Apparatus and method of providing items based on scrolling

• US 20080222558A1
• Filed: 01/07/2008
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Yeun-bae, Kim, Kyu-yong, Choi, Chang-kyu, Cho, Sung-jung
• Granted Patent: US 8,429,555 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• 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 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars

Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus and method of providing items based on scrolling.

An apparatus for processing data of a non-volatile memory according to an aspect of the invention includes a scrolling detecting unit detecting scrolling for one or more items that are displayed on a screen, a screen region control unit dividing the screen into one or more regions according to the detected scrolling, and controlling the sizes of the divided regions, and an item control unit controlling at least one of the sizes and the number of items according to the sizes of the divided regions.

Claims

1. An apparatus for providing items based on scrolling, the apparatus comprising:

a scrolling detecting unit detecting scrolling for one or more items that are displayed on a screen;

a screen region control unit dividing the screen into one or more regions according to the detected scrolling, and controlling the sizes of the divided regions; and

an item control unit controlling at least one of the sizes and the number of items according to the sizes of the divided regions.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the items include at least one of images, photos, documents, and menus.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the scrolling is performed by any one of a motion of a mouse, an inclination of the apparatus, and the movement of an object which comes into contact with the screen.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the scrolling detecting unit calculates a scrolling speed according to the scrolling operation.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the divided screen regions include a first region where the items are displayed in the form of thumbnails whose sizes are fixed to have predetermined sizes.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the divided screen regions include a second region where the items are enlarged to have predetermined sizes and displayed.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the screen region control unit enlarges the first region to be proportional to the scrolling speed.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the screen region control unit enlarges the second region to be inversely proportional to the scrolling speed.

9. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the item control unit displays the items that are displayed in the second region when a cursor moves in the first region.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the item control unit changes a location of a cursor in a first region according to the locations of the items that are displayed in the second region.

11. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the item control unit changes the number of items according to the size of the first region.

12. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the item control unit changes the sizes and the number of items according to the size of the second region.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the item control unit moves, when all the items are not displayed in the first region, the cursor, and displays a portion or all of the other items, which correspond to one or more items, in the first region.

14. A method of providing items based on scrolling, the method comprising:

detecting scrolling for one or more items that are displayed on a screen;

dividing the screen into one or more regions according to the detected scrolling, and controlling the sizes of the divided regions; and

controlling at least one of the sizes and the number of items according to the sizes of the divided regions.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the scrolling is performed by any one of a motion of a mouse, an inclination of the apparatus, and the movement of an object which comes into contact with the screen.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein, in the detecting of scrolling for one or more items, a scrolling speed according to the scrolling operation is calculated.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the divided screen regions include a first region where the items are displayed in the form of thumbnails whose sizes are fixed to have predetermined sizes.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the divided screen regions include a second region where the items are enlarged to have predetermined sizes and displayed.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein, in the dividing of the screen into one or more regions and the controlling of the sizes of the divided regions, the first region is enlarged proportional to the scrolling speed.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein, in the dividing of the screen into one or more regions and the controlling of the sizes of the divided regions, the second region is enlarged inversely proportional to the scrolling speed.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein, in the controlling of at least one of the sizes and the number of items, the items, which are displayed in the second region, are displayed, when a cursor moves in the first region.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein, in the controlling of at least one of the sizes and the number of items, a location of a cursor in the first region is changed according to the locations of the items that are displayed in the second region.

23. The method of claim 17, wherein, in the controlling of at least one of the sizes and the number of items, the number of items is changed according to the size of the first region.

24. The method of claim 18, wherein, in the controlling of at least one of the sizes and the number of items, the sizes and the number of items are changed according to the size of the second region.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein, in the controlling of at least one of the sizes and the number of items, the cursor moves when all the items are not displayed in the first region, and a portion or all of the other items, which correspond to one or more items, are displayed in the first region.