METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING CAPTURED IMAGE FOR DISPLAY WINDOWS

• US 20130227457A1
• Filed: 02/14/2013
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Eun-young, KIM, Kang-tae, KIM, Chul-joo, SUN, Kwang-won, LEE, Jae-yul
• Application Number:
  US13/767,301
• Publication Number:
  US 20130227457A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A method and device for generating a captured image for display windows displayed on a screen are provided. The method includes determining a first display window to be captured from among a plurality of display windows displayed on the screen, capturing data displayed on the first display window based on a user input, and overlapping a captured image, which is generated by the capturing of the data displayed on the first display window, with the first display window to a size of the first display window, and displaying the captured image on the first display window.

Claims

1. A method of generating a captured image for display windows displayed on a screen, the method comprising:

determining a first display window to be captured from among a plurality of display windows displayed on the screen;

capturing data displayed on the first display window based on a user input;

overlapping a captured image, which is generated by the capturing of the data displayed on the first display window, with the first display window to a size of the first display window; and

displaying the captured image on the first display window.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the captured image comprises:

when there are a plurality of first display windows, overlapping the captured image with each of the plurality of first display windows and displaying the captured image on each of the first display windows.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the captured image comprises:

when the first display window is an entire screen mode display window, displaying the captured image in a partial area of the first display window.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

inserting at least a part of the captured image in a second display window.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the inserting of the at least the part of the captured image comprises inserting at least a part of the captured image in the second display window based on a user input corresponding to a touching of the captured image for a predetermined amount of time and a dragging of the touch toward the second display window.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining a predetermined area of the displayed captured image; and

cutting an image in the determined area of the captured image,

wherein the inserting of at least a part of the captured image in the second display window comprises inserting the cut image in the second display window.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the determining of the predetermined area comprises displaying an area selected by a user on the displayed captured image;

and correcting the displayed area, and wherein the captured image in the corrected area is inserted in the second display window.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the correcting of the displayed area comprises moving the displayed area to other regions of the captured image as the user touches the displayed area and drags the touch within a predetermined amount of time from a point of time at which the displayed area is touched.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the correcting of the displayed area comprises varying a size of the displayed area as the user touches the displayed area so as to pinch or unpinch the displayed area.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the area selected by the user is selected based on a touch input of the user corresponding to a drawing of a closed curve on the captured image.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the determining of the predetermined area comprises determining the predetermined area as an image to be cut as the user'"'"'s touch on the predetermined area is maintained for a predetermined amount of time.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the cut image is displayed so as to overlap with the determined image with a smaller size than an image of the determined area.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the first display window comprises determining an activated window from among the plurality of display windows as a first display window when a predetermined button on the screen is touched.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the first display window comprises determining a window other than the activated window from among the plurality of display windows as a first display window when a predetermined button on the screen is touched.

15. The method of claim 4, wherein the inserting of the at least the part of the captured image in the second display window comprises, if an application corresponding to the second display window provides a function of inserting an image in a screen displayed on the second display window, inserting the captured image in the second display window.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the captured image has the same size as the first display window and is displayed to overlap at the same relative position with the first display window.

33. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 1.

17. A device for generating a captured image for display windows displayed on a screen, the device comprising:

a user input receiving unit for receiving a user input from the device;

a capturing unit for determining a first display window to be captured from among a plurality of display windows displayed on the screen and for capturing data displayed on the first display window based on the user input; and

a display unit for overlapping a captured image, which is generated by the capturing of the data displayed on the first display window, with the first display window to a size of the first display window, and for displaying the captured image on the first display window.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the display unit is configured such that, when there are a plurality of first display windows, the display unit overlaps the captured image with each of the plurality of first display windows, and displays the captured image on each of the first display windows.

20. The device of claim 17, wherein the display unit is configured to insert at least a part of the captured image in a second display window.

21. The device of claim 20, wherein the display unit is configured to insert at least a part of the captured image in the second display window based on a user input corresponding to a touching of the captured image for a predetermined amount of time and a dragging of the touch toward the second display window.

22. The device of claim 20, wherein the capturing unit is configured to determine a predetermined area of the displayed captured image, and to cut an image in the determined area of the captured image, and

wherein the display unit is configured to insert the cut image in the second display window.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein the display unit is configured to display an area selected by a user on the displayed captured image, to correct the displayed area based on the user input on the displayed area, and to insert the captured image in the corrected area in the second display window.

24. The device of claim 23, wherein the display unit is configured to move the displayed area to other regions of the captured image as the user touches the displayed area and to drag the touch within a predetermined amount of time from a point of time at which the displayed area is touched.

25. The device of claim 23, wherein the display unit is configured to vary and display a size of the displayed area as the user touches the displayed area so as to pinch or unpinch the displayed area.

26. The device of claim 23, wherein the area selected by the user is selected based on a touch input of the user corresponding to a drawing of a closed curve on the captured image.

27. The device of claim 22, wherein the capturing unit is configured to determine the predetermined area as an image to be cut as the user'"'"'s touch on the predetermined area is maintained for a predetermined amount of time.

28. The device of claim 27, wherein the cut image is displayed so as to overlap with the determined image with a smaller size than an image of the determined area.

29. The device of claim 17, wherein the capturing unit is configured to determine an activated window among the plurality of display windows as a first display window when a predetermined button on the screen is touched.

30. The device of claim 17, wherein the capturing unit is configured to determine a window other than the activated window from among the plurality of display windows as a first display window as a predetermined button on the screen is touched.

31. The device of claim 20, wherein the display unit is configured such that, if an application corresponding to the second display window provides a function of inserting an image in a screen displayed on the second display window, the display unit inserts the captured image in the second display window.

32. The device of claim 17, wherein the captured image has the same size as the first display window and is displayed to overlap at the same relative position with the first display window.

19. The device of claim 19, wherein the display unit is configured such that, when the first display window is an entire screen mode display window, the display unit displays the captured image in a partial area of the first display window.