METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE CAPABLE OF INTUITIVELY EDITING AND BROWSING FOLDER

• US 20120124513A1
• Filed: 09/30/2011
• Published: 05/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SHIM, Jung-hyun, Choi, Won-young
• Granted Patent: US 9,710,149 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/801
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

Provided is a method and apparatus for displaying a user interface by displaying a first screen including at least one icon and a second screen including a first region obtained by reducing the size of the first screen 3-Dimensionally depending on an input of a user to edit or browse a folder, and a second region displaying folder content.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a user interface, the method comprising:

displaying a first screen comprising at least one icon; and

displaying a second screen comprising a first region obtained by reducing the size of the first screen, and a second region displaying folder content depending on an input of a user to edit or browse a folder,

wherein the first region is generated by changing a size of the at least one icon depending on a location of the at least one icon on the first screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first region is generated by changing the size of the at least one icon such that an upper positioned icon is smaller than a lower positioned icon.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first region is obtained by reducing a height of the first screen so that the first region is displayed on the second screen in a remaining region excluding the second region.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the first region is generated by changing an upper width of the first region to be relatively smaller than a lower width of the first region, and the lower width of the first region is equal to a width of the first screen.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the second region is a region for displaying icons included in the folder.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the size of the second region increases as a number of icons included in the folder increases.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising displaying an icon selected in the first region on the second region.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one icon displayed on the first screen has a square shape, and

the at least one icon displayed on the first region and the first region have trapezoidal shapes, wherein an upper width of the first region is smaller than a lower width of the first region.

9. An apparatus for displaying a user interface, the apparatus comprising:

a controller for generating a first screen comprising at least one icon, and a second screen comprising a first region obtained by reducing the size of the first screen, and a second region displaying folder content depending on an input of a user to edit or browse a folder; and

a display unit for displaying the first and second screens,

wherein the first region is generated by differently changing a size of the at least one icon depending on a location of the at least one icon on the first screen.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first region is generated by changing the size of the at least one icon such that an upper positioned icon is smaller than a lower positioned icon.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first region is obtained by reducing a height of the first screen so that the first region is displayed on the second screen in a remaining region excluding the second region.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first region is generated by changing an upper width of the first region to be relatively smaller than a lower width of the first region, and the lower width of the first region is equal to a width of the first screen.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the second region is a region for displaying icons included in the folder.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the size of the second region increases as a number of icons included in the folder increases.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller changes the second screen such that an icon selected in the first region is displayed on the second region.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one icon displayed on the first screen has a square shape, and

the at least one icon displayed on the first region and the first region have trapezoidal shapes, wherein an upper width of the first region is smaller than a lower width of the first region.

17. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of displaying a user interface, the method comprising:

displaying a first screen comprising at least one icon; and

displaying a second screen comprising a first region obtained by reducing the size of the first screen, and a second region displaying folder content depending on an input of a user to edit or browse a folder,

wherein the first region is generated by changing a size of the at least one icon depending on a location of the at least one icon on the first screen.