METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA BETWEEN MEMO LAYER AND APPLICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME

• US 20140015782A1
• Filed: 07/12/2013
• Published: 01/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: BAE, Joo-Yoon, JUN, Jin-Ha, KIM, Hwa-Kyung, KIM, Sung-Soo, CHA, Sang-Ok
• Granted Patent: US 9,110,587 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/235 based on user input or interaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/36 Matching; Classification

Abstract

A method for transmitting and receiving data between a memo layer and an application and an electronic device using the same are provided. The method includes executing an application and displaying the executed application on a touch screen, detecting a gesture on the touch screen during execution of the application, displaying a memo layer overlapped on the application according to the detected gesture, the memo layer including a handwriting input area for displaying data to be provided to the application and a display area for displaying data received from the application, receiving a handwriting image in the handwriting input area of the memo layer, recognizing the received handwriting image and comparing the recognized handwriting image with preset data, and displaying a feedback received from the application in the display area of the memo layer according to a comparison result.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an application in an electronic device having a touch screen, the method comprising:

executing, by a processor, an application and displaying, by a display unit, the executed application on the touch screen;

detecting, by the processor, a gesture on the touch screen during execution of the application;

displaying, by the display unit, a memo layer overlapped on the application according to the detected gesture, the memo layer including a handwriting input area for displaying data to be provided to the application and a display area for displaying data received from the application;

receiving, by the processor, a handwriting image in the handwriting input area of the memo layer;

recognizing, by the processor, the received handwriting image and comparing the recognized handwriting image with preset data; and

displaying, by the processor, a feedback received from the application in the display area of the memo layer according to a comparison result.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, if a plurality of handwriting images are input, a plurality of feedback corresponding to the handwriting images is displayed at different positions in the display area of the memo layer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the memo layer is semi-transparent and when the memo layer is displayed overlapped on an execution screen of the application, the application shows through the memo layer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, if a plurality of memo layers are displayed, the memo layers are layered with one another according to a feedback received from the application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, if a plurality of feedback is generated from the application, the feedback is displayed in a part of the display area of the memo layer.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of feedback includes commands for executing functions of the application and, if a part of the area in which the plurality of feedback is displayed is selected, at least one command included in the selected part is executed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein, if an application other than the executed application is executed, another memo layer associated with the other application is executed.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein a feedback is displayed differently in the other memo layer according to a function of the other application.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the handwriting image and the feedback are sequentially displayed in the handwriting input area and the display area of the memo layer.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the handwriting image and the feedback form a dialogue.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the handwriting image or the feedback is at least one of a text, a feedback, an image, a pattern, a number, a special character, or an email address.

18. A non-transitory processor readable medium for storing a computer program of instructions configured to be readable by at least one processor for instructing the at least one processor to execute a computer process for performing the method as recited in claim 1.

12. An electronic device having a touch screen, the electronic device comprising:

a display unit configured to display an executed application on the touch screen, display a memo layer overlapped on the application, the memo layer including a handwriting input area for displaying data to be provided to the application and a display area for displaying data received from the application, receive a handwriting image in the handwriting input area of the memo layer, and display the handwriting image in the handwriting input area of the memo layer; and

a controller configured to detect a gesture on the touch screen during execution of the application, recognize the received handwriting image, compare the recognized handwriting image with preset data, and control display of a feedback received from the application in the display area of the memo layer according to a comparison result.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein, if a plurality of handwriting images are input, the display unit displays a plurality of feedback corresponding to the handwriting images at different positions in the display area of the memo layer.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein, if a plurality of feedback is generated from the application, the controller controls display of the feedback in a part of the display area of the memo layer.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the plurality of feedback includes commands for executing functions of the application and, if a part of the area in which the plurality of feedback is displayed is selected, the controller controls execution of at least one command included in the selected part.

16. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein, if an application other than the executed application is executed, the controller controls execution of another memo layer associated with the other application.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the controller controls different display of a feedback in the other memo layer according to a function of the other application.