METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONTROLLING USER INTERFACE USING TOUCH SCREEN

• US 20130307801A1
• Filed: 05/21/2013
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: NAM, Hyeong-Min
• Granted Patent: US 10,338,705 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A method and an apparatus of controlling a User Interfaces (UIs) using a touch screen are provided. The method includes displaying a menu item in a basic setting menu that is preset in a user device, the menu item being used to select rearrangement of UIs arranged in a display area of the touch screen in a user-touchable partial area, and displaying a rearranged screen displaying the UIs rearranged in the user-touchable partial area, upon sensing of a user touch input selecting the rearrangement of the UIs.

Claims

1. A method of providing User Interfaces (UIs) on a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying a menu item in a basic setting menu that is preset in a user device, the menu item being used to select rearrangement of UIs arranged in a display area of the touch screen in a user-touchable partial area; and

displaying a rearranged screen displaying the UIs rearranged in the user-touchable partial area upon sensing of a user touch input selecting the rearrangement of the UIs.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the menu item includes at least one of a sub-menu to set an apply range of the rearranged screen, a sub-menu to set an apply time of the rearrangement of the UIs in the user-touchable partial area, and a sub-menu to set a recovery time of returning the rearranged screen to an original screen.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising, if the sub-menu to set the apply time is set to screen unlocking, displaying a user-touchable partial area selection screen upon sensing of a user touch input requesting screen unlocking,

wherein the user-touchable partial area selection screen includes at least one of a first selection item to select pre-stored default user-touchable partial areas and a second selection item to display a touch input request screen configured to set a user-touchable partial area according to a user touch input.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

displaying a screen including first selection buttons mapped to the default user-touchable partial areas and a second selection button to set a new user-touchable partial area upon sensing of a user touch input selecting the second selection item; and

displaying a preview of a default user-touchable partial area corresponding to a first selection button upon sensing of a user touch input to the first selection button, and displaying a touch input request screen to set a user-touchable partial area upon sensing of a user touch input to the second selection button.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein if the user-touchable partial area selection screen displays only the first selection item, then the first selection item includes a sub-menu indicating selection of the default user-touchable areas and a sub-menu indicating non-selection of the default user-touchable areas.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

displaying a screen including boundaries of a user-touchable partial area in response to the user touch input requesting screen unlocking upon sensing of a user touch input to the sub-menu indicating non-selection of the default user-touchable partial areas;

adjusting a boundary of the user-touchable partial area according to a user touch input to the boundary upon sensing of the user touch input to the boundary; and

displaying a rearranged screen including the UIs rearranged in the user-touchable area having the adjusted boundary.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying of the rearranged screen including the UIs rearranged in the user-touchable partial area having the adjusted boundary comprises:

determining a mapping relationship between coordinates of the display area and coordinates of the boundary-adjusted user-touchable partial area; and

rearranging the UIs arranged in the display area in the boundary-adjusted user-touchable partial area based on the determined mapping relationship.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying of the rearranged screen including the UIs rearranged in the user-touchable partial area having the adjusted boundary comprises:

displaying a screen that includes at least one of the rearranged UIs separately from the other UIs upon sensing of a user touch input to the at least one of the rearranged UIs;

displaying a screen that includes a menu to set a size and an interval of the at least one of the rearranged UIs; and

displaying a screen that includes the at least one of the rearranged UIs according to a user touch input on a command included in the menu upon sensing of the user touch input to the command.

9. A touch screen apparatus of providing User Interface (UIs), the touch screen apparatus comprising:

a display unit displaying a menu item in a basic setting menu that is preset in a user device, the menu item being used to select rearrangement of UIs arranged in a display area of the touch screen apparatus in a user-touchable partial area; and

a controller controlling the display unit to display a rearranged screen including the UIs rearranged in the user-touchable partial area upon sensing of a user touch input selecting the rearrangement of the UIs.

10. The touch screen apparatus of claim 9, wherein the menu item includes at least one of a sub-menu to set an apply range of the rearranged screen, a sub-menu to set an apply time of the rearrangement of the UIs in the user-touchable partial area, and a sub-menu to set a recovery time of returning the rearranged screen to an original screen.

11. The touch screen apparatus of claim 10, wherein if the sub-menu to set the apply time is set to screen unlocking, the controller controls the display unit to display a user-touchable partial area selection screen upon sensing of a user touch input requesting screen unlocking, and

wherein the user-touchable partial area selection screen includes at least one of a first selection item to select pre-stored default user-touchable partial areas and a second selection item to display a touch input request screen configured to set a user-touchable partial area according to a user touch input.

12. The touch screen apparatus of claim 11, wherein, upon sensing of a user touch input selecting the second selection item, the controller controls the display unit to display a screen including first selection buttons mapped to the default user-touchable partial areas and a second selection button to set a new user-touchable partial area, and

wherein upon sensing of a user touch input to a first selection button, the controller controls the display unit to display a preview of a default user-touchable partial area corresponding to the first selection button, and upon sensing of a user touch input to the second selection button, the controller controls the display unit to display a touch input request screen to set a user-touchable partial area.

13. The touch screen apparatus of claim 11, wherein if the user-touchable partial area selection screen provides only the first selection item, then the first selection item includes a sub-menu indicating selection of the default user-touchable areas and a sub-menu indicating non-selection of the default user-touchable areas.

14. The touch screen apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display a screen including boundaries of a user-touchable partial area in response to the user touch input requesting screen unlocking upon sensing of a user touch input to the sub-menu indicating non-selection of the default user-touchable partial areas,

wherein the controller adjusts a boundary of the user-touchable partial area according to a user touch input to the boundary, upon sensing of the user touch input to the boundary, and

wherein the controller controls the display unit to display a rearranged screen displaying the UIs rearranged in the user-touchable area having the adjusted boundary.

15. The touch screen apparatus of claim 14, wherein the controller determines a mapping relationship between coordinates of the display area and coordinates of the boundary-adjusted user-touchable partial area and rearranges the UIs arranged in the display area in the boundary-adjusted user-touchable partial area based on the determined mapping relationship.

16. The touch screen apparatus of claim 14, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display a screen that includes at least one of the rearranged UIs distinctively from the other UIs upon sensing of a user touch input to the at least one of the rearranged UIs,

wherein the controller controls the display unit to display a screen that includes a menu to set a size and an interval for the at least one of the rearranged UIs, and

wherein the controller controls the display unit to display a screen that includes the at least one of the rearranged UIs according to a user touch input to a command included in the menu upon sensing of the user touch input to the command.