Electronic device having touch screen and method for changing data displayed on the touch screen

• US 10,031,665 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2016
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Eun Sun, Park, Kyung Dae, Kwag, Mi Na, Kim, Byung Joo, Um, Tae Won, Yook, Hyung Min, Lee, Eun Soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): SUBEDI, DEEPROSE D
• Application Number:
  US15/353,253
• Publication Number:
  US 20170068441A1
• Time in Patent Office: 615 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/08 Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 5/04 by setting each of the displayed values, e.g. date, hour, independently
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/025 provided with date indication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

In a time data display mode, a time data is displayed in at least one display block partially assigned to a touch screen of an electronic device. After the touch gesture or the drag gesture is detected in one of the display block, the current time data in the display block can be replaced with a new time data according to the touch gesture or the drag gesture. The new time data may be a following time data or a previous time data which can be determined according to a location of the touch gesture, or a direction and a distance of the drag gesture. In addition, the extent of a change in the time data may be determined according to duration of the touch gesture or a speed of the drag gesture.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

displaying first time data on a display area;

detecting a touch gesture on the display area displaying the first time data;

when the touch gesture is maintained on a touch zone of the display area for less than a predefined time period, displaying, on a touch screen, second time data in the display area, the second time data being different than the first time data by one unit of time; and

when the touch gesture is maintained on the touch zone of the display area for an amount of time that is greater than or equal to the predefined time period, displaying, on the touch screen, time data in the display area, the time data being continuously changing by one unit of time according to a period of time.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first time data is replaced with the second time data such that the second time data comprises following time data, the following time data being displayed in response to a detection of the touch gesture in a first touch zone on the display area, and

wherein the first time data is replaced with the second time data such that the second time data comprises previous time data, the previous time data being displayed in response to a detection of the touch gesture in a second touch zone on the display area.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first time data is replaced with the second time data such that the second time data comprises following time data, the following time data being displayed in response to a detection of a drag gesture from a first touch zone to a second touch zone on the display area, and

wherein the first time data is replaced with the second time data such that the second time data comprises previous time data, the previous time data being displayed in response to a detection of a drag gesture from the second touch zone to the first touch zone on the display area.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, when the touch gesture on the display area is maintained for more than a time threshold, the first time data is continuously changed at a constant speed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second time data is determined according to one of a speed, a travel distance, or a velocity of a detected drag gesture.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the display area comprises a first touch zone and a second touch zone, the first touch zone and the second touch zone being disposed at one of an upper portion and a lower portion of the display area, respectively, or at a left portion and a right portion of the display area, respectively.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first time data and the second time data comprise at least one of:

a date comprising a day, a month, and a year;

a time comprising an hour, a minute, and a second;

an interval of time comprising ante meridiem (A.M.), and post meridiem (P.M);

or

a day of a week.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first time data is displayed in a time data display mode comprising a schedule mode to manage a schedule, an alarm mode to establish an alarm time, and a time display mode to display and to set a time.

9. A device, comprising:

a touch screen;

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to;

control the touch screen to display first time data on a display area,

detect a touch gesture, via the touch screen, on the display area displaying the first time data,

when the touch gesture is maintained on a touch zone of the display area for less than a predefined time period, control the touch screen to display second time data in the display area, the second time data being different than the first time data by one unit of time, and

when the touch gesture is maintained on the touch zone of the display area for an amount of time that is greater than the predefined time period, control the touch screen to display time data in the display area, the time data being continuously changing by one unit of time according to a period of time.

10. The device of claim 9,

wherein the first time data is replaced with the second time data such that the second time data comprises following time data, the following time data being displayed in response to a detection of the touch gesture in a first touch zone on the display area, and

wherein the first time data is replaced with the second time data such that the second time data comprises previous time data, the previous time data being displayed in response to a detection of the touch gesture in a second touch zone on the display area.

11. The device of claim 9,

wherein the first time data is replaced with the second time data such that the second time data comprises following time data, the following time data being displayed in response to a detection of a drag gesture from a first touch zone to a second touch zone on the display area, and

wherein the first time data is replaced with the second time data such that the second time data comprises previous time data, the previous time data being displayed in response to a detection of a drag gesture from the second touch zone to the first touch zone on the display area.

12. The device of claim 9, wherein, when the touch gesture on the display area is maintained for more than a time threshold, the first time data is continuously changed at a constant speed.

13. The device of claim 9, wherein the second time data is determined according to one of a speed, a travel distance, or a velocity of a detected drag gesture.

14. The device of claim 9, wherein the display area comprises a first touch zone and a second touch zone, the first touch zone and the second touch zone being disposed at one of an upper portion and a lower portion of the display area, respectively, or at a left portion and a right portion of the display area, respectively.

15. The device of claim 9, wherein the first time data and the second time data comprise at least one of:

a date comprising a day, a month, and a year;

a time comprising an hour, a minute, and a second;

an interval of time comprising ante meridiem (A.M.), and post meridiem (P.M);

or

a day of a week.

16. The device of claim 9, wherein the first time data is displayed in a time data display mode comprising a schedule mode to manage a schedule, an alarm mode to establish an alarm time, and a time display mode to display and to set a time.