Method of configuring menu screen, user device for performing the method and computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon program for executing the method

• US 10,684,767 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2011
• Issued: 06/16/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Chun-eon, Jeong, Seok-jae, Hong, Sun-gi
• Primary Examiner(s): Nunez, Jordany
• Application Number:
  US13/214,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20120047463A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,221 Days
• Field of Search: 715762, 715810, 345173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0686 with two or more screen areas displaying information with different brightness or colours
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

A method of configuring a menu screen is provided. The method includes generating at least one area within a display area; and arranging at least one menu item in the generated area, a user device for performing the method, and a computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method.

Claims

1. A method, performed by a device, of configuring a screen, the method comprising:

receiving, via an input interface of the device, a touch input based on a display of the device;

determining, by a processor of the device, a display size of an area to be displayed on the display according to the touch input;

displaying, by the processor, the area on the display based on the determined display size of the area;

adjusting, by the processor, the display size of the area in response to receiving a touch input based on a boundary line of the area being displayed;

after adjusting the display size of the area, displaying, on the display, a guide screen for designating a scrolling axis of the area being displayed;

in response to receiving an input based on the guide screen, designating, by the processor, the scrolling axis including at least one of an x-axis, a y-axis, and a z-axis of the area being displayed;

after designating the scrolling axis for the area being displayed, displaying, on the display, a list including at least one item;

determining, by the processor, a part to be displayed on the display among an entire area of all layers corresponding to the designated scrolling axis of the area being displayed by scrolling the entire area based on the designated scrolling axis for the area being displayed;

in response to receiving an input for selecting and moving an item from among the at least one item based on the displayed list, moving, by the processor, the item into the determined part; and

storing, into a memory of the device, information regarding the area including the item.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, in response to maintaining a touch on at least one edge portion of at least one of the x-axis, the y-axis, and the z-axis of a scroller of the area being displayed for a predetermined amount of time, controlling, by the processor, the scroller -to perform automatic scrolling of the area in a corresponding axis direction and change the part being displayed on the display into another part among the entire area based on the designated scrolling axis.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

deleting, by the processor, the area being displayed from the display as the display size of the area becomes less than a predetermined size.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one item includes an icon for identifying an item.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising designating, by the processor, a display size of the item within the area being displayed in response to receiving a touch input based on the area being displayed.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method, performed by a device, of configuring a screen, the method comprising:

receiving, via an input interface of the device, a touch input based on a display of the device;

determining, by a processor of the device, a display size of an area to be displayed on the display according to the touch input;

displaying, by the processor, the area on the display based on the determined display size of the area;

adjusting, by the processor, the display size of the area in response to receiving a touch input based on a boundary line of the are being displayed;

after adjusting the display size of the area, displaying, on the display, a guide screen for designating a scrolling axis of the area being displayed;

in response to receiving an input based on the guide screen,

designating, by the processor, the scrolling axis including at least one of an x-axis, a y-axis, and a z-axis of the area being displayed;

after designating the scrolling axis for the area being displayed, displaying, on the display, a list including at least one item;

determining, by the processor, a part to be displayed on the display among an entire area of all layers corresponding to the designated scrolling axis of the area being displayed by scrolling the entire area based on the designated scrolling axis for the area being displayed;

in response to receiving an input for selecting and moving an item from among the at least one item based on the displayed list,

moving, by the processor, the item into the determined part; and

storing, into a memory of the device, information regarding the area including the item.

6. A user device comprising:

a display;

a memory;

an input interface; and

a processor configured to;

receive, via the input interface, a touch input based on the display,

determine a display size of an area to be displayed on the display according to the touch input,

control the display to display the area on the display based on the determined display size of the area,

adjust the display size of the area in response to receiving a touch input based on a boundary line of the area being displayed via the input interface,

after adjusting the display size of the area, control the display to display a guide screen for designating a scrolling axis of the area being displayed,

in response to receiving, via the input interface, an input based on the guide screen,

designate the scrolling axis including at least one of an x-axis, a y-axis, and a z-axis of the area being displayed;

after designating the scrolling axis for the area being displayed, control the display to display a list including at least one item,

determine a part to be displayed on the display among an entire area of all layers corresponding to the designated scrolling axis of the area being displayed by scrolling the entire area based on the designated scrolling axis for the area being displayed,

in response to receiving, via the input interface, an input for selecting and moving an item from among the at least one item based on the display list,

move the item into the determined part, and

store, into the memory, information regarding the area including the item.

7. The user device of claim 6, wherein the at least one item includes an icon for identifying an item.

8. The user device of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to, in response to maintaining a touch on at least one edge portion of at least one of the x-axis, the y-axis, and the z-axis of a scroller of the area for a predetermined amount of time, perform automatic scrolling of the area in a corresponding axis direction and change the part being displayed on the display into another part among the entire area based on the designated scrolling axis.

9. The user device of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to, control the display to delete area being displayed from the display as the display size of the area becomes less than a predetermined size.

11. The user device of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to designate a display size of the item within the area being displayed in response to receiving, via the input interface, a touch input based on the area being displayed.