METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TOUCHSCREEN BASED USER INTERFACE INTERACTION
First Claim
1. A method for a touchscreen based user interface (UI) interaction, the method comprising:
- displaying an application image on a touchscreen;
sensing whether the touchscreen is touched on the displayed application image;
displaying a volume image to control an audio volume at a touch position if the touchscreen is touched; and
changing a size of the volume image if the touchscreen is touched and controlling the audio volume to correspond to the size of the volume image.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a touchscreen based user interface (UI) interaction that controls a volume through circular UI graphics and switches between different application images by dragging an indicator on a touchscreen of a terminal device. The method includes: displaying an application image on a touchscreen; sensing whether the touchscreen is touched on the displayed application image; if the touchscreen is touched, displaying a volume image to control an audio volume at a touch position; and changing a size of the volume image whenever the touchscreen is touched and controlling the audio volume to corresponding to the size of the volume region.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for a touchscreen based user interface (UI) interaction, the method comprising:
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displaying an application image on a touchscreen; sensing whether the touchscreen is touched on the displayed application image; displaying a volume image to control an audio volume at a touch position if the touchscreen is touched; and changing a size of the volume image if the touchscreen is touched and controlling the audio volume to correspond to the size of the volume image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 23)
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8. A method for a touchscreen based user interface (UI) interaction, the method comprising:
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setting an icon at a first position of a touchscreen in order to switch a first application image currently displayed on the touchscreen to a second application image that is different from the first application image; sensing a dragged touch starting from the icon and stopping at a second position of the touchscreen; and overlaying the second application image on the first application image such that the second application image is displayed from the first position to the second position. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 24)
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12. A multimedia terminal device comprising:
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a touchscreen unit to display an application image and to display a volume image that corresponds to an audio volume of the device; and a control unit to display the volume image at a touch position when the touchscreen unit is touched on the application image, to change a size of the volume image whenever the touchscreen unit is touched, and to control the audio volume so as to correspond to the size of the volume image. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A multimedia terminal device comprising:
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a touchscreen unit to display an icon, a first application image, and a second application image that is different from the first application image; and a control unit to set the icon at a first position of the touchscreen unit, to sense a dragged touch staring from the icon and stopping at a second position of the touchscreen unit, and to overlay the second application image on the first application image such that the touchscreen unit displays the second application image from the first position to the second position. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method for a touchscreen based user interface (UI) interaction on a processing device, the method comprising:
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sensing whether a touchscreen of the processing device is touched; displaying a function image to control a function of the processing device at a touch position if the touchscreen is touched; and changing a size of the function image if the touchscreen is touched and controlling the function according to the size of the volume image. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 25)
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