image display apparatus and the respective one of the plural external devices, and displaying other 3D objects corresponding to the plural external devices at a location farther away from the screen than the 3D objects corresponding to the data exchange between the 3D image display apparatus and the respective plural external devices; and the method further comprising one of: replacing one of the 3D objects with a corresponding 2D image on the screen when the corresponding data exchange is completed or when the one of the 3D objects has moved from the respective one of the plural external devices to a predetermined distance from the screen; and no longer displaying the 3D objects when the corresponding data exchange is completed or when the one of the 3D objects has moved from the screen to a predetermined distance to the respective one of the plural external devices.