USER TERMINAL DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140325410A1
• Filed: 04/04/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: JUNG, Jong-woo, MYUNG, In-Sik, RHEE, Taik-heon, CHO, Dong-bin
• Granted Patent: US 9,891,809 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• 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 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• 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

A user terminal device is provided. The device includes a display configured to display a screen including an object, a detector configured to detect a user drawing input which is input on the object or in an area surrounding the object, a controller configured to, in response to the user drawing input being detected, execute a program corresponding to the object and display, on the display, a screen where the user drawing input is processed as an input of the program. Accordingly, the operations of the user terminal device may be controlled conveniently.

Claims

1. A user terminal device, comprising:

a display configured to display a screen including an object;

a detector configured to detect a user drawing input which is input on the object or in an area surrounding the object;

a controller configured to, in response to the user drawing input being detected, execute a program corresponding to the object and display, on the display, a screen where the user drawing input is processed as an input of the program.

2. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the user drawing input comprising text, display, on the display, a screen where the text is processed as an input of the program.

3. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the object comprising a search widget, perform a search regarding the text and display, on the display, a result of the search.

4. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the user drawing input comprising a symbol, display, on the display, a screen where the symbol is processed as an input of the program.

5. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the object being an icon matched with a mail program, display, on the display, a mail writing screen to transmit mail to a mail address corresponding to the text.

6. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the object being an icon matched with a messenger program, display, on the display, messenger contents which are exchanged with another user corresponding to the text.

7. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user drawing input is input through a touch-and-drag manipulation using a user'"'"'s body or a pen.

8. A user terminal device, comprising:

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

a detector configured to detect a user manipulation on the screen; and

a controller configured to, in response to a connection line between a first object and a second object from among the plurality of objects being drawn according to the user manipulation, perform a first control operation corresponding to the first object and a second control operation corresponding to the second object in association with each other.

9. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to display a first screen by executing a first program corresponding to the first object, and in response to a user manipulation being performed on the first screen, execute a second program corresponding to the second object and display a second screen which reflects a result according to the user manipulation.

10. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to determine a content which is displayed on the first screen according to a type of the second program.

11. A controlling method of a user terminal device, comprising:

displaying a first screen including an object;

detecting a user drawing input which is input on the object or in an area surrounding the object; and

executing, in response to the user drawing input being detected, a program corresponding to the object and displaying a second screen where the user drawing input is processed as an input of the program.

12. The controlling method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the displaying the second screen comprises, in response to the user drawing input comprising text, displaying a screen where the text is processed as an input of the program.

13. The controlling method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the displaying the second screen comprises, in response to the object being a search widget, performing a search regarding the text and displaying a result of the search.

14. The controlling method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the displaying the second screen comprises, in response to the user drawing input comprising a symbol, displaying a screen where the symbol is processed as an input of the program.

15. The controlling method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the displaying the second screen comprises, in response to the object being an icon matched with a mail program, displaying a mail writing screen to transmit mail to a mail address corresponding to the text.

16. The controlling method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the displaying the second screen comprises, in response to the object being an icon matched with a messenger program, displaying messenger contents which are exchanged with another user corresponding to the text.

17. The controlling method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the displaying the second screen further comprises:

in response to the user drawing input being detected while a predetermined condition is satisfied, displaying the second screen according to the user drawing input; and

in response to the user drawing input being detected while the predetermined condition is not satisfied, changing the first screen by page unit according to a direction of the user drawing input.

18. A controlling method of a user terminal device, comprising:

displaying a screen including a plurality of objects;

detecting a user manipulation on the screen; and

in response to a connection line between a first object and a second object from among the plurality of objects being drawn according to the user manipulation, performing a first control operation corresponding to the first object and a second control operation corresponding to the second object in association with each other.

19. The controlling method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the performing comprises:

displaying a first screen by executing a first program corresponding to the first object; and

executing, in response to a separate user manipulation being performed on the first screen, a second program corresponding to the second object and displaying a second screen which reflects a result according to the separate user manipulation of the first screen.

20. The controlling method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the performing further comprises:

determining a content which is displayed on the first screen according to a type of the second program.

21. A user terminal device, comprising:

a display configured to display a screen including an object;

a detector configured to detect a user manipulation on the screen; and

a controller configured to, in response to a first area of the object being selected according to the user manipulation, perform a first control operation related to the object, and in response to a second area of the object being selected, perform a second control operation related to the object.