DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20140164966A1
• Filed: 11/26/2013
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Kang-Tae, KIM, Chul-Joo, CHOI, Seong, KIM, Tae-Soo, KIM, Doo-Hwan
• Granted Patent: US 10,282,088 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156
• 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 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A method of controlling a display device including a touch screen is provided. The method includes setting an application execution space having one or more sub spaces in which windows executing applications are arranged, arranging windows corresponding to one or more applications which are being executed in the sub spaces of the set application execution space, displaying a first sub space corresponding to one of the one or more sub spaces on the touch screen, receiving a data sharing command for sharing data included in a first window arranged in the first sub space, and sharing the data to be shared by a second window arranged in a second sub space corresponding to one of the one or more sub spaces based on the data sharing command.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a controller configured to set an application execution space having one or more sub spaces in which windows executing applications are arranged and to arrange windows corresponding to one or more applications which are being executed in the sub spaces of the set application execution space; and

a touch screen configured to display a first sub space corresponding to one of the one or more sub spaces and to receive a data sharing command for sharing data included in a first window arranged in the first sub space,

wherein the controller shares the data to be shared by a second window arranged in a second sub space corresponding to one of the one or more sub spaces based on the data sharing command.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the touch screen receives the data sharing command by receiving a drag and drop gesture from the data to be shared to the second window.

3. The display device of claim 2, wherein the controller controls to display an image of the data to be shared at a point of the touch screen touched by the drag and drop gesture.

4. The display device of claim 3, wherein the touch screen receives a sub space switching command for replacing the first sub space to display another sub space and displays the other sub space connected to the first sub space in response to the sub space switching command.

5. The display device of claim 1, wherein, when the first sub space is displayed on the touch screen, the touch screen displays a minimap in which the windows of the set application execution space are arranged.

6. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller identifies a display mode set to each of the first sub space and the second sub space and arranges windows in the first sub space and the second sub space in one of a split mode, a freestyle mode, and a full screen mode based on the set display mode.

7. The display device of claim 1, wherein the first sub space and the second sub space are equal to each other or different from each other.

8. The display device of claim 1, wherein, when the touch screen receives the designated data to be shared, the controller identifies an attribute of the designated data to be shared, searches for an application capable of using the data to be shared based on the identified attribute of the data to be shared, and displays a list of the applications capable of using the data to be shared.

9. A display device comprising:

a controller configured to set an application execution space having one or more sub spaces in which windows executing applications are arranged, to arrange windows corresponding to one or more applications which are being executed in the sub spaces of the set application execution space, to control to display a first sub space corresponding to one of the one or more sub spaces on the touch screen, and to control to display a second sub space on another display device;

a touch screen configured to display the first sub space; and

a communication unit configured to share data to be shared of a first window arranged in the first sub space by a second window of the second sub space.

10. The display device of claim 9, wherein the controller searches for the other display device displaying the second sub space, and

wherein the communication unit transmits the data to be shared and an execution command for displaying the data to be shared on the second window to the found display device.

11. A method of controlling a display device including a touch screen, the method comprising:

setting an application execution space having one or more sub spaces in which windows executing applications are arranged;

arranging windows corresponding to one or more applications which are being executed in the sub spaces of the set application execution space;

displaying a first sub space corresponding to one of the one or more sub spaces on the touch screen;

receiving a data sharing command for sharing data included in a first window arranged in the first sub space; and

sharing the data to be shared by a second window arranged in a second sub space corresponding to one of the one or more sub spaces based on the data sharing command.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving of the data sharing command comprises receiving a drag and drop gesture from the data to be shared to the second window.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the receiving of the data sharing command comprises displaying an image of the data to be shared at a point of the touch screen touched by the drag and drop gesture.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the receiving of the data sharing command comprises:

receiving a sub space switching command for replacing the first sub space with another sub space; and

displaying the other sub space connected to the first sub space in response to the sub space switching command.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the displaying of the first sub space on the touch screen comprises displaying a minimap in which the windows of the set application execution space are arranged.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

identifying a display mode set to each of the first sub space and the second sub space; and

arranging windows in the first sub space and the second sub space in one of a split mode, a freestyle mode, and a full screen mode, based on the set display mode.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the first sub space and the second sub space are equal to each other or different from each other.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving of the data sharing command for the data to be shared included in the first window arranged in the first sub space comprises:

receiving designated data to be shared;

identifying an attribute of the designated data to be shared;

searching for an application capable of using the data to be shared based on the identified attribute of the data to be shared; and

displaying a list of the applications capable of using the data to be shared.