ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120089947A1
• Filed: 08/30/2011
• Published: 04/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Kange, Jung, Jinhwan, Lee, Yongdeok, LEE, Kunho
• Granted Patent: US 9,170,713 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/839
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/10 Use of a protocol of communication by packets in interfaces along the display data pipeline
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/14 Electronic books and readers
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/363 Graphics controllers

Abstract

An electronic device and a method of controlling the electronic device are provided.

The electronic device may group items based on a drag input on a virtual bookshelf having the items.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a touch screen; and

a controller configured to;

display a first virtual bookshelf having a plurality of items on the touch screen;

when a drag input which starts from at least one point of the plurality of points multi-touched on the touch screen is received, generate an item group including at least two items arranged between a plurality of multi-touched points among the plurality of items; and

display a partition for distinguishing the generated item group from other items.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a memory configured to store a plurality of virtual bookshelves including the first virtual bookshelf and a second virtual bookshelf, wherein when the first virtual bookshelf is flicked or dragged, the controller moves the first virtual bookshelf in a specific direction and displays at least part of the second virtual bookshelf.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of items arranged in the first virtual bookshelf include a plurality of e-books.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the controller displays the plurality of items using cover images or side images of corresponding e-books.

5. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the controller displays at least two items included in the item group using side images of corresponding e-books.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein when any one of the at least two items included in the item group is touched, the controller displays the touched item to be projected compared to the other items included in the item group.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the partition is displayed in a form of a divider in the first virtual bookshelf.

8. An electronic device comprising:

a touch screen; and

a controller configured to;

display a first page including contents of an e-book on the touch screen; and

when any one item included in the contents is touched, display in a layered form the first page and at least part of a second page corresponding to the touched item.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein upon receiving a touch input on an area on which the at least part of the second page is displayed, the controller moves to the second page and displays the second page on an entire screen.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein when a specific region of the second page is kept touched for more than a predetermined time, the controller sequentially displays a plurality of pages included in the e-book.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the plurality of pages are varied depending on a location of the specific region, wherein the plurality of pages include pages previous or subsequent to the second page.

12. The electronic device of claim 9, further comprising a memory, wherein upon receiving a drag input on an edge region of the second page, the controller stores bookmark information on the second page in the memory and displays the second page so that an edge of the second page is folded.

13. A method of controlling of an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a virtual bookshelf having a plurality of items;

receiving a drag input based on a multi-touch;

generating an item group including a plurality of items arranged between a plurality of multi-touched points; and

adding a partition in the virtual bookshelf to distinguish the generated item group from other items.