DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
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1. A digital multimedia playback apparatus, comprising:
- a display unit comprising a touch screen to display a list of items and a function icon; and
a controller to change a state of an item of the list to a state corresponding to the function icon, if a first user command is input through the touch screen to use the item and the function icon to apply the function to the item,wherein, if the list is an icon list and if a user command input starts by touching one of an item of the icon list and the function icon and ends by touching the other one of the item and the function icon, the controller exchanges on the display unit a position of the item with a position of the function icon, and controls the item so that the item operates as a function icon.
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Abstract
A digital multimedia playback apparatus and a control method thereof in which a user starts touching, on a touch screen, one of an item and a function icon ends touching the other one of the item and function icon to control the items and functions displayed thereon. The digital multimedia playback apparatus includes a touch screen to change the state of the item to the state that corresponds to the function icon; thus, the user can more easily edit files or the like.
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18 Claims
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1. A digital multimedia playback apparatus, comprising:
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a display unit comprising a touch screen to display a list of items and a function icon; and a controller to change a state of an item of the list to a state corresponding to the function icon, if a first user command is input through the touch screen to use the item and the function icon to apply the function to the item, wherein, if the list is an icon list and if a user command input starts by touching one of an item of the icon list and the function icon and ends by touching the other one of the item and the function icon, the controller exchanges on the display unit a position of the item with a position of the function icon, and controls the item so that the item operates as a function icon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A control method of a digital multimedia playback apparatus comprising a touch screen, the method comprising:
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displaying a list of items and a function icon on the touch screen; and changing a state of an item of the list to a state corresponding to the function icon if a user command is input on the touch screen using the item and the function icon to apply the function to the item, wherein, if the list is an icon list and if a user command input starts by touching one of an item of the icon list and the function icon and ends by touching the other one of the item and the function icon, the changing comprises exchanging a position of the item with a position of the function icon, and controlling the item so that the item operates as a function icon. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A control method of a digital apparatus comprising a touch screen, the method comprising:
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displaying function icons and list items on the touch screen; detecting a touch on the touch screen; determining a touch start position and a touch end position; and changing a state of an item of the list items according to a function of one of the function icons when the touch start position is determined to be in an area of the one of the function icons and the touch end position is determined to be in an area of the item of the list items, wherein, if the list is an icon list and if a user command input starts by touching one of an item of the list items and one of the function icons and ends by touching the other one of the item of the list items and the one of the function icons, the changing comprises exchanging a position of the item of the list items with a position of the one of the function icon, and controlling the item so that the item operates as a function icon.
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18. A digital multimedia playback apparatus, comprising:
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a display unit comprising a touch screen to display list items and function icons; and a controller to change a state of an item of the list items according to a function of one of the function icons when a touch start position is determined to be in an area of the one of the function icons and a touch end position is determined to be in an area of the item of the list items, wherein, if the list is an icon list and if a user command input starts by touching one of an item of the icon list and the function icon and ends by touching the other one of the item and the function icon, the controller exchanges on the display unit the position of the item with the position of the function icon, and controls the item so that the item operates as a function icon.
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