USER TERMINAL DEVICE WITH PEN AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140325402A1
• Filed: 04/03/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JUNG, Jong-woo, MYUNG, In-sik, RHEE, Taik-heon, CHO, Dong-bin
• Granted Patent: US 10,289,268 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/763
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1632 Pen holder integrated in the computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04807 Pen manipulated menu
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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

Abstract

A user terminal device capable of attaching and detaching a pen is provided. The device includes a detector configured to detect a user manipulation regarding a screen, and a controller configured to change a layout of the screen to correspond to a pen use mode in response to the pen being removed from the user terminal device, perform a control operation corresponding to the detected user manipulation in response to the user manipulation using the pen being detected, and restore the layout of the screen to its original state in response to the pen being remounted on the user terminal apparatus.

Claims

1. A user terminal device capable of performing a user input through a plurality of inputters, the device comprising:

a display configured to display a screen including a plurality of objects;

a detector configured to detect a user manipulation through the inputters; and

a controller configured to arrange and display the plurality of objects on the screen according to a first layout in response to a first inputter being used, among the plurality of inputters, and to re-arrange and display the plurality of objects on the screen, the objects being previously arranged according to the first layout, according to a second layout in response to a second inputter being used, among the plurality of inputters.

2. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the second inputter is a pen, and

wherein the controller is further configured to detect whether the pen is removed from the user terminal device and arrange the plurality of objects according to the second layout.

3. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first layout and the second layout are different from each other in terms of display attributes of the plurality of objects.

4. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the screen includes a menu area configured to display at least one menu which is selectable by the pen and a content display area configured to display at least one content,

wherein the controller is configured to reduce a size of the menu area and enlarge a size of the content display area to display the screen according to the second layout in response to the pen being removed from the user terminal device, and

wherein the controller is configured to restore the size of the menu area and the size of the content display area to the screen according to the first layout in response to the pen being mounted in the user terminal device.

5. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to reduce a size of each object of the objects, and increase a number of total objects displayed on the screen.

6. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the screen includes an indicator area configured to display at least one indicator,

wherein the controller is configured to perform a control operation corresponding to a selected indicator in response to one of the at least one indicator displayed on the indicator area being selected by the pen.

7. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to change a shape of a selected indicator to a shape corresponding to another mode, and convert a current mode of the user terminal device to the another mode in response to an indicator corresponding to a current mode of the user terminal being selected by the pen.

8. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to display a first quick panel screen in response to a general touch dragging manipulation being detected from an edge area of the screen towards a center area of the screen, and

wherein the controller is configured to display a second quick panel screen in response to a pen dragging manipulation being detected from the edge area of the screen towards the center area of the screen.

9. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to perform a control operation which is matched with a tap according to a predetermined pattern of a detected pen manipulation in response to a pen manipulation in the predetermined pattern being detected on the tap displayed on the second quick panel screen.

10. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first quick panel screen and the second quick panel screen are configured to display at least one respective notification item,

wherein the controller is configured to perform a control operation corresponding to a notification item and a note-taking automatically in response to the note-taking being performed using the pen on the notification item displayed on the second quick panel screen.

11. A method for controlling a user terminal device comprising:

displaying a screen which comprises a plurality of objects arranged according to a first layout in response to a pen being mounted on the user terminal device;

changing the screen by re-arranging the plurality of objects on the screen, the objects being previously arranged according to the first layout, according to a second layout in response to the pen being removed from the user terminal device; and

re-arranging the plurality of objects on the screen according to the first layout in response to the pen being mounted again on the user terminal device.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11,

wherein the screen includes a menu area configured to display at least one menu which is selectable by the pen and a content display area configured to display at least one content,

wherein the changing the screen comprises reducing a size of the menu area and enlarging a size of the content display area in response to the pen being removed from the user terminal device.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the changing the screen comprises reducing a size of each object of the objects, and increasing a number of total objects displayed on the screen in response to the pen being removed from the user terminal device.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the screen includes an indicator area configured to display at least one indicator,

wherein the method further comprises performing a control operation corresponding to a selected indicator in response to one of the at least one indicator displayed on the indicator area being selected by the pen.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

changing a shape of a selected indicator to a shape corresponding to another mode, and converting a current mode of the user terminal device to the another mode in response to an indicator corresponding to the current mode of the user terminal device being selected by the pen.

16. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

displaying a first quick panel screen in response to a general touch dragging manipulation being detected from an edge area of the screen towards a center; and

displaying a second quick panel screen in response to a pen dragging manipulation being detected from the edge area of the screen towards the center area of the screen.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising:

performing a control operation which is matched with a tap according to a predetermined pattern of a detected pen manipulation in response to a pen manipulation in the predetermined pattern being detected on the tap displayed on the second quick panel screen.

18. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising:

performing a control operation corresponding to a notification item and a note-taking automatically in response to the note-taking being performed using the pen on the notification item displayed on the second quick panel screen.

19. A user terminal device capable of attaching and detaching a pen, comprising:

a display configured to display a screen including an indicator area composed of a plurality of indicators corresponding to an operation state of the user terminal device;

a detector configured to detect a user manipulation; and

a controller configured to operate in a general mode in response to the pen being mounted on the user terminal device, and to operate in a pen use mode in response to the pen being removed from the user terminal device,

wherein the controller is further configured to disregard a touch in response to the touch being input in the general mode to select the plurality of indicators, and to perform a control operation corresponding to a touched indicator in response to one of the plurality of indicators being touched by the pen in the pen use mode,

wherein an indicator area comprises the plurality of indicators corresponding to an operation state of the user terminal device.

20. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 19, wherein the indicator area comprises at least one of a first indicator to notify a missed call, a second indicator to notify a newly-received message or a messenger, a third indicator to notify a program update, a fourth indicator to notify a current communication method, a fifth indicator to notify a communication state, a sixth indicator to notify a residual battery, a seventh indicator to notify whether an alarm is set, an eighth indicator to notify time, a ninth indicator to notify date, a tenth indicator to notify weather information, an eleventh indicator to notify that a predetermined schedule has come, a twelfth indicator to notify an operation mode of the user terminal device, a thirteenth indicator to notify whether it is a vibration mode, and a fourteenth indicator to notify whether Bluetooth is used.

21. A user terminal device capable of attaching and detaching a pen, comprising:

a display configured to display a home screen which divided into a plurality of pages and is convertible by page unit;

a detector configured to detect a user manipulation; and

a controller configured to convert and display the home screen by a page unit according to the user manipulation in response to the pen being mounted on the user terminal device, and to reduce each size of the plurality of pages and display entire pages within a single home screen,

wherein at least one object is displayed on each page of the home screen, and

wherein the home screen is divided into the plurality of pages and is convertible by the page unit.

22. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 21, wherein the controller moves an object to another page according to a pen manipulation in response to the pen manipulation for moving the object included in one page to the another page being detected while the entire pages are displayed on the single home screen.

23. A user terminal device capable of attaching and detaching a pen, comprising:

a display configured to display a screen including a widget;

a detector configured to detect a user manipulation; and

a controller configured to operate in a general mode in response to the pen being mounted on the user terminal device, and to operate in a pen use mode in response to the pen being removed from the user terminal device,

wherein the controller is configured to execute a program corresponding to the widget in response to a touch being input on the widget in the general mode, and to adjust setting data of the widget according to a pen manipulation and change a displayed content of the widget according to the adjusted setting data in response to the pen manipulation regarding the widget being input in the pen use mode.

24. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 23, wherein the widget is a widget in a form of an analog clock which comprises a hour hand and a minute hand,

wherein the controller is configured to set an alarm based on a time changed according to a pen manipulation in response to the pen manipulation being input for moving at least one of the hour hand and the minute hand on the analog clock, and move at least one of the hour hand and the minute hand to a time when the alarm is set.

25. A user terminal device capable of attaching and detaching a pen, comprising:

a display configured to display a screen including a plurality of objects;

a detector configured to detect a user manipulation regarding a screen; and

a controller configured to arrange the plurality of objects on the screen according to a first layout in response to the pen being mounted on the user terminal device, and to change the screen by rearranging the plurality of objects according to a second layout corresponding to a pen use mode in response to the pen being removed from the user terminal device,

wherein the controller is configured to perform a control operation corresponding to a selected object in response to at least one of the plurality of objects being selected by the pen while the screen, which is changed according to the second layout, is being displayed, and

wherein the controller is configured to rearrange the plurality of objects according to the first layout in response to the pen being re-mounted on the user terminal device.