Apparatus and method for controlling a screen display in portable terminal

• US 10,503,380 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2015
• Issued: 12/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Woo, Hyun-Chul, Huh, Moon-Ki, Kim, Jung-Sik
• Primary Examiner(s): Craddock, Robert J
• Application Number:
  US14/953,251
• Publication Number:
  US 20160077729A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,474 Days
• Field of Search: 345660
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting

Abstract

An apparatus and method for controlling a screen display in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a display unit, an input unit, a memory unit, a magnification identifying unit, and a controller. The display unit displays a screen display having a controlled magnification level. The input unit sets a zoom-in or zoom-out point on the screen display. The memory unit stores reference information for determining a zoom-in or zoom-out magnification level of the screen display. The magnification identifying unit measures a tilt of the portable terminal, and determines control or non-control of a magnification level of the screen display using the measured tilt. The controller controls the screen display according to the identified magnification level.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions;

a display; and

a processor that is, when executing the instructions, configured to;

present, via the display, at least a portion of a first web page including a plurality of objects, wherein each of the plurality of objects represent a new web page distinct from the first web page;

receive a first touch input on a first object among the plurality of objects included in the first web page;

in response to receiving the first touch input, determine whether a second object among the plurality of objects is within a specified distance from the first object on which the first touch input is received;

in response to determining that the second object is within the specified distance;

present, via the display, an area as enlarged, the area including the first object and the second object, and

receive, within the area, a second touch input with respect to the first object or the second object,

in response to receiving the second touch input on the first object or the second object, switch at least the portion of the first web page including the area presented as enlarged to a second web page corresponding to the first object or a third web page corresponding to the second object, based on whether the second touch input is on the first object or the second object; and

in response to determining that the second object is outside of the specified distance, switch, via the display, at least the portion of the first web page to the second web page corresponding to the first object on which the first touch input is received.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor, when executing the instructions, is further configured to:

in response to receiving the first touch input, identify whether a magnification in which presenting the at least the portion of the first web page is less than a specified magnification; and

in response to identifying that the magnification is less than the specified magnification, determine whether the second object among the plurality of objects is within the specified distance from the first object on which the first touch input is received.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processor, when executing the instructions, is further configured to:

in response to identifying that the magnification is larger than or equal to the specified magnification, switch, via the display, the at least the portion of the first web page to the second web page corresponding to the first object on which the first touch input is received.

4. An apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions;

a display; and

a processor that is, when executing the instructions, configured to;

present, via the display, at least a portion of a first web page including a plurality of objects, wherein each of the plurality of objects represents a new web page distinct from the first web page;

receive a first touch input on a first object among the plurality of objects included in the first web page;

in response to receiving the first touch input, determine whether a magnification in which presenting the at least the portion of the first web page is less than a specified magnification;

in response to determining that the magnification is less than the specified magnification;

present, via the display, an area as enlarged, the area including the first object and a second object among the plurality of objects, wherein the first object and second object are presented in the area when the second object is located in proximity to the first object, and

receive, within the area, a second touch input with respect to the first object or the second object,

in response to receiving the second touch input on the first object or the second object, switch at least the portion of the first web page including the area presenting as enlarged to a second web page corresponding to the first object or a third web page corresponding to the second object, based on whether second touch input is on the first object or the second object; and

in response to determining that the magnification is larger than or equal to the specified magnification, switch, via the display, at least the portion of the first web page to the second web page corresponding to the first object on which the first touch input is received.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the processor, when executing the instructions, is further configured to:

in response to receiving the first touch input, identify whether the second object among the plurality of objects is within a specified distance from the first object on which the first touch input is received; and

in response to identifying that the second object is within the specified distance, determine whether the magnification is less than the specified magnification.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor, when executing the instructions, is further configured to:

in response to identifying that the second object is outside of the specified distance, switch, via the display, the at least the portion of the first web page to the third web page corresponding to the first object on which the first touch input is received.

7. An apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a processor configured to;

present, via the display, content including a first object and a second object, the first object representing first link information and the second object representing second link information, wherein the second object is located in proximity to the first object;

receive a first user input for selecting the first object included in the content as presented via the display;

identify whether a zoom screen state of the content including the first object and the second object is a first zoom screen state or a second zoom screen state that presents the content in a higher magnification than the first zoom screen state;

in response to identifying that the zoom screen state is the first zoom screen state, present, via the display, the first object and the second object as enlarged;

while the first object and the second object are presented as enlarged, receive a second user input with respect to either the first object or the second object;

in response to receiving the second user input on the first object being presented as enlarged, present a first content indicated by the first link information; and

in response to receiving the second user input on the second object being presented as enlarged, present a second content indicated by the second link information.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify that the zoom screen state is the second zoom screen state; and

in response to identifying that the zoom screen state is the second zoom screen state, present, via the display, the first content indicated by the first link information.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to:

receive the first user input;

based on receiving the first user input, identify whether the zoom screen state of the content is the first zoom screen state or the second zoom screen state and identify whether the second object is located within a specified distance from the first object selected by the first user input; and

in response to identifying that the zoom screen state is the first zoom screen state and identifying that the second object is located within the specified distance from the first object, present, via the display, the first object and the second object as enlarged.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to:

present, via the display, the first content by switching the content to the first content based on the second user input on the first object being displayed as enlarged.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to:

present, via the display, the second content by switching the content to the second content based on the second user input on the second object being displayed as enlarged.

12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on at least one processor, configures the at least one processor to:

present at least a portion of a first web page including a plurality of objects, wherein each of the plurality of objects represent a new web page distinct from the first web page;

receive a first touch input on a first object among the plurality of objects included in the first web page;

in response to receiving the first touch input, determine whether a second object among the plurality of objects is within a specified distance from the first object on which the first touch input is received;

in response to determining that the second object is within the specified distance;

present an area including the first object and the second object as enlarged, and

receive, within the area, a second touch input with respect to the first object or the second object,

in response to receiving the second touch input on the first object or the second object, switch at least the portion of the first web page including the area presented as enlarged to a second web page corresponding to the first object or a third web page corresponding to the second object, based on whether the second touch input is on the first object or the second object; and

in response to determining that the second object is outside of the specified distance, switch the at least the portion of the first web page to the second web page corresponding to the first object on which the first touch input is received.