OBJECT DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20140300560A1
• Filed: 03/21/2014
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: AN, Jinwan
• Granted Patent: US 9,335,847 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• 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

An object display method and apparatus of a portable electronic device for facilitating selection of an object displayed on the screen by rearranging the objects dynamically is provided. The object display method of a portable electronic device includes displaying at least one object, receiving a touch event input from a region, determining rearrangement of the at least one object based on the touch event, grouping the at least one object according to the rearrangement determination, and rearranging the at least one object according to the rearrangement determination.

Claims

1. An object display method of a portable electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying at least one object;

receiving a touch event input from a region;

determining rearrangement of the at least one object based on the touch event;

grouping the at least one object according to the rearrangement determination; and

rearranging the at least one object according to the rearrangement determination.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the rearrangement comprises determining a rearrangement pattern of the at least one object based on the touch event, and

the grouping of the at least one object and the rearranging of the at least one object comprises grouping the at least one object and rearranging the at least one object according to the rearrangement pattern.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining of the rearrangement pattern comprises determining a pattern of symmetrical movement based on a line, and the rearranging of the at least one object comprises rearranging the at least one object according to the pattern of symmetrical movement.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the pattern of symmetrical movement comprises a pattern of moving the object symmetrically based on a diagonal line.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the pattern of symmetrical movement comprises a pattern of moving the object symmetrically based on a vertical line.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the pattern of symmetrical movement comprises a pattern of moving the object symmetrically based on a horizontal line.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the rearrangement comprises determining rearrangement of at least one of an indication bar, widgets, and a page indicator.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining of the rearrangement comprises determining a pattern of rotational movement, and the rearranging of the at least one object comprises rearranging the at least one object according to the pattern of rotational movement.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the pattern of rotational movement comprises a pattern of rotating the object in a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining of the rearrangement pattern comprises determining the pattern of shifting the object, and the rearranging of the at least one object comprises rearranging the at least one object according to the pattern of shifting the object in units of one of rows and columns.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising shifting the at least one object in one of a last row and a last column to one of a first row and a first column according to the pattern of shifting the object.

23. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program, which, when executed by a computer, implements the method of claim 1.

12. An object display apparatus of a portable electronic device, the apparatus comprising:

a touch screen configured to generate a touch event input from a region and to display at least one object; and

a control unit to determine rearrangement of the at least one object based on the touch event, to group the at least one object according to the rearrangement determination, and to rearrange at least one object according to the rearrangement determination.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit is further to determine a rearrangement pattern of the at least one object based on the touch event, to group the at least one object, and to rearrange the at least one object according to the rearrangement pattern.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the control unit is further to determine a pattern of symmetrical movement based on a line, and to rearrange to the at least one object according to the pattern of symmetrical movement.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the pattern of symmetrical movement comprises a pattern of moving the object symmetrically based on a diagonal line.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the pattern of symmetrical movement comprises a pattern of moving the object symmetrically based on a vertical line.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the pattern of symmetrical movement comprises a pattern of moving the object symmetrically based on a horizontal line.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit is further to determine rearrangement of at least one of an indication bar, widgets, and a page indicator.

19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the control unit is further to determine a pattern of rotational movement, and to rearrange the at least one object according to the pattern of rotational movement.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the pattern of rotational movement comprises a pattern of rotating the object in a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction.

21. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the control unit is further to determine the pattern of shifting the object, and to rearrange the at least one object according to the pattern of shifting the object in units of one of rows and columns.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the control unit is to shift the at least one object in one of a last row and a last column to one of a first row and a first column according to the pattern of shifting the object.