User terminal device and method for displaying thereof

• US 10,067,648 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Yong-yeon, Kim, Yun-kyung, Rho, Jae-yeon, Park, Hae-yoon, Kwak, Ji-yeon
• Primary Examiner(s): Khan, Ibrahim A
• Application Number:
  US14/621,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20150227274A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,299 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1615 with several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function constructional details of portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts H04M1/0206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1641 the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components G06F1/1647 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3262 Power saving in digitizer or tablet
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0291 for reading, e.g. e-books constructional details of portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 : with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 : including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

A user terminal device and a display method thereof are provided. A user terminal device may include a display configured to display content, a bezel unit configured to house the display, a first touch detector configured to detect a first user interaction inputted to the display, a second touch detector configured to detect a second user interaction inputted to the bezel unit, and a controller configured to, in response to detecting, via the second touch detector, the user interaction on at least one side of the bezel unit, control a display of the content corresponding to a type of the second user interaction and a number of sides where the user interaction is detected.

Claims

1. A user terminal device, comprising:

a display configured to display content;

a bezel configured to house the display;

a first touch detector configured to detect a first user interaction inputted to the display;

a second touch detector configured to detect a second user interaction inputted to the bezel; and

a controller configured to, in response to detecting, via the second touch detector, the second user interaction on at least one side of the bezel, control a display of the content corresponding to a type of the second user interaction and a number of sides of the bezel where the second user interaction is detected,

wherein, in response to detecting a touch interaction which comprises touching a first side of the bezel and a second side of the bezel which is located on a side opposite to the first side while the content is displayed, the controller controls the display to divide a display screen into two areas according to an imaginary line which connects points touched simultaneously, to display the content on a first area, and to display an execution screen of an application on a second area, and

wherein, in response to detecting the touch interaction which comprises touching the first side which is contacted with the first area of the bezel, and dragging the second side which is connected with the second area while the display screen is divided so that the content is displayed on the first area, the application being displayed on the second area, the controller controls the display to remove an execution screen of the application from the second area, and to display an execution screen of another application.

2. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the content is e-book content, and

wherein, in response to detecting a single touch interaction on a first side of the bezel while the e-book content is displayed, the controller controls the display to display a menu related to the e-book content, and in response to detecting a multi touch interaction on the first side of the bezel, the controller controls the display to display bookmark information regarding the e-book content.

3. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the content is e-book content, and

wherein, in response to detecting a drag interaction via the first touch detector while the e-book content is displayed, the controller controls the display to convert the e-book content to being displayed in a page unit, and in response to detecting a drag interaction via the second touch detector, the controller controls the display to convert the e-book content to one from among a screen in a chapter unit or another e-book.

4. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the content is e-book content, and

wherein, in response to detecting a drag interaction on a horizontal side of the bezel, controls the display to convert the e-book content to a screen in a chapter unit, and in response to detecting a drag interaction on a vertical side of the bezel, the controller controls the display to convert the e-book content to another e-book content.

5. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in response to detecting a pinch-in interaction on the bezel while the content is displayed, the controller controls the display to display a list of a plurality of contents.

6. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in response to detecting a drag interaction which includes touching a point on a vertical side of the bezel while the content is displayed, the controller controls the display to highlight a line corresponding to the point on the vertical side to a line corresponding to a point where a drag ends.

7. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in response to detecting a user interaction which comprises simultaneously touching a first side of the bezel and a second side of the bezel which adjoins the first side, the controller controls the display to display information related to the e-book content on a corner area which is between points where the first side and the second side are touched.

8. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in response to detecting a drag interaction which comprises dragging from a first side of the bezel to a second side which adjoins the first side while the content is displayed, the controller changes a letter size of the content.

9. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 8, wherein, in response to continuing the drag interaction in a clockwise direction, enlarges a letter size of the content, and in response to continuing the drag interaction in a counterclockwise direction, the controller reduces a letter size of the content.

10. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, the controller in response to detecting a swipe interaction which comprises simultaneously swiping a first side of the bezel and a second side of the bezel which adjoins the first side while a page of the content is displayed, deletes the page according to the swipe interaction.

11. A method for displaying content on a user terminal device capable of receiving a touch input at a display and a bezel which houses the display, the method comprising:

displaying content on the display;

in response to detecting a user interaction on at least one side of the bezel, controlling a display of content corresponding to a type of the user interaction and a number of sides of the bezel where the user interaction is detected,

wherein the controlling comprises, in response to detecting a touch interaction which comprises simultaneously touching a first side of the bezel and a second side of the bezel which is located on a side of the bezel opposite to the first side while the content is displayed, dividing the display into two areas, displaying the content on one area of the two areas, and displaying an execution screen of an application on the other area of the two area, and

wherein the controlling comprises in response to detecting the touch interaction which comprises touching the first side which is contacted with the first area of the bezel, and dragging the second side which is connected with the second area while the display screen is divided so that the content is displayed on the first area, the application being displayed on the second area, removing an execution screen of the second application from the second area, and to display an execution screen of another application.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the content is e-book content, and

wherein the controlling comprises, in response to detecting a single touch interaction on a first side of the bezel while the e-book content is displayed, displaying a menu related to the e-book content, and in response to detecting a multi touch interaction on the first side of the bezel, displaying bookmark information regarding the e-book content.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the content is e-book content, and

wherein the method further comprises, in response to detecting a first drag interaction via a first touch detector while the e-book content is displayed, converting the e-book content to be displayed in a page unit, and in response to detecting a second drag interaction via a second touch detector, converting the e-book content to one from among a chapter unit and another e-book content.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the controlling comprises, in response to detecting the second drag interaction on a horizontal side of the bezel, converting the e-book content to a screen in a chapter unit, and in response to detecting the second drag interaction on a vertical side of the bezel, converting the e-book content to another e-book content.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controlling comprises, in response to detecting a pinch-in interaction on the bezel while the content is displayed, displaying a list of a plurality of contents.

16. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controlling comprises, in response to detecting a user interaction which comprises touching and dragging a first point on a vertical side of the bezel while the content is displayed, highlighting a line corresponding to the first point to a line corresponding to a second point where a drag ends.

17. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controlling comprises, in response to detecting a user interaction which comprises simultaneously touching a first side of the bezel and a second side of the bezel which adjoins the first side, displaying notification information of the user terminal device on a corner area which is between points where the first side and the second side are touched.