APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TURNING E-BOOK PAGES IN PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20120084703A1
• Filed: 09/14/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Sung-Min, Lee, Dal-Kwang
• Granted Patent: US 9,557,910 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/776
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

An apparatus and method turn electronic book (e-book) pages in a portable terminal. The method determines whether a touch is input outside of a predetermined User Interface (UI) activation region of a screen of the portable terminal. The method determines whether a drag and release is input in a direction towards the predetermined UI activation region in response to detecting the touch. The method displays one of a preceding page and a next page on the screen in response to determining that the touch is outside of the predetermined UI activation region and that the drag and release is input in the direction towards the predetermined UI activation region.

Claims

1. A method for turning electronic book (e-book) pages in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

determining whether a touch is input outside of a predetermined User Interface (UI) activation region of a screen of the portable terminal;

responsive to detecting the touch, determining whether a drag and release is input in a direction towards the predetermined UI activation region; and

responsive to determining that the touch is outside of the predetermined UI activation region and that the drag and release is input in the direction towards the predetermined UI activation region, displaying one of a preceding page and a next page on the screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined UI activation region is a first region on a first side of the screen, wherein the first region corresponds to a next page of the e-book relative to a presently displayed page, wherein the screen includes a second region on an opposite side from the first region, and wherein the second region corresponds to a preceding page of the e-book relative to the presently displayed page.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a right partial region of the screen is defined as a right UI activation region, wherein a left partial region of the screen is defined as a left UI activation region and wherein the predetermined UI activation region is one of the a right partial region and the left partial region of the screen.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the touch is input in the predetermined UI activation region of the screen; and

responsive to determining that the touch is input in the predetermined UI activation region of the screen, displaying a graphical representation of a side of the e-book in the predetermined UI activation region.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

responsive to displaying the graphical representation of the side of the e-book, determining whether a drag is input in a direction towards an edge of the screen;

responsive to determining that the drag is input in the direction towards the edge of the screen, displaying a number of pages to be increased relative to a presently displayed page, the number of the pages increasing as much as the drag in the direction towards the edge of the screen; and

responsive to detecting a release, displaying a page corresponding to the number of the pages increased.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining whether a drag and release is input in a direction towards a center portion of the screen; and

responsive to determining that the drag and release is input in the direction towards the center of the screen, displaying one of the next page and the preceding page on the screen.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

responsive to displaying the graphical representation of the side of the e-book, determining whether a drag is input in a direction towards an edge of the screen;

responsive to determining that the drag is input in the direction towards an edge of the screen, displaying a number of pages to be decreased relative to a presently displayed page, the number of the pages decreasing as much as the drag in the direction towards the edge of the screen; and

responsive to detecting a release, displaying a page corresponding to the number of the pages decreased.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether a bookmark switch is touched in a predetermined bookmark UI activation region of the screen; and

responsive to determining that the bookmark switch is touched in the predetermined bookmark UI activation region of the screen, activating a bookmark function.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining whether a touch is input in the predetermined bookmark UI activation region of the screen and whether a drag is input in a direction towards a center portion of the screen;

responsive to determining that the touch is input in the predetermined bookmark UI activation region of the screen and that the drag is input in the direction towards the center portion of the screen, generating a clip corresponding to a bookmark to be added; and

responsive to detecting a release, positioning the clip in a position where the release is input.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining whether a touch is input for a clip corresponding to a previously added bookmark in the e-book;

responsive to determining that the touch is input for the clip corresponding to the previously added bookmark in the e-book, displaying a page corresponding to the previously added bookmark;

determining whether a long touch is sensed for the clip whose bookmark page has been displayed; and

responsive to determining that the long touch is sensed for the clip whose bookmark page has been displayed, displaying information about the previously added bookmark.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining whether a touch is input for a clip corresponding to a previously added bookmark in the e-book;

responsive to determining that the touch is input for the clip corresponding to the previously added bookmark in the e-book, displaying a page corresponding to the previously added bookmark;

determining whether a drag, and release associated with a touch for the clip whose bookmark page has been displayed is input in one of a left direction and a right direction; and

responsive to determining that the drag and release associated with the touch for the clip whose bookmark page has been displayed is input in one of the left direction and the right direction, moving to the page corresponding to the previously added bookmark.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining whether a touch is input for a clip corresponding to a previously added bookmark in the e-book and then a drag and release is input in a direction towards an edge of the screen; and

responsive to determining that the touch is input for the clip corresponding to the previously added bookmark in the e-book and then the drag and release is input in the direction towards an edge of the screen, deleting the clip corresponding to the previously added bookmark.

