Abstract:
A function upgrade device, a display apparatus, and a method for controlling a display apparatus are provided. The function upgrade device may include a function unit configured to perform a function in conjunction with the display apparatus, a storage configured to store user information and an application related to the function unit, an interface configured to connect the function upgrade device to the display apparatus and enable the function upgrade device to communicate with the display apparatus, and a controller configured to, when the display apparatus is connected to the function upgrade device through the interface, control the function unit to operate in conjunction with the display apparatus based on the user information and the application stored in the storage.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method for preventing divulgence of image data thereof which may prevent image information including image data photographed by a camera of the display apparatus from being divulged by hacking, etc. The display apparatus includes a camera which captures an image; a display which displays the image thereon based on image data captured by the camera; a communicator which communicates with an outside of the apparatus through an Internet; and a controller which transmits image information including the image data captured by the camera, in the form of a transmission packet including the image data and a detection mark or indicator capable of detecting or indicating that the image data is to be transmitted to the outside, when the image information is to be transmitted to the outside through the communicator.
Abstract:
A method for setting a communication channel of a first device is provided. The method for setting the communication channel of the first device includes: communicating with an Access Point (AP) via a predetermined channel; and in response to a problem arising in communicating with the AP, alternating between an AP search mode to discover the AP and a standby mode to set the communication channel for communicating with a second device among a plurality of channels.
Abstract:
Provided are methods of operating a gateway and a server, performing an intelligent negotiation in an Internet of Things (IoT) network. According to an example embodiment, a method of operating the gateway of an IoT system includes receiving status information from at least one of a plurality of end devices included in a local network, determining whether to start a negotiation based on a status of the local network that is analyzed based on the status information, transmitting a negotiation request to an external device, receiving a suggestion corresponding to the negotiation request from the external device, and transmitting a reply indicating whether to accept the suggestion to the external device.
Abstract:
A function upgrade device, a display apparatus, and a method for controlling a display apparatus are provided. The function upgrade device may include a function unit configured to perform a function in conjunction with the display apparatus, a storage configured to store user information and an application related to the function unit, an interface configured to connect the function upgrade device to the display apparatus and enable the function upgrade device to communicate with the display apparatus, and a controller configured to, when the display apparatus is connected to the function upgrade device through the interface, control the function unit to operate in conjunction with the display apparatus based on the user information and the application stored in the storage.