ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20130232443A1
• Filed: 02/22/2013
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: RYU, Jaekyung, PARK, Booil, YI, Kyueun, CHOI, Kwontaeg, KIM, Jesung, KIM, Hyunwoo, JANG, Sungbong, JUNG, Sungon
• Application Number:
  US13/774,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20130232443A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic device and a method of controlling the electronic device. The present invention provides an electronic device that provides various user interfaces to effectively alert a user that an edge of information is reached while scrolling through the information and a method of controlling the electronic device. For example, according to the present invention, the user is effectively alerted that the edge is reached, because the depth level, at which the page is displayed, is changed, when the edge of the information is reached during the scrolling of the information.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a touch screen configured to display information of a page; and

a controller configured to;

scroll through the information in a specific direction in response to receiving a scrolling command corresponding to the specific direction via the touch screen, and

control a display of the page such that a depth level, at which at least one part of the page is initially displayed on the touch screen, is changed when an edge of the information is reached while scrolling through the information in the specific direction in response to the reception of the scrolling command.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the depth level, at which the at least one part of the page is initially displayed, is a first depth level corresponding to a two-dimensional plane, and

wherein the controller is further configured to control the display of the page such that a second depth level that is different from the first depth level is used when the edge of the information is reached.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2,

wherein the controller is further configured to display the entire page at the second depth level when the edge of the information is reached.

4. The electronic device according to claim 2,

wherein the controller is further configured to display the at least one part of the page at the second depth level when the edge of the information is reached.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the at least one part of the page includes a part of the page corresponding to the entire edge of the information, or a part of the page corresponding to a part of the edge.

6. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to determine the second depth level according to a signal strength of the scrolling command.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the touch screen includes a panel for facilitating stereoscopic vision, and

wherein the controller is further configured to:

display the information as a stereoscopic image using binocular disparity on the touch screen, and

control the display of the page such that a first three-dimensional depth level, at which the at least one part of the page is initially displayed, is changed to a second three-dimensional depth level when the edge of the information is reached.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7,

wherein the controller is further configured to display the entire page at the second three-dimensional depth level when the edge of the information is reached, and

wherein the second three-dimensional depth level is different from the first three-dimensional depth level.

9. The electronic device according to claim 7,

wherein the controller is further configured to display the at least one part of the page at the second three-dimensional depth level when the edge of the information is reached, and

wherein the second three-dimensional depth level is different from the first three-dimensional depth level.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9,

wherein the at least one part of the page includes a part of the page corresponding to the entire edge of the information, or a part of the page corresponding to a part of the edge.

11. The electronic device according to claim 7,

wherein the controller is further configured to determine the second three-dimensional depth level according to a signal strength of the scrolling command.

12. A method of controlling an electronic device including a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying information of a page on the touch screen;

scrolling through the information in a specific direction in response to receiving a scrolling command corresponding to the specific direction via the touch screen; and

controlling a display of the page such that a depth level, at which at least one part of the page is initially displayed on the touch screen, is changed when an edge of the information is reached while scrolling through the information in response to the reception of the scrolling command.

13. The method according to claim 12,

wherein the depth level, at which the at least one part of the page is initially displayed, is a first depth level corresponding to a two-dimensional plane, and

wherein controlling the display of the page includes controlling the display of the page such that a second depth level that is different from the first depth level is used when the edge of the information is reached.

14. The method according to claim 12,

wherein the touch screen includes a panel for facilitating stereoscopic vision,

wherein displaying the information includes displaying the information as a stereoscopic image using binocular disparity on the touch screen, and

wherein controlling the display of the page includes controlling the display of the page such that a first three-dimensional depth level, at which the at least one part of the page is initially displayed, is changed to a second three-dimensional depth level that is different from the first three-dimensional depth level when the edge of the information is reached.