IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140085238A1
• Filed: 09/25/2013
• Published: 03/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Han-soo, LEE, Chang-soo, LEE, Sang-hee
• Application Number:
  US14/036,626
• Publication Number:
  US 20140085238A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An image processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided, to move and display an item within an image in response to a user'"'"'s motion. The image processing apparatus includes: an image processor which processes an image to be displayed; a user input which receives a user'"'"'s motion; and a controller which displays the image including at least one item and moves the item by a predetermined unit moving distance which corresponds to a moving distance of the motion according to the user'"'"'s motion, such that the unit moving distance of the item increases as the user'"'"'s motion becomes farther away from an initial location.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image processor which processes an image to be displayed;

a user input which receives a user'"'"'s motion; and

a controller which displays the image comprising at least one item and moves the item by a predetermined unit moving distance which corresponds to a moving distance according to the user'"'"'s motion, such that the unit moving distance of the item increases as the user'"'"'s motion becomes further from an initial location.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user'"'"'s motion comprises a touch input.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the user input comprises a remote control signal receiver which receives a remote control signal from a remote controller comprising information related to a user'"'"'s touch input.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display which displays the image thereon.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a touch screen which comprises a display which displays the image thereon and the user input which receives the user'"'"'s touch input.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the unit moving distance of the item increases step by step as the user'"'"'s motion becomes farther from the initial location.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in response to a user'"'"'s first motion being followed by a discontinuous second motion, the controller determines that the discontinuous second motion represents a movement from the initial location.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the movement of the item comprises a movement of a focus or movement of a highlight of the item.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the unit moving distance comprises the number of movements of the focus or a highlight of the item.

10. A method of controlling an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying an image comprising at least one item;

receiving a user'"'"'s motion; and

moving the item by a predetermined unit moving distance which corresponds to a moving distance of the motion according to the user'"'"'s motion such that the unit moving distance of the item increases as the user'"'"'s motion becomes further away from an initial location.

11. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the user'"'"'s motion comprises a touch input.

12. The control method according to claim 11, wherein the receiving of the user'"'"'s motion comprises receiving a remote control signal from a remote controller which comprises information on the user'"'"'s touch input.

13. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the unit moving distance of the item increases step by step as the user'"'"'s motion becomes further away from the initial location.

14. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the moving of the item comprises determining that a movement from the initial location is a discontinuous second motion in response to the user'"'"'s first motion being followed by the discontinuous second motion.

15. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the movement of the item comprises a movement of a focus or highlight of the item.

16. The control method according to claim 15, wherein the unit moving distance comprises the number of movements of the focus or the highlight of the item.

17. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image processor which processes an image;

a user input which receives a user'"'"'s motion; and

a controller which displays the image which includes at least one item and moves the item by a predetermined unit moving distance, such that the unit moving distance of the item increases as the user'"'"'s motion becomes farther from an initial location.

18. The image processing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the predetermined unit moving distance corresponds to a moving distance according to the user'"'"'s motion.

19. The image processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the user'"'"'s motion comprises a touch input.

20. The image processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the unit moving distance of the item increases step by step as the user'"'"'s motion becomes farther from the initial location.