Electronic device and method for controlling multi-windows in the electronic device
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a controller operatively coupled to the display unit, configured to;
display, on the display unit, a plurality of windows corresponding to a plurality of applications, wherein the plurality of windows includes a first window displaying a first image associated with a first application in a first frame and a second window displaying a second image associated with a second application in a second frame, the plurality of windows are displayed concurrently, each one of the plurality of windows is displayed in a different portion of the display unit, andwhen a rotation gesture on the first window is detected, rotate the first frame to a longitudinal direction or a perpendicular direction corresponding to the rotation gesture while maintaining direction of the second image of the second window and while a location of the first window is unchanged.
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a controller and a display unit having a display screen configured for displaying an output of multi-windows on which executions of a plurality of applications are displayed. When rotation of the electronic device is detected, if frame rotation information of the multi-windows are different from each other, the controller controls a rotation of the frames of the multi-windows such that the frame rotation information respectively set for the multi-windows are maintained.
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16 Claims
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a display unit; and a controller operatively coupled to the display unit, configured to; display, on the display unit, a plurality of windows corresponding to a plurality of applications, wherein the plurality of windows includes a first window displaying a first image associated with a first application in a first frame and a second window displaying a second image associated with a second application in a second frame, the plurality of windows are displayed concurrently, each one of the plurality of windows is displayed in a different portion of the display unit, and when a rotation gesture on the first window is detected, rotate the first frame to a longitudinal direction or a perpendicular direction corresponding to the rotation gesture while maintaining direction of the second image of the second window and while a location of the first window is unchanged. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electronic device, comprising:
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a display unit displaying a split screen including at least two windows, the at least two windows are oriented in opposite directions towards at least two concurrent users; and a controller operatively coupled to the display unit, configured to; receive inputs from the at least two concurrent users of the electronic device, each user entering input on at least one of the at least two windows, identify frame rotation information for each one of the at least two windows, the frame rotation information indicating orientations of the at least two windows with respect the at least two concurrent users, and when a rotation of the electronic device is detected, automatically rotate the at least two windows based on the identified frame rotation information such that orientations of the at least two windows with respect to the concurrent users are maintained.
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9. A method of an electronic device comprising:
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displaying, by a processor on a display coupled to the processor, a plurality of windows corresponding to a plurality of applications, wherein the plurality of windows includes a first window displaying a first image associated with a first application in a first frame and a second window displaying a second image associated with a second application in a second frame, the plurality of windows are displayed concurrently, each one of the plurality of windows is displayed in a different portion of a display unit; and when a rotation gesture on the first window is detected, rotating the first frame to a longitudinal direction or a perpendicular direction corresponding to the rotation gesture while maintaining direction of the second image of the second window and while a location of the first window is unchanged. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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displaying, by a display, a split screen including at least two windows, the at least two windows are oriented in opposite directions towards at least two concurrent users; receiving, by a processor, inputs from the at least two concurrent users of an electronic device, each user entering input on at least one of the at least two windows; identifying, by the processor, frame rotation information for each one of the at least two windows, the frame rotation information indicating orientations of the at least two windows with respect the at least two concurrent users; and when a rotation of the electronic device is detected, automatically rotating the at least two windows based on the identified frame rotation information such that orientations of the at least two windows with respect to the concurrent users are maintained.
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