APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING SPLIT VIEW IN PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20140089832A1
• Filed: 09/13/2013
• Published: 03/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Youngri, PARK, Wonkyu, YOON, Sungjin, HAN, Bonghee, LEE, Yujin, HONG, Yoojin, JEUNG, Jihong
• Granted Patent: US 9,298,341 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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

Abstract

A method of displaying a view in a portable terminal includes: displaying a plurality of applications as a split view corresponding to a split display region of a display unit; reducing and displaying an application of the split view and switchable candidate applications in a switch mode; displaying an application selected from the candidate applications and changing an application displayed on the split view in a previous state to the candidate application; and enlarging and displaying the split view when the switch mode is terminated.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a view in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of applications as a split view corresponding to a split display region of a display unit;

reducing the size of the displayed applications and displaying the displayed applications of the split view with images corresponding to switchable candidate applications stored in memory together in a switch mode by a controller;

displaying an application selected from the candidate applications and changing an application displayed on the split view in a previous state to the candidate application; and

enlarging and displaying the split view when the switch mode is terminated.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the switch mode is detected by the controller as a pinch close operation through an action using multiple fingers.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the application is detected by the controller as an action dragging the candidate application to drop the application from the split view.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the application displayed as the split view is moved to a position of the application displayed on the split view and is changed to a candidate application.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the enlarging and displaying the split view is performed following a pinch open operation.

6. An apparatus for displaying a view in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit displaying a plurality of applications as a split view corresponding to a split display region of the display unit;

an input unit generating a switch mode and an application selection signal; and

a controller performing an application switch operation by swapping an application with a switchable candidate application following a touch interaction when the switch mode is detected, and displaying a neighboring candidate application on the split view.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller reduces the split view in the switch mode to display the reduced split view together with the candidate applications, displaying a candidate application selected by the input unit, and moving an application at a corresponding position to the candidate application.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller detects the switch mode following a multi-finger pinch close operation gesture.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller moves the candidate application according to a drag signal, and displays a selected application on a split view of in a position at which the drag signal is terminated.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller enlarges the reduced split view to terminate the switch operation when a pinch open is detected.

11. A method of displaying a view in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of running applications as a split view corresponding to a split display region of a display unit; and

operating a controller to switch at least one of the displayed applications by swapping the displayed application with a selected switchable candidate application according to a touch interaction when a switch mode is detected and display a neighboring candidate application on the split view.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the switch of the application comprises:

moving at least one application selected by a flick command on the split view to change the at least one application to the candidate application; and

displaying a candidate application adjacent to the application changed to the candidate application on the split view.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the flick comprises a horizontal flick, and moves selected application horizontally according to the flick direction.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the flick comprises a vertical flick, and moves selected application vertically according to the flick direction.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the switch of the application comprises:

changing an application selected by the touch interaction on the split view to a candidate application located an end of the split view; and

displaying a candidate application neighboring the split view on the split view.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the operating of the controller comprises detecting a vertical flick as the touch interaction, and horizontally moving selected applications to a candidate application which is located an end of the split view.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the operation of the controller comprises detecting a horizontal flick as the touch interaction, and vertically moving selected applications to a candidate application which is located at an end of the split view.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the switch of the application comprises:

reducing the split view in a free switch mode of the application to display the reduced split view together with the candidate applications; and

displaying an application selected from the candidate applications and changing an application of a corresponding position to the candidate application.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein the switch of the application comprises:

fixing a at least one selected application of the running applications on the split view in a set switch mode of a fixed region; and

moving another selected application of the running applications to the switchable candidate application and displaying the selected candidate application on the split view to switch the application.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the switch of the application comprises:

moving the running application selected from the split view to the switchable candidate applications; and

displaying a candidate application neighboring the split view on the split view to perform a switch operation.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the switch of the application comprises:

reducing the split view to display the reduced split view together with the candidate applications; and

displaying the selected candidate from the candidate applications on the split view and changing an application of a corresponding position to the candidate application.

22. The method of claim 11, wherein the switch of the application comprises:

reducing the split view to display the reduced split view together with the candidate applications in a moving switch mode of the application;

moving the reduced and displayed applications to display a switch application; and

enlarging an application location on the split view to switch the application when the motion is terminated.