DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD

• US 20100017749A1
• Filed: 02/04/2009
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Bang, Young-eun
• Application Number:
  US12/365,468
• Publication Number:
  US 20100017749A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/799
• 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 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a display unit which displays an application window, and a control unit which controls the display unit to display the application window with a transition effect when an application window control event occurs. Therefore, it is possible to apply various transition effects other than a transition effect previously stored in an application.

Claims

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display unit which displays a first application window of a first application; and

a control unit which controls the display unit to display the first application window with a transition effect if an application window control event occurs.

2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transition effect causes at least one of position, shape, color, and direction of movement, of the first application window to change.

3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transition effect is applied in compliance with a definition in either markup language received from an external server or previously stored markup language.

4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein application information contains information on a transition effect applicable to an application window other than the first application window.

5. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit which stores application information which defines the transition effect.

6. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface unit which receives a selection of the transition effect from a plurality of transition effects if the plurality of transition effects are applicable to the first application window.

7. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein, if an event occurs to control an application window of an other application different from the first application, the control unit controls the display unit to display the application window of the other application according to a transition effect suitable for the other application.

8. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, if a plurality of applications are linked so as to operate together, and if the application window control event occurs, the control unit controls the display unit to display each application window and corresponding transition effect of the plurality of applications, according to the link between the first application and another application linked to the first application.

9. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the application window is controlled according to a change in a state of the application window.

10. A display method, comprising:

determining whether an application window control event occurs; and

displaying a first application window of a first application with a transition effect if it is determined that the application window control event occurs.

11. The display method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the transition effect is an effect which causes at least one of position, shape, color, and direction of movement, of the first application window to change.

12. The display method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the transition effect is applied in compliance with a definition in either markup language received from an external server or previously stored markup language.

13. The display method as claimed in claim 10, wherein application information comprises information on a transition effect applicable to an other application window different from the first application window.

14. The display method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

storing application information defining the transition effect.

15. The display method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

receiving a selection of the transition effect from a plurality of transition effects if the plurality of transition effects are applicable to the first application window.

16. The display method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the displaying comprises, if an event occurs to control an application window of an other application different from the first application, displaying the application window of the other application according to a transition effect suitable for the other application.

17. The display method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the displaying comprises, if a plurality of applications are linked so as to operate together, and if the application window control event occurs, displaying each application window and corresponding transition effect of the plurality of applications, according to the link between the first application and another application linked to the first application.

18. The display method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the application window is controlled according to a change in a state of the application window.