Method and apparatus for moving list on picture plane

• US 20080088583A1
• Filed: 10/16/2007
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Sung, Young-hun, Kim, Yeun-bae, Choi, Chang-kyu, Cho, Sung-jung, Lee, Kwang-hyeon
• Application Number:
  US11/907,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20080088583A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

Provided are an apparatus and method for moving a list on a picture plane. The apparatus for moving a list on a picture plane includes a centripetal acceleration control module providing acceleration in the direction in which an image moves, with respect to an amount of movement of the center of the image relative to the center of a picture plane of a digital device, a movement resistance control module calculating a resistance corresponding to the provided acceleration, and applying the resistance to the image, a picture plane movement parameter control module calculating the movement speed of the image displayed on the picture plane and the distance moved by the center of the image, based on at least one of a current input tilt angle, the acceleration value, and the resistance value, thereby updating the movement speed and the distance moved by the center of the image.

Claims

1. An apparatus for moving a list on a picture plane, comprising:

a centripetal acceleration control module providing acceleration in the direction in which an image moves, with respect to an amount of movement of the center of the image relative to the center of a picture plane of a digital device;

a movement resistance control module calculating a resistance corresponding to the provided acceleration, and applying the resistance to the image;

a picture plane movement parameter control module calculating the movement speed of the image displayed on the picture plane and a distance moved by the center of the image, based on at least one of a current input tilt angle, the acceleration value, and the resistance value, thereby updating the movement speed and the distance moved by the center of the image.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a picture plane coordinate control module determining whether or not the calculated distance moved by the center of the image exists in a predetermined region, thereby controlling the movement of the image.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a tilt angle calculation module calculating a current tilt angle.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the center of the image moves to the center of the picture plane, the centripetal acceleration control module provides acceleration to the image in the direction in which the image moves.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the center of the image moves beyond the center of the picture plane, the centripetal acceleration control module provides acceleration in the direction opposite to the direction in which the image moves.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the center of the image moves beyond the center of the picture plane, the movement resistance control module provides a resistance value greater than a resistance value provided when the center of the image moves to the center of the picture plane.

7. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein when the calculated distance moved by the center of the image exists in the predetermined region, the picture plane coordinate control module fixes the center of the image to the center of the picture plane.

8. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein when the calculated the distance moved by the center of the image does not exist in the predetermined region, the picture plane coordinate control module outputs in real-time the position of the image on the picture plane.

9. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the picture plane coordinate control module provides feedback to the user according to the movement of the center of the image.

10. An apparatus for moving a list on a picture plane, comprising:

a tilt based speed control module calculating a speed based on input tilt angles and providing the calculated speed to an image;

a center convergence speed control module calculating a center convergence speed with respect to the center of the picture plane of a digital device and providing the calculated center convergence speed to the image;

a picture plane movement speed control module calculating a maximum movement speed of the image based on the position of the center of the image and providing the calculated maximum movement speed to the image; and

a picture plane parameter control module updating the movement speed of the image and the moving position of the center of the image by calculating the same based on the tilt based speed, the center convergence speed and the maximum movement speed.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a picture plane coordinate control module controlling the movement of the image by determining whether or not the moving position of the center of the image exists in a predetermined region.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a tilt angle calculation module calculating a current tilt angle.

13. A method of moving a list on a picture plane comprising:

controlling centripetal acceleration by providing acceleration in the direction in which an image moves, with respect to an amount of movement of the center of the image relative to the center of a picture plane of a digital device;

controlling movement resistance by calculating a resistance corresponding to the provided acceleration and applying the resistance to the image;

controlling picture plane movement parameter by calculating the movement speed of the image displayed on the picture plane and the distance moved by the center of the image, based on at least one of a current input tilt angle, the acceleration value, and the resistance value, and updating the movement speed and the distance moved by the center of the image.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising controlling a picture plane coordinate by determining whether or not the calculated distance moved by the center of the image exists in a predetermined region and controlling the movement of the image.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising calculating a current tilt angle.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein when the center of the image moves to the center of the picture plane, the controlling of the centripetal acceleration comprises providing acceleration to the image in the direction in which the image moves.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein when the center of the image moves beyond the center of the picture plane, the controlling of the centripetal acceleration comprises providing acceleration in the direction opposite to the direction in which the image moves.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein when the center of the image moves beyond the center of the picture plane, the controlling of the movement resistance comprises providing a resistance value greater than a resistance value provided when the center of the image moves to the center of the picture plane.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein when the calculated distance moved by the center of the image exists in the predetermined region, the controlling of the picture plane coordinate comprises fixing the center of the image to the center of the picture plane.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein when the calculated distance moved by the center of the image does not exist in the predetermined region, the controlling of the picture plane coordinate comprises outputting in real-time the position of the image on the picture plane.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein the controlling of the picture plane coordinate comprises providing feedback to the user according to the movement of the center of the image.

22. A method of moving a list on a picture plane comprising:

controlling a tilt based speed by calculating a speed based on input tilt angles and providing the calculated speed to the image;

controlling a center convergence speed by calculating a center convergence speed with respect to the center of the picture plane of a digital device and providing the calculated center convergence speed to the image;

controlling a picture plane movement speed by calculating a maximum movement speed of the image based on the position of the center of the image and providing the calculated maximum movement speed to the image; and

controlling a picture plane parameter by updating the movement speed of the image and the moving position of the center of the image by calculating the same based on the tilt based speed, the center convergence speed and the maximum movement speed.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising controlling the movement of the image by determining whether or not the moving position of the center of the image exists in a predetermined region.

24. The method of claim 22, further comprising calculating a current tilt angle.