Screen operation method for electronic device based on electronic device and control action

• US 10,402,002 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2014
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Yang, Ho, Kim, Kyeong Yeon
• Primary Examiner(s): Pardo, Thuy N
• Application Number:
  US14/888,686
• Publication Number:
  US 20160103552A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,954 Days
• Field of Search: 345173, 345473, 345636, 345156, 345419, 345179, 345660, 345676, 345174, 345765, 345728, 345753, 715765, 707728
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units

Abstract

A screen operation method for an electronic device based on the electronic device and a control action is disclosed. The electronic device may include an input data receiving module for receiving input data through the device from a user, a unit presentation recognizing module for recognizing a unit presentation from the input data in order to control the electronic device, and a screen controlling module for controlling the screen of the electronic device based on the control action with which the unit presentation is combined.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

an input data receiver configured to receive input data from a user;

a unit expression recognizer configured to recognize at least two unit expressions from the input data, dependent on results of respectively comparing the at least two unit expressions with predetermined reference data, for controlling the electronic device, wherein the at least two unit expressions respectively includes any one or any combination of two or more of a closed curve, a line, and a point; and

a screen controller configured to control a screen of the electronic device in response to a control operation that is a combination of the at least two unit expressions,

wherein the screen controller is further configured to enlarge a particular area related to a closed curve in response to the control operation comprising the user drawing the closed curve on the screen and then drawing a first line from a boundary of the closed curve away from the closed curve on the screen, and

wherein the screen controller is further configured to determine a zoom scaling factor of the particular area based on a distance from a center of the closed curve to the closed curve and a length of the first line.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the screen controller is further configured to reduce the particular area related to the closed curve in response to the control operation comprising the user drawing the closed curve on the screen and then drawing a second line from a boundary of the closed curve into the closed curve on the screen.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the screen controller is further configured to determine a reduction ratio of the particular area based on a distance from a center of the closed curve to the closed curve and a length of the second line.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the screen controller is further configured to move another particular area to a center of the screen and enlarge the other particular area to a full screen in response to the control operation comprising the user drawing a closed curve surrounding the other particular area on the screen and then drawing a point outside the closed curve on the screen.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the screen controller is further configured to move another particular area to a center of the screen in response to the control operation comprising the user drawing a closed curve surrounding the other particular area on the screen and then drawing a point inside the closed curve on the screen.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the screen controller is further configured to move a first particular area to a center of a closed curve surrounding a second particular area in response to the control operation comprising the user drawing a closed curve surrounding the first particular area on the screen and then drawing the closed curve surrounding the second particular area on the screen.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the screen controller is further configure to move an entire screen along a drag track in response to the control operation comprising the user drawing a point and then dragging the point to a predetermined position along the drag track on the screen.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the screen controller is further configured to rotate the screen in a direction of drawing a line in response to the control operation comprising the user drawing another closed curve on the screen and then drawing the line in a particular direction from a boundary of the other closed curve along the other closed curve.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the screen controller is further configured to determine an angle by which the screen is to be rotated to be an angle between a first vector from a center of the other closed curve to a starting point of the line and a second vector from the center of the other closed curve to an ending point of the line.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the screen controller is further configured to cancel a previous operation performed through the screen in response to the control operation comprising the user drawing another closed curve on the screen and then a straight line passing through an inside of the other closed curve on the screen.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the screen controller is further configured to repeat a previous operation performed through the screen in response to the control operation comprising the user drawing another closed curve on the screen and then a curved line extending into and then out of the other closed curve on the screen.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the unit expression recognizer is further configured to recognize the at least two unit expressions based on an input pattern related to continuity of the input data.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the unit expression recognizer is further configured to recognize the at least two unit expressions from the input data of the user received after the electronic device is converted to a screen control mode by the user.

14. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the unit expression recognizer is further configured to recognize the at least two unit expressions using an error correction rule related to the at least two unit expressions.

15. An electronic device configured to recognize a control operation that is a combination of at least two unit expressions, the at least two unit expressions being recognized, dependent on results of respectively comparing the at least two unit expressions with predetermined reference data, from input data, and the at least two unit expressions respectively including any one or any combination of two or more of a closed curve, a line, and a point, and configured to control a screen in response to the control operation;

wherein the control operation is selected from any one or any combination of two or more of zoom in, zoom out, zoom to fit on the screen, move to a center of the screen, move to an arbitrary point on the screen by jumping, move to an arbitrary point on the screen by dragging, rotate, undo, and redo,

wherein the control operation comprises enlarging a particular area related to a closed curve in response to the control operation comprising the user drawing the closed curve on the screen and then drawing a first line from a boundary of the closed curve away from the closed curve on the screen, and

wherein a zoom scaling factor of the particular area is determined based on a distance from a center of the closed curve to the closed curve and a length of the first line.

16. A screen manipulation method for an electronic device, the screen manipulation method comprising:

receiving input data from a user;

recognizing at least two unit expressions from the input data, dependent on results of respectively comparing the at least two unit expressions with predetermined reference data, for controlling the electronic device, wherein the at least two unit expressions respectively include any one or any combination of two or more of a closed curve, a line, and a point; and

controlling a screen of the electronic device in response a control operation that is a combination of the at least two unit expressions,

wherein the controlling comprising enlarging a particular area related to a closed curve in response to the control operation comprising the user drawing the closed curve on the screen and then drawing a first line from a boundary of the closed curve away from the closed curve on the screen, and

wherein a zoom scaling factor of the particular area is determined based on a distance from a center of the closed curve to the closed curve and a length of the first line.

17. The screen manipulation method of claim 16, wherein the control operation is selected from any one or any combination of two or more of zoom in, zoom out, zoom to fit on the screen, move to a center of the screen, move to an arbitrary point on the screen by jumping, move to an arbitrary point on the screen by dragging, rotate, undo, and redo.