13. An apparatus for turning electronic book (e-book) pages in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to determine whether a touch is input outside of a predetermined right User Interface (UI) activation region of a screen of the portable terminal, determine whether a drag and release is input in a direction towards the predetermined UI activation region in response to detecting the touch, and control a display unit to display one of a preceding page and a next page on the screen in response to determining that the touch is outside of the predetermined UI activation region and that the drag and release is input in the direction towards the predetermined UI activation region; and

the display unit configured to display, on the screen, one of the preceding page and the next page of the e-book according to control of the controller.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the predetermined UI activation region is a first region on a first side of the screen, wherein the first region corresponds to a next page of the e-book relative to a presently displayed page, wherein the screen includes a second region on an opposite side from the first region, and wherein the second region corresponds to a preceding page of the e-book relative to the presently displayed page.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein a right partial region of the screen is defined as a right UI activation region, wherein a left partial region of the screen is defined as a left UI activation region and wherein the predetermined UI activation region is one of the a right partial region and the left partial region of the screen.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the touch is input in the predetermined UI activation region of the screen, and control the display unit to display a graphical representation of a side of the e-book in response to determining that the touch is input in the predetermined UI activation region of the screen.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether a drag is input in a direction towards an edge of the screen in response to controlling the display unit to display the graphical representation of the side of the e-book, control the display unit to display a number of pages to be increased relative to a presently displayed page, the number of the pages increasing as much as the drag in the direction towards the edge of the screen in response to determining that the drag is input in the direction towards the edge of the screen, and control the display unit to display a page corresponding to the number of the pages increased in response to detecting a release.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether a drag and release is input in a direction towards a center portion of the screen, and control the display unit to display one of the next page and the preceding page on the screen on the screen in response to determining that the drag and release is input in the direction towards the center of the screen.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether a drag is input in a direction towards an edge of the screen in response to controlling the display unit to display the graphical representation of the side of the e-book, control the display unit to display a number of pages to be decreased relative to a presently displayed page, the number of the pages decreasing as much as the drag in the direction towards the edge of the screen response to determining that the drag is input in the direction towards an edge of the screen, and control the display unit to display a page corresponding to the number of the pages decreased in response to detecting a release.

20. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether a bookmark switch is touched in a predetermined bookmark UI activation region of the screen, and activate a bookmark function in response to determining that the bookmark switch is touched in the predetermined bookmark UI activation region of the e-book.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether a touch is input in the predetermined bookmark UI activation region of the e-book and whether a drag is input in a direction towards a center portion of the screen, generate a clip corresponding to a bookmark to be added in response to determining that the touch is input in the predetermined bookmark UI activation region of the screen and that the drag is input in the direction towards the center portion of the screen, and control the display unit to position the clip in a position where a release is input in response to detecting the release.

22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether a touch is input for a clip corresponding to a previously added bookmark in the e-book, control the display unit to display a page corresponding to the previously added bookmark in response to determining that the touch is input for the clip corresponding to the previously added bookmark in the e-book, determines whether a long touch is sensed for the clip whose bookmark page has been displayed, and controls the display unit to display information about the previously added bookmark in response to determining that the long touch is sensed for the clip whose bookmark page has been displayed.

23. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether a touch is input for a clip corresponding to a previously added bookmark in the e-book, control the display unit to display a page corresponding to the previously added bookmark in response to determining that the touch is input for the clip corresponding to the previously added bookmark in the e-book, determine whether a drag and release associated with a touch for the clip whose bookmark page has been displayed is input in one of a left direction and a right direction, and control the display unit to move to the page corresponding to the previously added bookmark in response to determining that the drag and release associated with the touch for the clip whose bookmark page has been displayed is input in one of the left direction and the right direction.

24. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether a touch is input for a clip corresponding to a previously added bookmark in the e-book and then a drag and release is input in a direction towards an edge of the screen, and delete a clip corresponding to the previously added bookmark in response to determining that the touch is input for the clip corresponding to the previously added bookmark in the e-book and then the drag and release is input in the direction towards an edge of the screen.