Mobile apparatus displaying end effect and control method thereof

• US 10,048,800 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2017
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Ho-Young, Wang, Jee-Yeun, Lee, Jae-Myoung, Jang, Chul-Ho, Jong, In-Won
• Primary Examiner(s): Leiby, Christopher E
• Application Number:
  US15/608,085
• Publication Number:
  US 20170262127A1
• Time in Patent Office: 441 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method of controlling a mobile apparatus to display an end effect is provided. The method includes displaying at least one object on a first layer on a touch screen, converting the at least one object in response to a first gesture that converts the at least one object, detecting that the conversion for the at least one object is ended, and displaying an end effect, which represents a message saying that the at least one object to be converted does not exist anymore or represents additional information, on the touch screen.

Claims

1. A portable communication device comprising:

memory to store a plurality of objects;

a touchscreen display; and

a processor adapted to;

present, via the touchscreen display, at least one of a first object among the plurality of objects,

receive, via the touchscreen display, a user input to scroll the at least one of the first object in a specified direction,

present, via the touchscreen display, at least one of a second object among the plurality of objects based at least in part on the user input, the at least one of the second object being presented based on the specified direction, and

in response to a determination that there is not another object to display according to the user input, present, via the touchscreen display, an indication indicating information regarding a quantity of at least part of the plurality of objects.

2. The portable communication device of claim 1,

wherein the memory further comprises a gallery application to present the plurality of objects, and

wherein the processor is adapted to perform the presenting of the at least one of the first object among the plurality of objects, the presenting of the at least one of the second object and the presenting of the indication, via a user interface corresponding to the gallery application.

3. The portable communication device of claim 2, wherein the processor is adapted to present the indication at at least one of a top end of the plurality of objects, adjacent to the top end of the plurality of objects, or above the top end of the plurality of objects.

4. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the user input includes a drag or a flick.

5. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to perform the presenting of the indication while the user input is maintained.

6. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to stop the presenting of the indication after the user input is released.

7. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to as at least part of the presenting of the indication, present the indication in a first region of the touchscreen display while the at least one of the second object is presented in a second region of the touchscreen display.

8. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to determine that another portion of the plurality of objects to be presented does not exist anymore, as at least part of the determining.

9. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to as at least part of the presenting of the indication, present the indication in a bar such that the indication is not overlapped with the at least one of the second object.

10. A method for presenting content using a portable communication device, the method comprising:

presenting, via a touchscreen display operatively coupled with the portable communication device, at least one of a first object among a plurality of objects;

receiving, via the touchscreen display, a user input to scroll the at least one of the first object in a specified direction;

presenting, via the touchscreen display, at least one of a second object among the plurality of objects based at least in part on the user input, the at least one of the second object being displayed based on the specified direction; and

in response to a determination that there is not another object to display according to the user input, presenting, via the touchscreen display, an indication indicating information regarding an amount at least part of the plurality of objects.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

performing the presenting of the at least one of the first object of the plurality of objects, the presenting of the at least one of the second object of the plurality of objects and the presenting of the indication, via a user interface corresponding to a gallery application stored in memory operatively coupled with the portable communication device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the indication is presented at at least one of the top end of the plurality of objects, adjacent to the top end of the plurality of objects, or above the top end of the plurality of objects.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the indication is presented while the user input is maintained.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

stopping the presenting of the indication after the user input is released.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the presenting of the indication comprises:

presenting the indication in a bar such that the indication is not overlapped with the at least one of the second object.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the user input includes a drag or a flick.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein presenting of the indication comprises:

presenting the indication in a first region of the touchscreen display while the at least one of the second object is presented in a second region of the touchscreen display.

18. A method of controlling a portable communication device to present a plurality of images, the method comprising:

presenting at least one image of the plurality of images on a touchscreen display;

receiving, via the touchscreen display, a user input to scroll the at least one image in a specified direction;

presenting, via the touchscreen display, an indication indicating an amount of the plurality of images, in response to a determination while scrolling the at least one image in the specified direction that there is not another image to present according to the user input.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

performing the presenting of the at least one image and the presenting of the indication, via a user interface corresponding to a gallery application stored in memory operatively coupled with the portable communication device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the indication is presented at a location corresponding to at least one of a top end of the plurality of images, adjacent to the top end of the plurality of images, or above the top end of the plurality of images.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the user input includes a drag or a flick.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the indication is presented while the user input is maintained.

23. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

stopping the presenting of the indication after the user input is released.

24. The method of claim 18, wherein presenting of the indication comprises:

presenting the indication in a first region of the touchscreen display while the at least one image is presented in a second region of the touchscreen display.

25. The method of claim 18, wherein the determining comprises determining that no more images of the plurality of images exist to present.

26. The method of claim 18, wherein the presenting of the indication comprises:

presenting the indication in a bar such that the indication is not overlapped with the at least one image.

27. A portable communication device comprising:

a memory to store content including one or more images;

a touchscreen display; and

a processor adapted to;

present, via the touchscreen display, at least one portion of the content,

receive, via the touchscreen display, a user input to scroll the content in a specified direction,

present, via the touchscreen display, another portion of the content based at least in part on the user input, the other portion being presented based on the specified direction,

determine whether the other portion of the content is a top end of the content,

present, via the touchscreen display, an alphanumeric indication expressing a quantity of the one or more of images included in the content, in response to a determination that the other portion of the content is the top end of the content, and

stop the presenting of the alphanumeric indication after the user input is released.

28. A presenting content using a portable communication device, the method comprising:

presenting, via a touchscreen display, at least one portion of the content including one or more images;

receiving, via the touchscreen display, a user input to scroll the content in a specified direction;

presenting, via the touchscreen display, another portion of the content based at least in part on the user input, the other portion being presented based on the specified direction;

determining whether the other portion of the content is a top end of the content;

presenting, via the touchscreen display, an alphanumeric indication expressing a quantity of the one or more of images included in the content, in response to a determination that the other portion of the content is the top end of the content, and

stopping the presenting of the alphanumeric indication after the user input is released.