ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF

• US 20130174036A1
• Filed: 01/09/2013
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: HAN, Sang-jin, Kim, Jung-geun, Kwon, Yong-hwan
• Application Number:
  US13/737,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20130174036A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34

Abstract

An electronic apparatus and a method for controlling thereof are provided. The method for controlling the electronic apparatus includes displaying an icon and a pointer to perform a motion task mode when a motion start command is input, moving the pointer in accordance with a first user motion, and executing a function corresponding to the icon when a second user motion is input while the pointer is placed on the icon. Accordingly, the user controls the electronic apparatus using the user motion more conveniently and intuitively.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying an icon and a pointer to perform a motion task mode when a motion start command is input;

moving the pointer in accordance with a first user motion; and

executing a function corresponding to the icon when a second user motion is input while the pointer is placed on the icon.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pointer placed on the icon is fixed without being moved while the second user motion is input.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the executing comprises continuously executing the function of the icon on which the pointer is placed when the pointer is placed on the icon and input of the second user motion is maintained.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first user motion is a spread motion represented by spreading fingers of a user'"'"'s hand,

wherein the second user motion is a grab motion represented by clenching the fingers of the user'"'"'s hand.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the icon comprises at least one of a volume-up icon, a volume-down icon, a channel-up icon, and a channel-down icon.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the icon comprises a volume-up icon and a volume-down icon which are respectively displayed on an upper portion and a lower portion of a left area of a display screen, and a channel-up icon and a channel-down icon which are respectively displayed on an upper portion and a lower portion of a right area of the display screen.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein volume level information currently set in the electronic apparatus is displayed on an area on which the volume-up icon and the volume-down icon are displayed,

wherein channel information currently set in the electronic apparatus is displayed on an area on which the channel-up icon and the channel-down icon are displayed.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising, removing the icons and the pointer from the display screen when an end motion is input.

9. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a motion input receiver which receives input by a user motion;

a display; and

a controller which displays an icon and a pointer to perform a motion task mode when a motion start command is input through the motion input receiver, controls the display to move the pointer in accordance with a first user motion which is input through the motion input receiver, and executes a function corresponding to the icon when a second user motion is input through the motion input receiver while the pointer is placed on the icon.

10. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein, while the second user motion is input, the controller fixes the pointer without moving the pointer.

11. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the controller continuously executes the function of the icon on which the pointer is placed when the pointer is placed on the icon and input of the second user motion is maintained.

12. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first user motion is a spread motion represented by spreading fingers of a user'"'"'s hand,

wherein the second user motion is a grab motion represented by clenching the fingers of the user'"'"'s hand.

13. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the icon comprises at least one of a volume-up icon, a volume-down icon, a channel-up icon and a channel-down icon.

14. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the icon comprises a volume-up icon and a volume-down icon which are respectively displayed on an upper and lower portion of a left area of a display screen, and a channel-up icon and a channel-down icon which are respectively displayed on an upper and lower portion of a right area of the display screen.

15. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein volume level information currently set in the electronic apparatus is displayed on an area of the display screen on which the volume-up icon and the volume-down icon are displayed,

wherein channel information currently set in the electronic apparatus is displayed on an area of the display screen on which the channel-up icon and the channel-down icon are displayed.

16. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the controller removes the icons and the pointer from the display screen of the display when an end motion is input through the motion input receiver.

17. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a motion input receiver which receives motion input from a user of the electronic apparatus; and

a controller which displays an icon and a pointer, on a display screen of a display to perform a task that controls the display, when a motion start command is input by the user through the motion input receiver, controls the pointer when a first user motion is input by the user through the motion input receiver, and executes the task corresponding to the icon when a second user motion is input by the user through the motion input receiver while the pointer is placed on the icon.

18. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 17, further comprising a voice input receiver which receives a voice command uttered by the user of the electronic apparatus in form of an input voice signal, converts the input voice signal of the user of the electronic apparatus into an electric signal, and outputs the electric signal to the controller which executes the task corresponding to the voice command.

19. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein the first user motion is a motion represented by spreading fingers of a user'"'"'s hand, and

wherein the second user motion is a motion represented by clenching the fingers of the user'"'"'s hand.

20. The electric apparatus as claimed in claim 17, comprising removing the icons and the pointer from the display screen when a motion end command is input by the user through the motion input receiver.