OBJECT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS USING TOUCHSCREEN
First Claim
1. An object management method for a touchscreen-enabled device, comprising:
- picking up at least one object displayed on a touchscreen in response to a first type multi-touch input; and
releasing the at least one object on the touchscreen in response to a second type multi-touch input.
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Abstract
An object management method and apparatus for a device having a touchscreen is provided for handling objects displayed on the screen with diverse multi-touch gestures. An object management method for a touchscreen-enabled device according to the present invention includes the sensing and identification of picking up at least one object displayed on the touchscreen in response to a first type multi-touch input and releasing the at least one object on the another portion of the touchscreen, or a different area or a different display on the touchscreen, in response to a second type multi-touch input. The invention includes release to the touchscreen of another device that is in wireless communication with the device having the picked up object.
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40 Claims
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1. An object management method for a touchscreen-enabled device, comprising:
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picking up at least one object displayed on a touchscreen in response to a first type multi-touch input; and releasing the at least one object on the touchscreen in response to a second type multi-touch input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A device having a touchscreen, comprising:
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a touchscreen-enabled display unit which displays a screen having at least one object and senses touch gestures formed substantially on a surface so as to be detected by the touchscreen; a storage unit which stores settings related to touch events composing the touch gestures and objects selected in response a pickup gesture and called in response to a release gesture and macro information of stored objects; and a control unit which identifies the types of the multi-touch inputs generated by the touch gestures, picks up an object located at a position where a first type multi-touch input is generated, and releases at least one selected object at a position where a second type multi-touch input is generated. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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