USER TERMINAL CAPABLE OF SHARING IMAGE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20130244730A1
• Filed: 03/05/2013
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
• Original Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
• Inventors: YOO, Chang-sik
• Application Number:
  US13/785,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20130244730A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0383 Remote input, i.e. interface arrangements in which the signals generated by a pointing device are transmitted to a PC at a remote location, e.g. to a PC in a LAN
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/23 Construction or mounting of dials or of equivalent devices; Means for facilitating the use thereof by improving visibility H04M1/22
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

A user terminal capable of sharing images and a method for controlling the user terminal are disclosed. The user terminal can include: a position image generation unit configured to generate a position image corresponding to a position of a touch means when the touch means is touching a display unit or is near the display unit; and a sensing unit configured to sense at least one of a touch pressure and a touch area of the touch means, where the position image is changed according to at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area of the touch means sensed by the sensing unit. Certain embodiments of the invention provide the advantages of enabling a user terminal and a different type of terminal to share images and minimizing touch errors on a touch interface.

Claims

1. A user terminal comprising:

a position image generation unit configured to generate a position image corresponding to a position of a touch means when the touch means is touching a display unit or is near the display unit; and

a sensing unit configured to sense at least one of a touch pressure and a touch area of the touch means,

wherein the position image is changed according to at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area of the touch means sensed by the sensing unit.

2. The user terminal of claim 1, wherein the position image is not shown if at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area is within a particular level range.

3. The user terminal of claim 1, wherein the position image is changed in form according to at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area of the touch means.

4. The user terminal of claim 1, wherein the position image is changed in size according to at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area of the touch means.

5. The user terminal of claim 2, further comprising:

an information provider unit configured to output information indicating at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area of the touch means.

6. The user terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a setting unit configured to provide an interface for setting sensing level classes of the sensing unit and setting position image changes according to the sensing levels and configured to store settings information.

7. A user terminal comprising:

a display unit; and

a position image generation unit configured to generate a position image corresponding to a position of a touch means when the touch means is touching a display unit or is near the display unit,

wherein the position image is changed in form if the position image is shown over a preset event-executing object.

9. The user terminal of claim 7, further comprising:

an information provider unit configured to output information according to a change in the position image.

8. A user terminal comprising:

a display unit; and

a position image generation unit configured to generate a position image corresponding to a position of a touch means when the touch means is touching a display unit or is near the display unit,

wherein the position image is changed in form if the position image is shown at a preset position.

10. A method for controlling a user terminal, the method comprising:

(a) sensing at least one of a touch pressure and a touch area of a touch means when the touch means touches a display unit; and

(b) generating a position image corresponding to a position of the touch means if the touch means is touching the display unit or is near the display unit,

wherein the position image is changed according to at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area of the touch means sensed in said step (a).

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the position image is not shown if at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area is within a particular level range.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the position image is changed in form according to at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area of the touch means.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

outputting information indicating at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area of the touch means.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

configuring settings to activate or deactivate an operation of sensing at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area of the touch means.

18. A recorded medium having recorded thereon and tangibly embodying a program of instructions for executing the method for controlling a user terminal according to claim 10.

15. A method for controlling a user terminal, the method comprising:

(a) sensing a touching or a bringing near of a touch means with respect to a display unit; and

(b) generating a position image corresponding to a position of the touch means if it is sensed in said step (a) that the touch means is touching or is near,

wherein the position image is changed in form if the position image is shown over a preset event-executing object.

16. A method for controlling a user terminal, the method comprising:

(a) sensing a touching or a bringing near of a touch means with respect to a display unit; and

(b) generating a position image corresponding to a position of the touch means if it is sensed in said step (a) that the touch means is touching or is near,

wherein the position image is changed in form if the position image is shown at a preset position.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

providing information according to a change in the position image.