METHOD FOR PROCESSING UI CONTROL ELEMENTS IN A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20130139084A1
• Filed: 09/18/2012
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: HAN, Jaebyeong
• Application Number:
  US13/622,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20130139084A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method is provided that processes User Interface (UI) control elements in a mobile device with a touch screen. The method includes: displaying a checkbox; displaying a line according to a user'"'"'s drawing gesture on the check box; enabling the checkbox if the length of the line is equal to or greater than a preset value; disabling, if the check box has previously been enabled, the checkbox by a user'"'"'s touch gesture.

Claims

1. A method for processing User Interface (UI) control elements in a mobile device with a touch screen, comprising:

displaying a checkbox;

displaying a line according to a user'"'"'s drawing gesture on the check box;

enabling the checkbox if the length of the line is equal to or greater than a preset value;

disabling, if the check box has previously been enabled, the checkbox by a user'"'"'s touch gesture.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the checkbox includes a previously drawn line; and

removing, if the checkbox includes a previously drawn line, the previously drawn line from the checkbox and disabling the checkbox.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

disabling, if the length of the line in the check box is less than a preset value, the checkbox.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

processing a time setting UI,

wherein the processing of the time setting UI comprises;

displaying a clock UI;

displaying lines according to user'"'"'s drawing gestures on the clock UI;

identifying the lengths of the drawn lines; and

setting the number corresponding to the direction of a shorter line to correspond to the hour and setting the number corresponding to the direction of a longer line to correspond to the minute.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

processing a user'"'"'s input UI with hour and minute input fields,

wherein the processing of the user'"'"'s input UI comprises;

displaying a user'"'"'s input UI; and

detecting a user'"'"'s drawing gesture input to the user'"'"'s input UI, and converting the user'"'"'s drawing gesture input to number data; and

setting the number data to the hour and the minute.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

processing a timer setting UI,

wherein the processing of the timer setting UI comprises;

displaying a clock UI;

displaying lines according to the user'"'"'s drawing gesture on the clock UI;

identifying the order of drawn lines; and

setting a time to a timer in such a way that the number corresponding to the direction of the first drawn line is set to correspond to the beginning of time and the number corresponding to the direction of the following drawn line is set to correspond to the end of time.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

processing a circle UI,

wherein the processing of the circle UI comprises;

displaying the circle UI;

displaying a circle line according to user'"'"'s circle drawing gesture on the circle UI;

identifying the number of circle drawing gestures to calculate a time interval;

setting the time interval to a time for the timer; and

reducing the length of the circle from the circle UI as time elapses.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the disabling of the checkbox by the user'"'"'s touch gesture comprises:

setting the checkbox to a mode in which the checkbox is not enabled.

9. A method for processing User Interface (UI) control elements in a mobile device with a touch screen, comprising:

displaying a clock UI;

displaying lines according to user'"'"'s drawing gestures on the clock UI;

identifying the lengths of the drawn lines; and

setting the number corresponding to the direction of a shorter line so as to correspond to the hour and the number corresponding to the direction of a longer line so as to correspond to the minute.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

processing a user'"'"'s input UI with hour and minute input fields,

wherein the processing of the user'"'"'s input UI comprises;

displaying the user'"'"'s input UI; and

detecting a user'"'"'s drawing gesture input to the user'"'"'s input UI, and converting the user'"'"'s drawing gesture input to number data; and

setting the number data to the hour and the minute.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

processing a timer setting UI,

wherein the processing of the timer setting UI comprises;

displaying a clock UI;

displaying lines according to the user'"'"'s drawing gestures on the clock UI;

identifying the order of drawn lines; and

setting a time to a timer in such a way that the number corresponding to the direction of the first drawn line is set to correspond to the beginning of time and the number corresponding to the direction of the following drawn line is set to correspond to the end of time.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

processing a circle UI,

wherein the processing of the circle UI comprises;

displaying the circle UI;

displaying a circle line according to user'"'"'s circle drawing gestures on the circle UI;

identifying the number of circle drawing gestures to calculate a time interval;

setting the time interval to a time for the timer; and

reducing the length of the circle from the circle UI as time elapses.

13. A method for processing User Interface (UI) control elements in a mobile device with a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying a checkbox;

displaying a line according to a user'"'"'s drawing gesture on the check box;

comparing the line to a preset value; and

determining whether to set the checkbox to an enabled mode according to the comparison of the line to the preset value.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining whether the checkbox includes a previously drawn line; and

removing, if the checkbox includes a previously drawn line, the previously drawn line from the checkbox and setting the checkbox to a mode in which the checkbox is not enabled.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

setting the checkbox to a mode in which the checkbox is not enabled if the length of the line is less than a preset value.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

processing a time setting UI,

wherein the processing of the time setting UI comprises;

displaying a clock UI;

displaying lines according to user'"'"'s drawing gestures on the clock UI;

identifying the lengths of the drawn lines; and

setting the number corresponding to the direction of a shorter line to correspond to the hour and setting the number corresponding to the direction of a longer line to correspond to the minute.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

processing a user'"'"'s input UI with hour and minute input fields,

wherein the processing of the user'"'"'s input UI comprises;

displaying a user'"'"'s input UI;

detecting a user'"'"'s drawing gesture input to the user'"'"'s input UI, and converting the user'"'"'s drawing gesture input to number data; and

setting the number data to the hour and the minute.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

processing a timer setting UI,

wherein the processing of the timer setting UI comprises;

displaying a clock UI;

displaying lines according to the user'"'"'s drawing gesture on the clock UI;

identifying the order of drawn lines; and

setting a time to a timer in such a way that the number corresponding to the direction of the first drawn line is set to correspond to the beginning of time and the number corresponding to the direction of the following drawn line is set to correspond to the end of time.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

processing a circle UI,

wherein the processing of the circle UI comprises;

displaying the circle UI;

displaying a circle line according to user'"'"'s circle drawing gesture on the circle UI;

identifying the number of circle drawing gestures to calculate a time interval;

setting the time interval to a time for the timer; and

reducing the length of the circle from the circle UI as time elapses.