User terminal device and control method thereof

• US 10,115,370 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2013
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Min, Hyun-suk
• Primary Examiner(s): Rayan, Mihir K
• Application Number:
  US13/858,275
• Publication Number:
  US 20130265261A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,031 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/006 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04

Abstract

A handheld user device and a control method thereof are provided, the user terminal device includes a first user interface, a second user interface, a sensing device which senses an operating condition of the handheld user device, a controller which enables the first user interface and disables the second user interface if the operating condition corresponds to a first condition and enables the second user interface and disables the first user interface if the operating condition corresponds to a second condition.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

a first input user interface;

a second input user interface;

a third input user interface;

a sensing device configured to sense an operating condition of the mobile device; and

a controller configured to enable the first input user interface and disable the second input user interface if the operating condition corresponds to a first condition, enable the second input user interface and disable the first input user interface if the operating condition corresponds to a second condition different from the first condition, and enable the first input user interface and the second input user interface and disable the third input user interface if the operating condition corresponds to a third condition different from each of the first condition and the second condition,

wherein the operating condition is at least one of an external environment of the mobile device and a motion of the mobile device, and

wherein when the first input user interface and the second input user interface are inputted simultaneously, one of the first input user interface and the second input user interface is selected based on a preset priority level set by a user via a user interface for setting a priority level.

2. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the third input user interface comprises one of a voice input, a touch input, an eye tracking input, a touch-less motion input and an external device input.

3. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit configured to display a window in which the first input user interface, the second input user interface and the third input user interface are assigned the priority level,

wherein the controller selects the two of the first input user interface, the second input user interface and the third input user interface based on the priority level.

4. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a communication unit configured to receive information about the external environment from an external device,

wherein information about the external environment of the mobile device comprises at least one of information about a shaking movement of a moving object, information about a noise in a moving object, and information about a brightness in a moving object.

5. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the external environment of the mobile device comprises at least one of a speed of a moving object, movement of a moving object, noise in a moving object, and brightness in a moving object.

6. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first input user interface comprises one of a voice input, a touch input, an eye tracking input, a touch-less motion input and an external device input, and

wherein the second input user interface comprises one of a voice input, a touch input, an eye tracking input, a touch-less motion input and an external device input.

7. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit configured to display the first input user interface if the first input user interface is enabled and display the second input user interface if the second input user interface is enabled,

wherein the first input user interface comprises a first graphical user interface element, and

wherein the second input user interface comprises a second graphical user interface element larger than the first graphical user interface element.

8. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit configured to display the first input user interface if the first input user interface is enabled and display the second input user interface if the second input user interface is enabled,

wherein the first input user interface comprises a first screen having a first brightness, and

wherein the second input user interface comprises a second screen having a second brightness different from the first brightness.

9. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first input user interface outputs sound having a first volume, and

wherein the second input user interface outputs sound having a second volume different from the first volume.

10. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit configured to display the first input user interface if the first input user interface is enabled and display the second input user interface if the second input user interface is enabled,

wherein the first input user interface comprises a first layout comprising a plurality of graphical user interface elements, and

wherein the second input user interface comprises a second layout comprising most frequently used graphical user interface elements among the plurality of graphical user interface elements.

11. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operating condition of the mobile device comprises a condition indicating the mobile device is moving along with a moving object.

12. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a communication unit configured to receive user settings through short-range wireless communication,

wherein the first condition and the second condition are determined based upon the received user settings.

13. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller detects an override command of a user in response to the controller enabling the first input user interface or the second input user interface, generates pattern data corresponding to the override command of the user and modifies the first condition and the second condition based upon the pattern data.

14. A control method of a mobile device, the control method comprising:

sensing, by at least one sensing device, an operating condition of the mobile device;

enabling, by at least one processor, a first input user interface and disabling a second input user interface if the operating condition corresponds to a first condition;

enabling, by the at least one processor, the second input user interface and disabling at least the first input user interface if the operating condition corresponds to a second condition different from the first condition; and

enabling, by the at least one processor, the first input user interface and the second input user interface and disabling a third input user interface if the operating condition corresponds to a third condition different from each of the first condition and the second condition,

wherein the operating condition is at least one of an external environment of the mobile device and a motion of the mobile device, and

wherein when the first input user interface and the second input user interface are inputted simultaneously, one of the first input user interface and the second input user interface is selected based on a preset priority level set by a user via a user interface for setting a priority level.

15. The control method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the third input user interface comprises one of a voice input, a touch input, an eye tracking input, a touch-less motion input and an external device input.

16. The control method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

displaying, on a display, a window where the first input user interface, the second input user interface and the third input user interface are assigned the priority level,

selecting, by the at least one processor, the two of the first input user interface, the second input user interface and the third input user interface based on the priority level.

17. The control method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

receiving, by the at least one processor, information about the external environment from an external device,

wherein information about the external environment of the mobile device comprises at least one of information about a shaking movement of a moving object, information about a noise in a moving object, and information about a brightness in a moving object.

18. The control method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the external environment of the mobile device comprises at least one of a speed of a moving object, movement of a moving object, noise in a moving object, and brightness in a moving object.

19. The control method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the first input user interface comprises one of a voice input, a touch input, an eye tracking input, a touch-less motion input and an external device input, and

wherein the second input user interface comprises one of a voice input, a touch input, an eye tracking input, a touch-less motion input and an external device input.

20. The control method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

displaying, on a display, the first input user interface if the first input user interface is enabled and the second input user interface if the second input user interface is enabled,

wherein the first input user interface comprises a first graphical user interface element, and

wherein the second input user interface comprises a second graphical user interface element larger than the first graphical user interface element.

21. The control method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

displaying, on a display, the first input user interface if the first input user interface is enabled and the second input user interface if the second input user interface is enabled,

wherein the first input user interface comprises a first screen having a first brightness, and

wherein the second input user interface comprises a second screen having a second brightness different from the first brightness.

22. The control method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the first input user interface outputs a sound having a first volume, and

wherein the second input user interface outputs a sound having a second volume different from the first volume.

23. The control method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

displaying, on a display, the first input user interface if the first input user interface is enabled and the second input user interface if the second input user interface is enabled,

wherein the first input user interface comprises a first layout comprising a plurality of graphical user interface elements, and

wherein the second input user interface comprises a second layout comprising only most frequently used graphical user interface elements from among the plurality of graphical user interface elements.

24. The control method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the operating condition of the mobile device comprises a condition indicating the mobile device is moving along with a moving object.

25. The control method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

receiving user settings through short-range wireless communication,

wherein the first condition and the second condition are determined based upon the received user settings.

26. The control method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

detecting, by the at least one processor, an override command of a user in response to the at least one processor enabling the first input user interface or the second input user interface;

generating, by the at least one processor, pattern data corresponding to the override command of the user;

storing, by the at least one processor, the pattern data; and

modifying, by the at least one processor, the first condition and the second condition based upon the pattern data.