ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAYING METHOD OF THE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20110061023A1
• Filed: 09/09/2010
• Published: 03/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Myeong-ho
• Application Number:
  US12/878,140
• Publication Number:
  US 20110061023A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04101 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/045 using resistive elements, e.g. a single continuous surface or two parallel surfaces put in contact
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/675 comprising setting of focusing regions

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a touch panel that displays an image and detects a touch manipulation to a surface of the touch panel, and a controller that controls the touch panel to change the image displayed by the touch panel according to a characteristic of the touch manipulation detected by the touch panel. A displaying method of the electronic apparatus includes detecting a touch manipulation to a surface of the touch panel, generating a position signal indicating a position where the touch manipulation detected in the detecting operation is performed, generating a characteristic signal indicating the characteristic of the touch manipulation, and changing an image displayed on the touch panel according to the characteristic signal.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a touch panel that displays an image and detects a touch manipulation to a surface of the touch panel; and

a controller that controls the touch panel to change the image displayed by the touch panel according to a characteristic of the touch manipulation detected by the touch panel.

2. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a touch panel that displays an image and detects a touch manipulation to a surface of the touch panel; and

a controller that controls the touch panel to change the image displayed by the touch panel according to a characteristic of the touch manipulation detected by the touch panel;

wherein the touch panel detects a position where the touch manipulation is performed to generate a position signal, and generates a characteristic signal representing the characteristic of the touch manipulation by sensing at least one of a pressure under which the surface of the touch panel is touched, a contact area of the surface of the touch panel, and a contact time.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a vibration-generating device that generates vibration,

wherein the controller adjusts a strength of the vibration generated by the vibration-generating device according to the characteristic signal of the touch panel.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller controls the touch panel according to the characteristic signal of the touch panel so as to change a size of a menu included in the image displayed on the touch panel.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller controls the touch panel according to the characteristic signal of the touch panel so as to change a velocity of displaying a menu included in the image displayed on the touch panel.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller controls the touch panel according to the characteristic signal of the touch panel so as to change a color of a menu selected from among menus displayed on the touch panel.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a memory that stores images,

wherein the controller controls the touch panel so that the images stored in the memory are sequentially displayed, and controls a velocity of changing the images displayed on the touch panel according to the characteristic signal of the touch panel.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a lens assembly comprising a plurality of lenses;

an image pickup unit that captures image light passing through the lens assembly and converts the image light into image data to be displayed on the touch panel; and

a lens adjuster that adjusts relative positions of the lenses,

wherein the controller controls the lens adjuster according to the characteristic of the characteristic signal of the touch panel.

9. A displaying method of an electronic apparatus, the displaying method comprising:

a detecting operation of detecting a touch manipulation to a surface of a touch panel;

a signal generating operation of generating a position signal indicating a position where the touch manipulation detected in the detecting operation is performed, and generating a characteristic signal indicating a characteristic of the touch manipulation; and

an image changing operation of changing an image displayed on the touch panel according to the characteristic signal.

10. The displaying method of claim 9, wherein the characteristic signal generated in the signal generating operation indicates at least one of a pressure at which the surface of the touch panel is touched, a contact area of the surface of the touch panel, and a contact time.

11. The displaying method of claim 10, further comprising a vibration generating operation of generating vibration,

wherein the vibration generating operation is performed by adjusting a strength of the vibration according to the characteristic signal of the touch panel.

12. The displaying method of claim 10, wherein the image changing operation is performed by changing a size of a menu included in the image displayed on the touch panel according to the characteristic signal of the touch panel.

13. The displaying method of claim 10, wherein the image changing operation is performed by changing a velocity of displaying of a menu included in the image displayed on the touch panel according to the characteristic signal of the touch panel.

14. The displaying method of claim 10, wherein the image changing operation is performed by changing a color of a menu selected from among menus displayed on the touch panel according to the characteristic signal of the touch panel.

15. The displaying method of claim 10, further comprising an image displaying operation of sequentially displaying a plurality of images on the touch panel,

wherein a velocity of changing the images displayed on the touch panel is controlled according to the characteristic signal of the touch panel.

16. The displaying method of claim 10, further comprising:

an image pickup operation of capturing image light passing through a plurality of lenses and converting the image light into image data to be displayed on the touch panel; and

a lens adjusting operation of adjusting a relative position of the lenses according to the characteristic signal of the touch panel.