Method for displaying and electronic device thereof

• US 10,217,441 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2014
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kang, Tae-Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nokham, James S
• Application Number:
  US14/262,504
• Publication Number:
  US 20140320437A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,768 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-174, 715765, 715823, 715838, 178 1806
• 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 3/0418 for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment
• 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: G09G 2330/00 Aspects of power supply; Aspects of display protection and defect management
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/10 Dealing with defective pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/12 Test circuits or failure detection circuits included in a display system, as permanent part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0464 Positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/373 for modifying the size of the graphic pattern

Abstract

One or more embodiments provide a method for processing and an electronic device. The display method of the electronic device can include the operations of, if a damage of a touchscreen sensing a gesture is sensed, confirming a region in which the damage of the touchscreen does not occur. The display method can also include changing the size of an output screen based on the region in which the damage of the touchscreen does not occur. The display method can also include outputting the size-changed output screen to the region in which the damage of the touchscreen does not occur. Other example embodiments are also possible.

Claims

1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:

if a damage to a touch screen is sensed, identifying a damaged region by the damage, and a non-damaged region;

displaying, in at least part of the non-damaged region, a plurality of regions, each of the plurality of regions representing a region to which an object selected by a user can be added;

in response to detecting a first user input selecting a region among the plurality of regions, displaying, in at least part of the non-damaged region, a list of functions executable by the electronic device;

in response to detecting a second user input selecting a function among the list, adding an object used for executing the selected function to the selected region; and

displaying the object used for executing the selected function in the selected region.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the functions executable by the electronic device comprise a function related to a communication of the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the functions included in the list are predefined.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of regions are blank regions.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the functions included in the list comprise at least one necessary function and at least one additional function.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least part of the non-damaged region in which the list of functions is displayed includes the at least part of the non-damaged region in which the plurality of regions are displayed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of regions are distinct from each other.

8. An electronic device comprising:

at least one processor configured to execute a plurality of instructions; and

a memory configured to store the plurality of instructions,

at least one program stored in the memory and configured to be executable by the at least one processor,

wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

if a damage to a touch screen is sensed, identify a damaged region by the damage, and a non-damaged region;

display, in at least part of the non-damaged region, a plurality of regions, each of the plurality of regions representing a region to which an object selected by a user can be added;

in response to detecting a first user input selecting a region among the plurality of regions, display, in at least part of the non-damaged region, a list of functions executable by the electronic device;

in response to detecting a second user input selecting a function among the list, add an object used for executing the selected function to the selected region; and

display the object used for executing the selected function in the selected region.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the functions executable by the electronic device comprise a function related to communication of the electronic device.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the plurality of instructions comprise instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to identify a damaged region of the touch screen based on a sensitivity variation of a signal generated through a transmission channel of the touch screen and a signal sensed in a reception channel.

11. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the plurality of regions are blank regions.

12. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the functions included in the list comprise at least one necessary function and at least one additional function.

13. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the at least part of the non-damaged region in which the list of functions is displayed includes the at least part of the non-damaged region in which the plurality of regions are displayed.

14. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the plurality of regions are distinct from each other.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more computer programs comprising computer readable code that, when executed by processing circuitry, causes the processing circuitry to:

if a damage to a touch screen is sensed, identify a damaged region by the damage, and a non-damaged region;

display, in at least part of the non-damaged region, a plurality of regions, each of the plurality of regions representing a region to which an object selected by a user can be added;

in response to detecting a first user input selecting a region among the plurality of regions, display, in at least part of the non-damaged region, a list of executable functions;

in response to detecting a second user input selecting a function among the list, add an object used for executing the selected function to the selected region; and

display the object used for executing the selected function in the selected region.