MOBILE PHONE CAPABLE OF SEPARATING SCREEN AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140354569A1
• Filed: 05/30/2014
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: KIM, Ji Hoon, OH, Yoon Seok, YOON, Dae Gil, SIM, Sang Hyun
• Application Number:
  US14/291,961
• Publication Number:
  US 20140354569A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 3/04883 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

Embodiments of the invention provide a mobile phone configured to separate a screen. The mobile phone includes a touch screen configured to display an execution screen of a predetermined application thereon and further configured to sense a touch input by a gesture of a user. The mobile phone further includes a touch input processor configured to measure an X-axis line value and a Y-axis line value of a touch region by the touch input and further configured to determine whether the touch input is an input for separating the screen. Further, the mobile phone includes a controller configured to determine a separation axis of the screen and further configured to separate the screen into one or more regions based on the separation axis when the touch input is determined as the input for separating the screen.

Claims

1. A mobile phone configured to separate a screen, the mobile phone comprising:

a touch screen configured to display an execution screen of a predetermined application thereon and further configured to sense a touch input by a gesture of a user;

a touch input processor configured to measure an X-axis line value and a Y-axis line value of a touch region by the touch input and further configured to determine whether the touch input is an input for separating the screen; and

a controller configured to determine a separation axis of the screen and further configured to separate the screen into one or more regions based on the separation axis when the touch input is determined as the input for separating the screen.

2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein after the controller separates the screen, the controller is further configured to display the application being displayed before the input for separating the screen in one region among the separated screens and further configured to display at least one other application in the remaining regions.

3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the touch input processor is configured to determine a long side value and a short side value among the X-axis line value and the Y-axis line value and then configured to determine whether or not the long side value exceeds a first reference value.

4. The mobile phone according to claim 3, wherein the touch input processor is further configured to determine whether or not the short side value exceeds a second reference value when the long side value exceeds the first reference value.

5. The mobile phone according to claim 4, wherein the touch input processor is further configured to determine whether or not the long side value exceeds a third reference value when the short side value exceeds the second reference value, and wherein the third reference value is the short side value * a predetermined coefficient.

6. The mobile phone according to claim 5, wherein, when the long side value exceeds the third reference value, the controller is configured to separate the screen based on a Y axis as the separation axis when the long side value is the X-axis line value and further configured to separate the screen based on an X axis as the separation axis when the long side value is the Y-axis line value.

7. A controlling method of a mobile phone configured to separate a screen, the method comprising:

a gesture recognizing operation of displaying an execution screen of a predetermined application on a touch screen and sensing a touch input by a gesture of a user;

a screen separation determining operation of measuring an X-axis line value and a Y-axis line value of a touch region by the touch input and determining whether the touch input is an input for separating the screen; and

a screen separating operation of determining a separation axis for separating the screen and then separating the screen into one or more regions based on the separation axis when the touch input is determined as the input for separating the screen.

8. The controlling method according to claim 7, further comprising:

after the screen separating operation, displaying the application being displayed before an input for separating the screen in one region among the separated screens and displaying at least one other application in the remaining regions.

9. The controlling method according to claim 7, wherein the screen separation determining operation includes determining a long side value and a short side value among the X-axis line value and the Y-axis line value and then determining whether or not the long side value exceeds a first reference value.

10. The controlling method according to claim 9, wherein the screen separation determining operation further comprises determining whether or not the short side value exceeds a second reference value when the long side value exceeds the first reference value.

11. The controlling method according to claim 10, wherein the screen separation determining operation further comprises determining whether or not the long side value exceeds a third reference value when the short side value exceeds the second reference value, and wherein the third reference value is the short side value * a predetermined coefficient.

12. The controlling method according to claim 11, wherein the screen separating operation includes separating the screen based on a Y axis as the separation axis when the long side value is the X-axis line value and separating the screen based on an X axis as the separation axis in the case in which the long side value is the Y-axis line value, when the long side value exceeds the third reference value.