Patent ID: 8773365
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus comprising: a display unit; a power supply unit which supplies power to an external device; a controller which displays a graphic user interface (GUI) on the display unit if a user's input is sensed, determines whether the external device is placed on the GUI, and controls the power supply unit to charge the external device with power supplied from the power supply unit if it is determined that the external device is placed on the GUI, wherein the GUI indicates a power supply area of the display unit supplying power from the power supply unit; a user location detector which detects a location of a user with respect to the display apparatus, wherein the controller displays a message related to the GUI on a part of the display unit adjacent to the location of the user detected by the user location detector, wherein the GUI is displayed on the display unit before the external device is placed on the GUI and the GUI is displayed in a fixed location on the display unit.