DISPLAY APPARATUS DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING THE USER INTERFACE

• US 20140298226A1
• Filed: 03/27/2014
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JIN, Young-kyu, KANG, Nam-wook, LEE, Hye-won, BAE, Joo-yoon, SHIN, Eun-mee
• Granted Patent: US 9,715,339 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• 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

Provided are a display apparatus capable of manipulating user interface (UI) objects included in a UI, and a method of providing the UI. The display apparatus includes a touch screen which is configured to display the UI including a plurality of UI objects and receive a user input; and a controller which is configured to determine a plurality of preset sizes corresponding to the UI objects, respectively, and a plurality of pieces of information to be displayed on the UI objects, respectively, in response to the user input, and control the touch screen to display the UI objects with the preset sizes and the plurality of pieces of information.

Claims

1. A display apparatus that provides a user interface (UI), the display apparatus comprising:

a touch screen which is configured to display the UI comprising a plurality of UI objects and receive a user input; and

a controller which is configured to determine a plurality of preset sizes corresponding to the UI objects, respectively, and a plurality of pieces of information to be displayed on the UI objects, respectively, in response to the user input, and control the touch screen to display the UI objects with the preset sizes and the plurality of pieces of information.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user input corresponds to a user touch input which drags in a preset direction.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to locate the UI objects on the UI according to the preset sizes.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to locate the UI objects on the UI according to at least one category of the UI objects.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the UI objects comprises at least one of a widget, an application-executed screen, a menu button, a function key, and an application execution icon.

6. A method in which a display apparatus provides a user interface (UI), the method comprising:

displaying a UI comprising a plurality of UI objects on a touch screen of the display apparatus;

receiving a user input on the touch screen of the display apparatus;

determining a plurality of preset sizes corresponding to the UI objects and a plurality of pieces of information to be displayed on the UI objects in response to the user input; and

displaying the UI objects with the preset sizes and the plurality of pieces of information.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

changing a plurality of positions corresponding to the UI objects on the UI according to the preset sizes.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

changing a plurality of positions corresponding to the UI objects on the UI according to at least one category of the UI objects.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the UI objects are divided and displayed according to the at least one category.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the user input on the touch screen is a user touch input dragging in a preset direction.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the pieces of information are information which correspond to a type of the UI objects.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein each type of the UI objects comprises at least one of a widget, an application-executed screen, a menu button, a function key, and an application execution icon.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a program, which when executed by a computer, performs:

displaying a UI comprising a plurality of UI objects on a touch screen of a display apparatus;

receiving a user input on the touch screen of the display apparatus;

determining a plurality of preset sizes corresponding to the UI objects and a plurality of pieces of information to be displayed on the UI objects in response to the user input; and

displaying the UI objects with the preset sizes and the plurality of pieces of information.