Patent ID: 8595766

Claim:
An operating method of an image display apparatus, comprising: displaying at least one image on a display; and in response to a command to display an input image list, displaying a thumbnail-image list including a plurality of groups of thumbnail images respectively corresponding to a plurality of input image signals on the display, the plurality of groups including: an antenna group including thumbnail images corresponding to terrestrial broadcast signals received from terrestrial channels, a component group including thumbnail image corresponding to external input image signal received via component port of the image display apparatus, and an RGB group including thumbnail image corresponding to external input image signal received via RGB port of the image display apparatus, wherein: the external input image signals are different from the broadcast image signals, the broadcast image signals are received through inputs of the image display apparatus different from the one or more external input ports through which the external input image signals are received, a first thumbnail image and a second thumbnail image in a same group at least partially overlap, and the first thumbnail image is displayed on top of the second thumbnail image, the first thumbnail image is sent behind the second thumbnail image so that the second thumbnail image is displayed on top of the first thumbnail image based on a predetermined event, and at least one of the thumbnail images included in the component group and the RGB group includes input port name information indicating input port of the image display apparatus, and when there is no external input device connected to the image display apparatus or no external input image signal is received via any one port of the image display apparatus, a default thumbnail image or a blank thumbnail image corresponding to the port is displayed.