APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DATA ITEMS IN A WIRELESS TERMINAL

• US 20130135356A1
• Filed: 11/28/2012
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Shin, Sang-Min
• Application Number:
  US13/687,975
• Publication Number:
  US 20130135356A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/684
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a displaying data items in a wireless terminal apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a specified region next to the last data item when the last data item is displayed at a specified position; and a controller configured to control the display unit to display the specified region next to the last data item when the last data item arrives at the specified position according to scrolling of a plurality of data items in a specified direction.

Claims

1. An apparatus configured to display a plurality of data items in a wireless terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit configured to display a specified region next to a last of the plurality of data items when the last data item is displayed at a specified position; and

a controller configured to control the display unit to display the predetermined region next to the last data item when the last data item arrives at the specified position according to scrolling of the plurality of data items in a specified direction.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when a specified data item close to the last data item is displayed while scrolling the plurality of data items in the specified direction, the controller is configured to control the display unit to gradually decrease a scrolling speed of displayed data items.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when the last data item arrives at the specified position due to the scrolling, the controller is configured to control the display unit to stop the scrolling of data items.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when scrolling in the same direction as the specified direction is performed again when the last data item is displayed at the specified position, the controller is configured to control the display unit to display data items starting from the first data item again by scrolling data items including the last data item and the specified region displayed on the screen in the same direction.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein, when a displayed area of the specified region is decreased by displaying the data items starting from the first data item again, the controller is configured to control the display unit to gradually increase a scrolling speed of data items according to the decrease of the displayed area of the specified region.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the specified region comprises a region configured to inform that the last data item arrives at the specified position.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the specified region includes at least one of a space, a graphic effect, and a picture.

8. A method of displaying data items in a wireless terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of data items; and

when the last data item arrives at a specified position when scrolling of the plurality of data items in a specified direction, displaying a specified region next to the last data item.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the displaying of the specified region comprises, when the last data item arrives at the specified position due to the scrolling, stopping the scrolling of data items.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the displaying of the specified region comprises, when a specified data item close to the last data item is displayed while scrolling of the plurality of data items in the specified direction, gradually decreasing a scrolling speed of displayed data items.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising, when scrolling in the same direction as the specified direction is performed when the last data item is displayed at the specified position, displaying data items starting from the first data item again by scrolling data items including the last data item and the specified region in the same direction.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the displaying of the data items starting from the first data item again comprises, when a displayed area of the specified region is decreased by displaying the data items starting from the first data item again, gradually increasing a scrolling speed of data items according to the decrease of the displayed area of the specified region.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the specified region comprises a region for distinguishing the last data item from the first data item.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the specified region includes at least one of a space, a graphic effect, and a picture.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program, the computer program comprising computer readable program code for:

displaying a plurality of data items; and

when the last data item arrives at a specified position when scrolling of the plurality of data items in a specified direction, displaying a specified region next to the last data item.

16. The code of claim 15, wherein the displaying of the specified region comprises, when the last data item arrives at the specified position due to the scrolling, stopping the scrolling of data items.

17. The code of claim 15, wherein the displaying of the specified region comprises, when a specified data item close to the last data item is displayed while scrolling of the plurality of data items in the specified direction, gradually decreasing a scrolling speed of displayed data items.

18. The code of claim 15, further comprising, when scrolling in the same direction as the specified direction is performed when the last data item is displayed at the specified position, displaying data items starting from the first data item again by scrolling data items including the last data item and the specified region in the same direction.

19. The code of claim 18, wherein the displaying of the data items starting from the first data item again comprises, when a displayed area of the specified region is decreased by displaying the data items starting from the first data item again, gradually increasing a scrolling speed of data items according to the decrease of the displayed area of the specified region.

20. The code of claim 15, wherein the specified region comprises a region for distinguishing the last data item from the first data item.