DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110175855A1
• Filed: 01/13/2011
• Published: 07/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Eun-hee, Kim, Yoo-tai, YOUN, Soo-yeoun, Yang, Gyung-hye, Cho, Bong-hyun, Kwon, O-jae
• Granted Patent: US 9,372,619 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/179
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A display apparatus is provided that includes a user interface unit which displays a content, a storage unit which stores a scribble pattern, and a control unit which, if a scribble is inputted according to the stored scribble pattern, sets a content area corresponding to a spot where the scribble is inputted and stores the set content area to the storage unit, making it possible to more efficiently manage the content.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a user interface unit which displays a content;

a storage unit which stores a scribble pattern; and

a control unit which, upon determination that an inputted scribble corresponds to the stored scribble pattern, sets a content area corresponding to a spot where the scribble is inputted and stores the set content area to the storage unit.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit sets the content area with reference to the spot where the scribble is inputted, in a direction corresponding to a type of the scribble pattern and corresponding to a preset scribble size.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit sets the content from an uppermost spot to a lowermost spot to be the content area.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, if two or more scribble patterns are inputted within a preset range, the control unit sets the content area according to the two or more scribble patterns altogether.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, if two or more scribble patterns are inputted within at preset time interval, the control unit sets the content area according to the two or more scribble patterns altogether.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit determines that the scribble corresponds to the stored scribble pattern only if the content exists within a predetermined range from the spot where the scribble is inputted.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit categorizes the set content area under respective scribble patterns and store the set content area categories at the storage unit.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, if a command directing to check the content of the spot corresponding to the scribble pattern is inputted, the control unit controls so that the content of the area corresponding to the scribble pattern is read from the storage unit and displayed in a list form.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1, the control unit stores an original file of the content and a scribble pattern file separately in the storage unit.

10. A method for setting a content area of scribble input, the method comprising:

displaying a content;

detecting input of scribble over the displayed content;

determining whether the detected scribble input corresponds to a previously-stored scribble pattern; and

if the scribble input is determined to correspond to a previously-stored scribble pattern, setting a content area corresponding to a spot where the scribble is inputted and storing the set content area.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the setting comprises setting the content area with reference to the spot where the scribble is inputted, in a direction corresponding to a type of the scribble pattern and corresponding to a preset scribble size.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the setting comprises setting the content from an uppermost spot to a lowermost spot to be the content area.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein, if two or more scribble patterns are inputted within a preset range, the setting comprises setting the content area according to the two or more scribble patterns altogether.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein, if two or more scribble patterns are inputted at preset time interval, the setting comprises setting the content area according to the two or more scribble patterns altogether.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the scribble is determined to correspond to the stored scribble pattern only if the content exists in a predetermined range from the spot where the scribble is inputted.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising categorizing the set content area under respective scribble patterns and storing the categories.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein, if a command directing to check the content of the spot corresponding to the scribble pattern is inputted, further comprising reading the content of the area corresponding to the scribble pattern and displaying the read information in a list form.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising separately storing in a storage unit an original file of the content and a scribble pattern file.