OBJECT CONTROL METHOD PERFORMED IN DEVICE INCLUDING TRANSPARENT DISPLAY, THE DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF

• US 20130265284A1
• Filed: 04/08/2013
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: YUN, Il-kook, LEE, Chang-soo
• Granted Patent: US 10,296,127 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/175
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An object control method performed by a device including a display, the device, and a computer readable recording medium thereof are provided. The object control method includes: displaying at least one object on the display; receiving an input through an input interface of the display, the input interface comprising at least one of a first input interface and a second input interface; and in response to receiving the input, performing a first function associated with a predetermined input interface of the device if the input interface is the first input interface and the predetermined input interface is the first input interface, and performing a second function associated with the predetermined input interface if the input interface is second input interface and the predetermined input interface is the second input interface.

Claims

1. An object control method performed by a device comprising a display, the method comprising:

displaying at least one object on the display;

receiving an input through an input interface of the display, the input interface comprising at least one of a first input interface and a second input interface; and

in response to receiving the input, performing;

a first function associated with a predetermined input interface of the device if (i) the input interface is the first input interface and (ii) the predetermined input interface is the first input interface, and

a second function associated with the predetermined input interface if (i) the input interface is second input interface and (ii) the predetermined input interface is the second input interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing further comprises:

performing a third function associated with the predetermined input interface if (i) the input interface is both the first input interface and second input interface and (ii) the predetermined input interface is both the first input interface and second input interface.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the display comprises a transparent display.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first input interface is one of a front surface of the transparent display and a back surface of the transparent display, and

wherein the second input interface is the other one of the front surface of the transparent display and the back surface of the transparent display.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the input corresponds to the at least one object, and

wherein the predetermined input interface is at least one of the first input interface and the second input interface, corresponds to the at least one object and is set according to at least one of a display environment of the at least one object and an operation of the at least one object.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the display environment is an active application displayed on the display.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one object comprises a first object and a second object displayed on a front surface of the first object, and

wherein the second function comprises changing a display status of the second object.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one object comprises a first window displayed on a first layer that is partially overlapping a second window displayed on a second layer below the first layer, and

wherein the second function comprises moving the second window.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one object comprises a first window displayed on a first layer that is partially overlapping a second window displayed on a second layer below the first layer, and

wherein the second function comprises displaying the second window above the first window.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the input comprises activating more than a predetermined area of the second input interface, and

wherein the second function comprises setting a transparency of the display as a maximum value.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein if the input that touches more than the predetermined area of the second input interface is maintained for less than a predetermined period of time, the second function further comprises returning to a screen before the touching of the second input interface.

12. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

displaying an editing window comprising information regarding the predetermined input interface with respect to the at least one object in response to an input interface editing request with respect to the at least one object; and

updating the information regarding the predetermined input interface with respect to the at least one object according to an input of the user into the editing window.

13. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one object comprises a first object and a second object,

wherein the input comprises a first input with respect to the first object received through the first input interface and a second input with respect to the second object received through the second input interface,

wherein the first function comprises controlling the first object according to the first input received through the first input interface concurrently with the second object, and

wherein the second function comprises controlling the second object according to the second input received through the second input interface concurrently with the first object.

14. The method of claim 5, wherein the input comprises a gesture with respect to the at least one object,

wherein the gesture comprises moving more than a predetermined length in one direction through the predetermined input interface,

wherein the first function comprises changing the predetermined input interface to the second input interface by rotating the at least one object in a direction corresponding to the gesture, and

wherein the second function comprises changing the predetermined input interface to the first input interface by rotating the at least one object in a direction corresponding to the gesture.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the second function comprises variably displaying a guide corresponding to the input based on a status of the at least one object or a status of the display.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the second function comprises displaying a guide corresponding to a location of the input.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium having recorded thereon instructions which are executed by a computer to perform the method of claim 1.

18. A device which performs an object control method, the device comprising:

a display which displays at least one object;

an input interface which receives an input through at least one of a first input interface and a second input interface;

a storage which stores a predetermined input interface; and

a processor which in response to receiving the input, performs;

a first function associated with the predetermined input interface if (i) the input interface is the first input interface and (ii) the predetermined input interface is the first input interface, and

a second function associated with the predetermined input interface if (i) the input interface is second input interface and (ii) the predetermined input interface is the second input interface.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the processor further performs:

a third function associated with the predetermined input interface if (i) the input interface is both the first input interface and second input interface and (ii) the predetermined input interface is both the first input interface and second input interface.

20. The device of claim 18, wherein the display comprises a transparent display.

21. The device of claim 20, wherein the first input interface is one of a front surface and a back surface of the transparent display, and

wherein the second input interface is another of one of the front surface and the back surface of the transparent display.

22. The device of claim 18, wherein the second function comprises variably displaying a guide corresponding to the input based on a status of the at least one object or a status of the display.

23. The device of claim 18, wherein the second function comprises displaying a guide corresponding to a location of the input.

24. The device of claim 18, wherein the input comprises touching more than a predetermined area of the second input interface, and

wherein the second function comprises setting a transparency of the display as a maximum value.

25. The device of claim 19, wherein if the input that touches more than the predetermined area of the second input interface is not maintained for more than a predetermined period of time, the second function further comprises returning to a screen before the touching of the second input interface.

26. The device of claim 18, wherein the input corresponds to the at least one object, and

wherein the predetermined input interface is at least one of the first input interface and the second input interface and corresponds to the at least one object and is set according to at least one of a display environment of the at least one object and an operation of the at least one object.

27. The device of claim 26, wherein the at least one object comprises a first object and a second object that is displayed on a front surface of the first object, and

wherein the second function comprises changing a display status of the second object.

28. The device of claim 26, wherein the at least one object comprises a first window displayed on a first layer and partially overlapping a second window displayed on a second layer below the first layer, and

wherein the second function comprises moving the second window.

29. The device of claim 26, wherein the at least one object comprises a first window displayed on a first layer and partially overlapping a second window displayed on a second layer below the first layer, and

wherein the second function comprises displaying the second window above the first window.

30. The device of claim 26, wherein the processor, in response to an input interface editing request with respect to the at least one object, further performs:

displaying an editing window comprising information regarding the predetermined input interface with respect to the at least one object; and

updating the information regarding the predetermined input interface with respect to the at least one object according to an input of the user into the editing window.