METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOVING OBJECT

• US 20130293470A1
• Filed: 05/02/2013
• Published: 11/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Woo-Up
• Application Number:
  US13/886,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20130293470A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/158
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for moving an object(s) in an electronic device are provided. The method for moving the object(s) includes detecting a tilt change of the electronic device, and moving the object displayed on a display according to the tilt change of the electronic device. An electronic device comprising a display, at least one processor, a memory and at least one program stored in the memory and configured for execution by the at least one processor, wherein the program comprises at least one instruction configured to detect a tilt change of the electronic device, and to move an object displayed on the display according to the tilt change of the electronic device.

Claims

1. A method for moving an object in an electronic device, comprising:

detecting a tilt change of the electronic device; and

moving the object displayed on a display based on the tilt change.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a touch screen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting of the tilt change comprises:

when an object move event occurs, detecting the tilt change of the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the object move event is triggered by at least one of touch information of the touch screen, hardware button input information, and motion information of the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting of the tilt change comprises:

detecting the tilt change of the electronic device using at least one of an acceleration sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, a gyroscope, and an altitude sensor.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving of the object comprises:

moving a background window displayed on the display in a tilt change direction of the electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving, of the object comprises:

determining at least one of a movement distance and a movement speed of the object based on the tilt change of the electronic device; and

moving a background window displayed on the display in a tilt change direction of the electronic device by the at least one of the movement distance and the movement speed of the object.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving of the object comprises:

moving at least one object among a plurality of objects displayed on the display in a tilt change direction of the electronic device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the at least one object comprises at least one object mapped to a control function among the objects in the display information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving of the display information location comprises:

determining at least one of a movement distance and a movement speed of the display information by considering the tilt change of the electronic device; and

moving at least one object location among a plurality of objects displayed on the display in the tilt change direction of the electronic device based on the at least one of the movement distance and the movement speed of the object.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

at least one processor;

a memory; and

at least one program stored in the memory and configured for execution by the at least one processor,

wherein the program comprises at least one instruction configured to detect a tilt change of the electronic device, and to move an object displayed on the display according to the tilt change of the electronic device.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the display comprises a touch screen.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the program comprises at least one instruction configured, when a screen move event occurs, to detect a tilt of the electronic device, and to detect the tilt change of the electronic device based on the tilt of the electronic device.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the program comprises at least one instruction configured to determine whether an object move event is triggered by at least one of touch information of the touch screen, hardware button input information, and motion information of the electronic device, and when the object move event is triggered, to detect the tilt of the electronic device.

15. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the program comprises at least one instruction configured to detect the tilt change of the electronic device using at least one of an acceleration sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, a gyroscope, and an altitude sensor.

16. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the program comprises at least one instruction configured to move the background window displayed on the display in a tilt change direction of the electronic device.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the program comprises at least one instruction configured to determine at least one of a movement distance and a movement speed of the object based on the tilt change of the electronic device, and to move a background window displayed on the display in the tilt change direction of the electronic device by the at least one of the movement distance and the movement speed of the display information.

18. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the program comprises at least one instruction configured to move at least one object among:

a plurality of objects displayed on the display in the tilt change direction of the electronic device.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the object comprises at least one object with a control function among the objects in the display information.

20. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the program comprises at least one instruction configured to determine at least one of a movement distance and a movement speed of the object based on the tilt change of the electronic device, and to move at least one object location among a plurality of objects displayed on the display in the tilt change direction of the electronic device by the at least one of the movement distance and the movement speed.