Method and electronic device for providing user interface

• US 10,444,886 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2016
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Namgoong, Bo Ram, Kim, Su Hyun, Sagong, Jin, Jung, Ha Youl
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhou, Hong
• Application Number:
  US15/331,206
• Publication Number:
  US 20170115793A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,089 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1692 the I/O peripheral being a secondary touch screen used as control interface, e.g. virtual buttons or sliders
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0414 using force sensing means to determine a position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/023 Display panel composed of stacked panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

An electronic device and a user interface providing method of the electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first display disposed on a first surface of the electronic device, a second display disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the electronic device; and a processor. The processor outputs, on the first display, a specified object. The first display includes a display panel that displays the specified object, a touch panel that receives a touch input for the specified object, and a pressure sensor that senses a pressure of the touch input. The processor further outputs, on the second display, content associated with the touched specified object based on the pressure of the touch input.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first display disposed on a first surface of the electronic device, the first display comprising;

a display panel;

a touch panel that receives a touch input for a specified object; and

a pressure sensor that senses a pressure of the touch input;

a second display disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the electronic device; and

a processor that outputs, on the first display, the specified object, and determines whether to output content associated with the specified object on the first display or the second display based on the pressure of the touch input by outputting the content associated with the touched specified object on the first display when the pressure of the touch input is less than a specified value and outputting the content associated with the touched specified object on the second display when the pressure of the touch input is greater than or equal to the specified value.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor adjusts an output area of the content based on the pressure of the touch input.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processor enlarges the output area of the content, in response to an increase in the pressure of the touch input.

4. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processor reduces the output area of the content, in response to a decrease in the pressure of the touch input.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the processor stops an output of the content, when the touch input is ceased due to the decrease in the pressure of the touch input.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the specified object is an object associated with an application, and

wherein the content comprises content according to execution of the application.

7. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the specified object corresponds to an object linked to at least one of a web document file, a text file, an image file, and a video file, and

wherein the content comprises content included in at least one of the web document file, the text file, the image file, and the video file.

8. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the processor moves the specified object to a corresponding position on the second display based on the pressure of the touch input.

9. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the processor provides the content to an application running on the second display, based on the pressure of the touch input.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein at least a part of the provided content is output to a specified position on the second display.

11. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein, the processor causes at least one of the first display and the second display to further output a graphic effect corresponding to the pressure of the touch input to a position corresponding to the touch input.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the graphic effect output on the first display comprises a shape that is concave in a direction in which the pressure is applied.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the graphic effect output on the second display comprises a shape that is convex in a direction in which the pressure is applied.

14. A user interface providing method of an electronic device, the method comprising:

outputting a specified object on a first display, disposed on a first surface of the electronic device;

receiving a touch input for the specified object;

sensing a pressure of the touch input; and

determining whether to output content associated with the specified object to the first display or a second display based on the pressure of the touch input by outputting the content associated with the specified object, on the first display when the pressure of the touch input is less than a specified value and outputting the content associated with the touched specified object on the second display disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the electronic device, when the pressure of the touch input is greater than or equal to the specified value.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein outputting the content comprises:

adjusting an output area of the content based on the pressure of the touch input.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

providing the content to an application, which is running on the second display, based on the pressure of the touch input.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

outputting a graphic effect corresponding to the pressure of the touch input to a position corresponding to the touch input.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon an instruction, the instruction performing the operations of:

outputting a specified object on a first display, disposed on a first surface of the electronic device;

receiving a touch input for the specified object;

sensing a pressure of the touch input; and

determining whether to output content associated with the specified object to the first display or a second display based on the pressure of the touch input by outputting the content associated with the specified object;

on the first display when the pressure of the touch input is less than a specified value, and outputting the content associated with the touched specified object on the second display disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the electronic device, when the pressure of the touch input is greater than or equal to the specified value.