METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SCREENS IN A DISPLAY SYSTEM

• US 20110115728A1
• Filed: 10/14/2010
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: KIM, Jong Hee, KWAK, Se Jin
• Application Number:
  US12/904,332
• Publication Number:
  US 20110115728A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A screen displaying method and apparatus for displaying screens in a display system are provided. The method includes setting at least one Activation Information Region (AIR) and at least one Deactivation Information Region (DIR) to a screen of the display system, displaying items on at least one set AIR and at least one set DIR, detecting a touch gesture applied to the AIR or the DIR, executing a function corresponding to the touch gesture applied to the AIR, and altering and displaying an image of at least one item in the DIR according to the touch gesture applied to the DIR. Accordingly, items can be displayed on a screen with a high level of visibility for easy recognition.

Claims

1. A method for displaying screens in a display system, the method comprising:

setting at least one Activation Information Region (AIR) and at least one Deactivation Information Region (DIR) to a screen of the display system;

displaying items on at least one set AIR and at least one set DIR;

detecting a touch gesture applied to at least one of the AIR and the DIR;

executing a function corresponding to the touch gesture applied to the AIR; and

altering and displaying an image of at least one item in the DIR according to the touch gesture applied to the DIR.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the items comprises displaying items larger in the AIR than in the DIR.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch gesture comprises at least one of:

a tap gesture including a touch action briefly applied to the screen and then released therefrom without moving a touched location;

a drag gesture including a touch action applied to the screen and moved over the screen, at a speed at least one of equal to and less than a preset value; and

a flick gesture including a touch action applied to the screen wherein the touched location is quickly moved at a speed at least one of equal to and greater than a preset value and then released.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the executing of the function corresponding to the touch gesture applied to the AIR comprises moving and displaying items in the AIR if at least one of the drag and the flick gesture is detected in the AIR.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the executing of the function corresponding to the touch gesture applied to the AIR comprises executing, if the tap gesture is applied to an item in the AIR, a function corresponding to the tapped item.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the altering and the displaying of the image of at least one item in the DIR comprises enlarging and displaying, if the tap gesture is applied to the DIR, at least one item in the DIR.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing of the function corresponding to the touch gesture applied to the AIR further comprises reducing and displaying at least one item in the AIR.

8. An apparatus for displaying screens, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit for displaying at least one item;

a touch sensing unit for detecting a touch gesture; and

a controller for setting at least one Activation Information Region (AIR) and at least one Deactivation Information Region (DIR) to the screen, for controlling the display unit to display items on at least one set AIR and at least one set DIR, for executing a function corresponding to the touch gesture applied to the AIR, and for altering and displaying an image of at least one item in the DIR according to the touch gesture applied to the DIR.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the items are displayed larger in the AIR than in the DIR.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the touch gesture comprises at least one of a tap gesture, a drag gesture and a flick gesture.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the tap gesture comprises a touch action briefly applied to the screen and then released therefrom without moving a touched location, the drag gesture comprises a touch action applied to the screen and moved over the screen, at a speed at least one of equal to and less than a preset value, and a flick gesture comprises a touch action applied to the screen wherein the touched location is quickly moved at a speed at least one of equal to and greater than a preset value and then released.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the executing of the function corresponding to the touch gesture applied to the AIR comprises moving and displaying items in the AIR if at least one of the drag and the flick gesture is detected in the AIR.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the executing of the function corresponding to the touch gesture applied to the AIR comprises executing, if the tap gesture is applied to an item in the AIR, a function corresponding to the tapped item.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the altering and the displaying of the image of at least one item in the DIR comprises enlarging and displaying, if the tap gesture is applied to the DIR, at least one item in the DIR.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the executing of the function corresponding to the touch gesture applied to the AIR further comprises reducing and displaying at least one item in the AIR.