APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GUI INTERACTING ACCORDING TO RECOGNIZED USER APPROACH
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1. A method for providing a graphical user interface, the method comprising:
- displaying a plurality of items on a display screen;
sensing an approach to the display screen by a user and identifying one item of the plurality of items approached by the user;
in response to the identifying the one item, displaying information regarding the one item;
sensing a contact of the display screen by the user; and
in response to the sensing the contact, performing a function corresponding to the contact.
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Abstract
An interface controlling method and an apparatus thereof are provided to control a user interface based on a proximity sensor and a touch pad. A number of items are displayed, an item approached by a user is identified by sensing an approach, information is provided regarding the identified item, contact by the user is sensed, and a function corresponding to the user contact is performed.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for providing a graphical user interface, the method comprising:
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displaying a plurality of items on a display screen; sensing an approach to the display screen by a user and identifying one item of the plurality of items approached by the user; in response to the identifying the one item, displaying information regarding the one item; sensing a contact of the display screen by the user; and in response to the sensing the contact, performing a function corresponding to the contact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A display apparatus, comprising:
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a display unit which displays a plurality of items; a proximity sensor unit which senses an approach to the display unit by a user; a touch sensor unit which senses contact of the display unit by the user; and a control unit which identifies one item of the plurality of items by analyzing an approached point on the display unit sensed by the proximity sensor unit, which displays information on the display unit corresponding to the one item, and performs a function corresponding to the user contact sensed by the touch sensor unit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of providing a graphical user interface, the method comprising:
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displaying a plurality of items on a display screen; sensing an approach of a user to the display screen; identifying one item of the plurality of items which is approached by the user; displaying information corresponding to the one item; sensing a contact of the display screen by the user; determining, of a plurality of types of contact, one type of contact of the contact of the display screen by the user, and determining a function corresponding to the one type of contact; performing the function corresponding to the one type of contact.
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