Object control method performed in device including transparent display, the device, and computer readable recording medium thereof

• US 10,296,127 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2013
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yun, Il-kook, Lee, Chang-soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Rayan, Mihir K
• Application Number:
  US13/858,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20130265284A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,234 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An object control method performed by a device including a display, the device, and a computer readable recording medium thereof are provided. The object control method includes: displaying at least one object on the display; receiving an input through an input interface of the display, the input interface comprising at least one of a first input interface and a second input interface; and in response to receiving the input, performing a first function associated with a predetermined input interface of the device if the input interface is the first input interface and the predetermined input interface is the first input interface, and performing a second function associated with the predetermined input interface if the input interface is second input interface and the predetermined input interface is the second input interface.

Claims

1. An object control method performed by a device comprising a transparent display, the method comprising:

displaying a first object and a second object on the transparent display, wherein a touch input of the first object differs from a touch input of the second object, and a display position of the first object on the transparent display is the same as a display position of the second object on the transparent display;

in response to receiving the touch input on the first object through a first surface of the transparent display while the first object and the second object are displayed, executing an object-specific function corresponding to the first object;

in response to receiving the touch input on the second object through a second surface of the transparent display while the first object and the second object are displayed, executing an object-specific function corresponding to the second object; and

in response to receiving the touch input on the first object and the touch input on the second object, controlling concurrently the object-specific function corresponding to the first object and the object-specific function corresponding to the second object.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving a touch input on a third object being displayed on the transparent display through at least one of the first surface and the second surface, executing an object-specific function corresponding to the third object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first surface is one of a front surface of the transparent display and a back surface of the transparent display, and

wherein the second surface is the other one of the front surface of the transparent display and the back surface of the transparent display.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, when the second object is displayed on a front surface of the first object,

the object-specific function corresponding to the second object comprises changing a display status of the second object.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, when the first object is displayed on a first layer that is partially overlapping the second object being displayed on a second layer below the first layer,

the object-specific function corresponding to the second object comprises moving the second object in response to receiving the touch input on the second object through the second surface.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, when the first object is displayed on a first layer that is partially overlapping the second object being displayed on a second layer below the first layer,

the object-specific function corresponding to the second object comprises displaying the second object above the first object in response to receiving the touch input on the second object through the second surface.

7. The method of claim 1, further compromising:

in response to receiving a touch input activating more than a predetermined area of at least one of the first surface and the second surface,

setting a transparency of the at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the transparent display that the touch input activating more than the predetermined area is received as a maximum value.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

if the touch input activating more than the predetermined area is maintained for less than a predetermined period of time, returning to the transparency of the at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the transparent display before receiving the touch input activating more than the predetermined area.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an editing window comprising information for selecting at least one of the first surface and the second surface with respect to at least one of the first object and the second object in response to a receiving editing request regarding a surface of the transparent display for the at least one of the first object and the second object;

assigning a surface corresponding to the at least one of the first object and the second object according to an input of a user through the editing window; and

updating the information regarding the surface corresponding to the at least one of the first object and the second object based on the assigning.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch input on the first object comprises

moving more than a predetermined length in one direction through the first surface,

wherein the object-specific function corresponding the first object comprises changing the first surface to the second surface by rotating the first object in a direction corresponding to the touch input,

wherein the touch input on the second object comprises moving more than a predetermined length in one direction through the second surface, and

wherein the object-specific function corresponding to the second object comprises changing the second surface to the first surface by rotating the second object in a direction corresponding to the touch input.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the object-specific function corresponding to the second object comprises variably displaying an indicator corresponding to the touch input on the second object based on a status of the second object or a status of the transparent display.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the object-specific function corresponding to the second object comprises displaying a guide corresponding to a location of the touch input on the second object.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium having recorded thereon instructions which are executed by a computer to perform the method of claim 1.

14. A device which performs an object control method, the device comprising:

a transparent display configured to display a first object and a second object, wherein a touch input of the first object differs from a touch input of the second object, and a display position of the first object on the transparent display is the same as a display position of the second object on the transparent display;

an input interface configured to receive a touch input through at least one of a first surface and a second surface of the transparent display;

a storage configured to store information regarding the first object, the second object, the first surface and the second surface; and

a processor configured to, in response to receiving the touch input on the first object through the first surface of the transparent display while the first object and the second object are displayed, execute an object-specific function corresponding to the first object;

in response to receiving the touch input on the second object through the second surface of the transparent display while the first object and the second object are displayed, execute an object-specific function corresponding to the second object; and

in response to receiving the touch input on the first object and the touch input on the second object, control concurrently the object-specific function corresponding to the first object and the object-specific function corresponding to the second object.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to, in response to receiving a touch input on a third object being displayed on the transparent display through at least one of the first surface and the second surface, execute an object-specific function corresponding to the third object.

16. The device of claim 14, wherein the first surface is one of a front surface and a back surface of the transparent display, and

wherein the second surface is another of one of the front surface and the back surface of the transparent display.

17. The device of claim 14, wherein the object-specific function corresponding the second object comprises variably displaying an indicator corresponding to the touch input on the second object based on a status of the second object or a status of the transparent display.

18. The device of claim 14, wherein the object-specific function corresponding to the second object comprises displaying a guide corresponding to a location of the touch input on the second object.

19. The device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to,

in response to receiving a touch input activating more than a predetermined area of at least one of the first surface and the second surface, set a transparency of the at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the transparent display on which the touch input activating more than the predetermined area is received as a maximum value.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to, if the touch input activating more than the predetermined area is not maintained for more than a predetermined period of time, return to the transparency of the at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the transparent display before receiving the touch input activating more than the predetermined area.

21. The device of claim 14, wherein, when the second object is displayed on a front surface of the first object, the object-specific function corresponding to the second object comprises changing a display status of the second object.

22. The device of claim 14, wherein, when the first object is displayed on a first layer and partially overlapping the second object displayed on a second layer below the first layer, the object-specific function corresponding to the second object comprises moving the second object in response to receiving the touch input on the second object through the second surface.

23. The device of claim 14, wherein, when the first object is displayed on a first layer and partially overlaps the second object displayed on a second layer below the first layer, the object-specific function corresponding to the second object comprises displaying the second object above the first object in response to receiving the touch input on the second object through the second surface.

24. The device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to, in response to receiving an editing request regarding a surface of the transparent display for at least one of the first object and the second object, display an editing window comprising information for selecting regarding at least one of the first surface and the second surface with respect to the at least one of the first object and the second object;

assigning a surface corresponding to the at least one of the first object and the second object according to an input of a user through the editing window; and

updating the information regarding the surface corresponding to the at least one of the first object and the second object based on the assigning.