AUTOMATICALLY EXPANDING PANES

• US 20140282232A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CONFER, William James, OH, Baeksan
• Granted Patent: US 9,921,711 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/800
• 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 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A portable electronic device and a method for automatically resizing a plurality of dynamically sizable panes displaying information on a screen of a portable electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying the information in the plurality of dynamically sizable panes on the screen of the portable electronic device, interacting with one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes, and automatically resizing all of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes according to the interaction with the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes.

Claims

1. A method for automatically resizing a plurality of dynamically sizable panes displaying information on a screen of a portable electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying the information in the plurality of dynamically sizable panes on the screen of the portable electronic device;

interacting with one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes; and

automatically resizing all of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes according to the interaction with the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the interacting with the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes comprises contacting the screen of the portable electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the interacting with the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes comprises moving an object across the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the object moved across the selected one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes comprises a finger of a user of the portable electronic device.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the object moved across the selected one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes generates a signal indicating a contact with the screen of the portable electronic device has occurred.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically resizing of all of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes according to the interaction with the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes comprises increasing a size of the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes and decreasing a size of all remaining plurality of dynamically sizable panes.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, when the interacting with the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes is terminated, automatically resizing all of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes to a size prior to the interaction.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the interacting with the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes is terminated when a user of the portable electronic device presses and releases an object from an area of the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes.

9. A method for resizing a plurality of panes arranged on a screen of a portable electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying information in the plurality of panes arranged on the screen of the portable electronic device;

interacting with one of the plurality of panes; and

automatically resizing all of the plurality of panes in response to the interaction with the one of the plurality of panes.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the interacting with the one of the plurality of panes comprises swiping an object across the one of the plurality of panes.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the automatically resizing of all of the plurality of panes in response to the interaction with the one of the plurality of panes comprises increasing a size of the one of the plurality of panes and decreasing a size of all remaining plurality of panes.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein, when the interacting with the one of the plurality of panes is terminated, automatically resizing all of the plurality of panes to a size prior to the interaction.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the interacting with the one of the plurality of panes is terminated when a predetermined action is performed with the one of the plurality of panes.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the predetermined action comprises a user of the portable electronic device clicking on the area of the one of the plurality of panes.

15. A method for resizing a plurality of windows arranged on a screen of a portable electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying information in the plurality of windows arranged on the screen of the portable electronic device;

interacting with one of the plurality of windows;

automatically resizing all of the plurality of windows arranged on the screen of the portable electronic device in response to the interacting with the one of the plurality of windows;

terminating the interaction with the one of the plurality of windows; and

automatically resizing all of the plurality of windows arranged on the screen of the portable electronic device in response to the terminating of the interaction with the one of the plurality of windows.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the interacting with the one of the plurality of windows comprises at least one of a swiping action and a clicking action on the one of the plurality of windows.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the automatically resizing of all of the plurality of windows arranged on the screen of the portable electronic device in response to the interacting with the one of the plurality of windows comprises expanding the one of the plurality of windows and contracting remaining ones of the plurality of windows.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the terminating of the interaction with the one of the plurality of windows comprises performing a predetermined action on the one of the plurality of windows.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the predetermined action on the one of the plurality of windows comprises a clicking action.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the automatically resizing of all of the plurality of windows arranged on the screen of the portable electronic device in response to the terminating of the interaction with the one of the plurality of windows comprises contracting the one of the plurality of windows and expanding remaining ones of the plurality of windows.

21. A portable electronic device comprising:

a touchscreen including a display and an input unit; and

a controller that controls the touchscreen to display information in a plurality of dynamically sizable panes, that, based on input to the touchscreen, detects an interaction with one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes, and that automatically resizes all of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes according to the detection of the interaction with the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes.

22. The portable electronic device of claim 21, wherein the interaction with the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes is based on a contact on the touchscreen.

23. The portable electronic device of claim 21, wherein the interaction with the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes comprises moving an object across the selected one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes.

24. The portable electronic device of claim 23, wherein a finger of a user of the portable electronic device is moved across the selected one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes.

25. The portable electronic device of claim 23, wherein, when the object is moved across the selected one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes, the touchscreen generates a signal indicating that a contact on the touchscreen has occurred.

26. The portable electronic device of claim 21, wherein the controller, when automatically resizing of all of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes according to the detection of the interaction with the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes, increases a size of the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes and decreases a size of all remaining plurality of dynamically sizable panes.

27. The portable electronic device of claim 26, wherein, when the interaction with the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes is terminated, the controller automatically resizes all of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes to a size prior to the interaction.

28. The portable electronic device of claim 27, wherein the interaction with the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes is terminated when a user of the portable electronic device ends contact with an area of the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes.

29. A portable electronic device comprising:

a touchscreen including a display and an input unit; and

a controller that controls the touchscreen to display information in a plurality of panes that, based on input to the touchscreen, detects an interaction with the one of the plurality of panes, and that automatically resizes all of the plurality of panes in response to a detection of the interaction with the one of the plurality of panes.

30. The portable electronic device of claim 29, wherein the interaction with the one of the plurality of panes comprises moving an object across the one of the plurality of panes.

31. The portable electronic device of claim 29, wherein the automatically resizing of all of the plurality of panes in response to the detection of the interaction with the one of the plurality of panes comprises increasing a size of the one of the plurality of panes and decreasing a size of all remaining plurality of panes.

32. The portable electronic device of claim 29, wherein, when the interaction with the one of the plurality of panes is terminated, the controller automatically resizes all of the plurality of panes to a size prior to the interaction.

33. The portable electronic device of claim 32, wherein the interaction with the one of the plurality of panes is terminated when a predetermined action is performed with the one of the plurality of panes or when a predetermined action is performed with the remaining plurality of panes.

34. The portable electronic device of claim 33, wherein the predetermined action comprises a user of the portable electronic device clicking on the area of the one of the plurality of panes or clicking on an area of the remaining plurality of panes.

35. A portable electronic device comprising:

a touchscreen including a display and an input unit; and

a controller that controls the touchscreen to display information in the plurality of windows, that, based on input to the touchscreen, detects an interaction with the selected one of the plurality of windows, that automatically resizes all of the plurality of windows in response to a detection of the interaction with the one of the plurality of windows, that detects termination of the interaction with the one of the plurality of windows, and that automatically resizes all of the plurality of windows in response to a detection of the termination of the interaction with the one of the plurality of windows.

36. The portable electronic device of claim 35, wherein the interaction with the one of the plurality of windows comprises at least one of a swiping action and a clicking action on the one of the plurality of windows.

37. The portable electronic device of claim 35, wherein the automatically resizing of all of the plurality of windows in response to the detection of the interaction with the one of the plurality of windows comprises expanding the one of the plurality of windows and contracting remaining ones of the plurality of windows.

38. The portable electronic device of claim 35, wherein the termination of the interaction with the one of the plurality of windows is detected when a predetermined action is performed on the one of the plurality of windows.

39. The portable electronic device of claim 38, wherein the predetermined action on the one of the plurality of windows comprises a clicking action.

40. The portable electronic device of claim 35, wherein the automatically resizing of all of the plurality of windows in response to the detection of the termination of the interaction with the one of the plurality of windows comprises contracting the one of the plurality of windows and expanding remaining ones of the plurality of windows.