METHOD FOR PROVIDING GUI USING MOTION AND DISPLAY APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME

• US 20110083103A1
• Filed: 10/07/2010
• Published: 04/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Park, Yong-gook, SHIM, Jung-hyun
• Granted Patent: US 9,495,066 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

A method for providing a Graphic User Interface (GUI) and a display apparatus applying the same are provided. According to the method, a screen on a specific face is displayed on a Three Dimensional (3D) GUI, and if a user'"'"'s manipulation is inputted when the screen of the specific face is displayed, a screen of at least one of adjoining face that corresponds to a direction of the user'"'"'s manipulation, is displayed. As a result, a user is able to select a desired menu with increased ease and convenience.

Claims

1. A method for providing a Graphic User Interface (GUI) of a display apparatus, the method comprising:

generating a Three Dimensional (3D) GUI constructed to display separate screens on a specific face and at least one of adjoining faces contacting an edge of the specific face;

displaying the screen of the specific face; and

displaying, if a user manipulation is inputted when the screen of the specific face is displayed, the screen of the at least one adjoining face that corresponds to a direction of the user manipulation.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the specific face is one face of a rectangular parallelepiped, and the at least one adjoining face is an upward face, a downward face, a leftward face, and a rightward face which adjoin four edges of the specific face.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the user manipulation comprises a slanting motion by which the display apparatus is slanted in a specific direction, and displaying the screen of at least one face comprises displaying the screen of at least one of the upward, downward, leftward and rightward faces that corresponds to the direction of the slanting, according to a direction of the manipulation by the slanting motion.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein displaying the screen of the at least one face comprises displaying the 3D GUI at an inclination in the direction of the slanting, to display the screen of at least one of the upward, downward, leftward and rightward faces that corresponds to the direction of the slanting.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein an angle of slanting of the slanted 3D GUI corresponds to an angle of slanting of the display apparatus.

6. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein displaying the screen of the at least one face comprises:

inputting a start manipulation, indicating an initiation of a manipulation by slanting motion;

detecting the slanting motion of the display apparatus; and

displaying a screen of at least one of the upward, downward, leftward and rightward faces that corresponds to the direction of the slanting, according to a direction of the detected slanting motion.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein inputting the start manipulation comprises inputting by pressing a specific button provided on the display apparatus.

8. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein displaying the screen of the at least one face comprises displaying a screen of one of the upward, downward, leftward and rightward faces that corresponds to the direction of the slanting, if a manipulation by the slanting motion is inputted in one of upward, downward, leftward and rightward directions with reference to a screen of the display apparatus.

9. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein displaying the screen on the at least one face comprises displaying screens of two of the upward, downward, leftward and rightward faces that correspond to the direction of the slanting, if a manipulation by the slanting motion is inputted in one of diagonal directions including left-upward, left-downward, right-upward and right-downward directions with reference to a screen of the display apparatus.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the separate screens of the specific face and the at least one adjoining face contacting an edge of the specific face, comprise at least one of a menu screen, a content playback screen, and an application executing screen.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least one adjoining face displays icons having shortcut functions with respect to functions provided by the display apparatus.

12. A display apparatus comprising:

a Graphic User Interface (GUI) generating unit which generates a Three Dimensional (3D) GUI constructed to display separate screens on a specific face and at least one adjoining faces contacting an edge of the specific face;

a display unit which displays the 3D GUI; and

a control unit which controls so that, if a user manipulation is inputted when the screen of the specific face is displayed, the screen of the at least one adjoining face that corresponds to a direction of the user manipulation is displayed.

13. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the specific face is one face of a rectangular parallelepiped, and the at least one adjoining face is an upward face, a downward face, a leftward face, and a rightward face which adjoin four edges of the specific face.

14. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 13, further comprising a motion detecting unit which detects a motion of the display apparatus, and the user manipulation comprises a slanting motion by which the display apparatus is slanted in a specific direction, and

the control unit controls so that the screen of at least one of the upward, downward, leftward and rightward faces that corresponds to the direction of the slanting is displayed, according to a direction of the manipulation by the slanting motion.

15. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the control unit controls so that the 3D GUI is displayed at an inclination in the direction of the slanting, to display the screen of at least one of the upward, downward, leftward and rightward faces that corresponds to the direction of the slanting.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein an angle of slanting of the slanted 3D GUI corresponds to an angle of slanting of the display apparatus.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the control unit controls so that, if a start manipulation is inputted, indicating an initiation of a manipulation by slanting motion, according to the direction of the slanting motion as detected by the motion detecting unit, a screen of at least one of the upward, downward, leftward and rightward faces that corresponds to the direction of the slanting is displayed.

18. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein the control unit perceives a pressing on a specific button provided on the display apparatus as a start of the manipulation.

19. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the control controls so that, a screen of one of the upward, downward, leftward and rightward faces that corresponds to the direction of the slanting is displayed, if a manipulation by the slanting motion is inputted in one of upward, downward, leftward and rightward directions with reference to a screen of the display apparatus.

20. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the control unit controls so that the screens of two of the upward, downward, leftward and rightward faces that correspond to the direction of the slanting, are displayed, if a manipulation by the slanting motion is inputted in one of diagonal directions including left-upward, left-downward, right-upward and right-downward directions with reference to a screen of the display apparatus.

21. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the separate screens of the specific face and the at least one adjoining face contacting an edge of the specific face, comprise at least one of a menu screen, a content playback screen, and an application executing screen.

22. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein at least one of the at least one adjoining face displays icons having shortcut functions with respect to functions provided by the display apparatus.

23. A method for providing a Graphic User Interface (GUI) of a display apparatus for detecting a motion, the method comprising:

inputting a manipulation by slanting motion with respect to the display apparatus; and

displaying a menu on at least one of upward, downward, leftward and rightward sides of a screen that corresponds to a direction of the manipulation by slanting motion, if the manipulation by slanting motion is inputted.