METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ITEM IN TERMINAL AND TERMINAL USING THE SAME

• US 20130326421A1
• Filed: 05/29/2013
• Published: 12/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JO, Chanki
• Granted Patent: US 11,269,486 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/841
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method for displaying a sub menu in a terminal and a terminal using the same is provided. The method includes displaying an item and a corresponding indicator for the item, receiving a touch input selecting the item according to the indicator, and displaying a related item to the item when receiving a touch gesture consecutive to the touch input.

Claims

1. A method for displaying items in a terminal comprising a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying an item and a corresponding indicator for the item;

receiving a touch input selecting the item according to the indicator; and

displaying a related item to the item when receiving a touch gesture consecutive to the touch input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicator indicates at least one of a type and a direction of the touch gesture.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicator indicates a direction of displaying the related item.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the related item further comprises:

displaying a related item display area; and

displaying the related item in the related item display area.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a location for the displaying of the related item display area is based on a position of the item.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the displaying of the related item further comprises:

deploying the related item display area in a direction towards the item from an opposite edge of the touch screen based on a position in which the item is displayed.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the displaying of the related item comprises displaying the related item display area overlapping a display screen being displayed by the terminal.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the displaying of the related item comprises reducing an area of a display screen being displayed by the terminal by an area in which the related item display area is displayed.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying contents related to a function being executed in the terminal in an area in which the related item is not displayed among a display area of the terminal.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch gesture includes at least one of a sweep, a drag, a tap, a double tap, a long tap, a press, a long press, and a gesture spreading multi touch points from each other.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising switching the item to a selected related item to display when one of the displayed related items is selected.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the item includes an icon or an individual content on a list.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the related item is a sub menu for the item.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the sub menu is displayed with at least one type of a text, an icon, a picture, an animation clip, and a video.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the related item further comprises displaying a spreading related item display area while being slid according to a moving direction of the touch gesture.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the displaying of the related item comprises moving the related item display area in an opposite direction to the moving direction of the touch gesture so that all of the related item display area is displayed on a display screen of the terminal, when the related item display area which is spread while being slid reaches a boundary of a screen.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing a function corresponding to the item when the touch gesture consecutive to the touch input is not received.

18. A terminal comprising:

a display unit displaying an item and an indicator for the item;

an input unit receiving an input; and

a controller controlling to display a related item to the item when receiving a touch input selecting the item and a touch gesture consecutive to the touch input.

19. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the indicator indicates at least one of a type and a direction of the touch gesture.

20. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the indicator indicates a direction of displaying the related item.

21. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller controls to display a related item display area when receiving the touch gesture, and to display the related item in the related item display area.

22. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the controller controls to display the related item display area based on a position of the item.

23. The terminal of claim 22, wherein the controller controls to deploy the related item display area in a direction towards the item from an opposite edge of the display unit based on a position in which the item is displayed.

24. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the controller controls to display the related item display area overlapping a display screen being displayed by the terminal

25. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the controller controls to reduce an area of the display screen being displayed by the terminal by an area in which the related item display area is displayed.

26. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller controls to display contents related to a function being executed in the terminal in an area in which the related item is not displayed among a display area of the terminal.

27. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the touch gesture includes at least one of a sweep, a drag, a tap, a double tap, a long tap, a press, a long press, and a gesture spreading multi touch points from each other.

28. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller controls to switch the item to a selected related item to display when one of the displayed related items is selected.

29. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the item includes an icon or an individual content on a list.

30. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the related item is a sub menu for the item.

31. The terminal of claim 30, wherein the sub menu is displayed with at least one type of a text, an icon, a picture, an animation clip, and a video.

32. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller controls to display a spreading related item display area while being slid according to a moving direction of the touch gesture.

33. The terminal of claim 32, wherein the controller controls to move the related item display area in an opposite direction to the moving direction of the touch gesture so that all of the related item display area is displayed on a display screen of the terminal, when the related item display area which is spread while being slid reaches a boundary of a screen.

34. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller controls to execute a function corresponding to the item when the touch gesture consecutive to the touch input is not received.

35. A method for displaying an item in a terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an item and an indicator for the item, if the item includes at least one related item related to the item, when displaying the item;

determining whether a touch gesture is received consecutively to a touch input selecting the item; and

displaying the related item for the item when receiving the touch gesture.

36. The method of claim 35, further comprising:

displaying the item without the indicator, when the item does not include the at least one related item related to the item; and

executing a function corresponding to the item that does not include the at least one related item related to the item when receiving the touch input selecting the item that does not include the at least one related item related to the item.

37. The method of claim 35, wherein the indicator indicates at least one of a type and a direction of the touch gesture.

38. The method of claim 35, wherein the indicator indicates a direction of displaying the related item.

39. The method of claim 35, wherein the related item is a sub menu for the item.

40. A terminal for displaying an item, the terminal comprising:

a display unit displaying an item;

an input unit receiving an input; and

a controller controlling to display the item and an indicator for the item, if the item includes at least one related item related to the item, when displaying the item, to determine whether a touch gesture is received consecutively to a touch input selecting the item, and to display the related item to the item when receiving the touch gesture.

41. The terminal of claim 40, wherein the controller displays the item without the indicator when the item does not include the at least one related item related to the item, and executes a function corresponding to the item that does not include the at least one related item related to the item when receiving the touch input selecting the item that does not include the at least one related item related to the item.

42. The terminal of claim 40, wherein the indicator indicates at least one of a type and a direction of the touch gesture.

43. The terminal of claim 40, wherein the indicator indicates a direction of displaying the related item.

44. The terminal of claim 40, wherein the related item is a sub menu for the item.