DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOVING DISPLAY WINDOW ON SCREEN

• US 20150012879A1
• Filed: 02/20/2013
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Eun-young, Kim, Kang-tae, Kim, Duck-hyun, Kim, Chul-joo, Sun, Kwang-won, Lee, Jae-yeol
• Application Number:
  US14/380,865
• Publication Number:
  US 20150012879A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/788
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

A method of moving a display window on a screen is provided. The method includes displaying a key input window on a part of a screen, and moving a first display window corresponding to the key input window as the key input window is displayed, wherein the first display window is moved as the key input window overlaps at least part of the first display window.

Claims

1. A method of moving a display window on a screen, the method comprising:

displaying a key input window on a part of a screen; and

moving a first display window corresponding to the key input window as the key input window is displayed,

wherein the first display window is moved as the key input window overlaps at least part of the first display window.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the key input window is displayed as a key input field of the first display window is selected, and

wherein the first display window is moved as the key input window overlaps at least part of the key input field.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first display window is moved to a portion of the screen where the key input window is not displayed.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first display window is moved such that a part of the first display window is covered by the key input window, and the key input field of the first display window is displayed in the portion of the screen where the key input window is not displayed, such that the key input window does not overlap the key input field.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a size of the key input field is changed when the key input field of the first display window is selected.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein all of the first display window is moved to a portion of the screen where the key input window is not displayed on the screen, such that the key input window does not overlap the first display window.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

changing a size of the first display window,

wherein the first display window with the changed sized is moved.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the size of the first display window is reduced based on a distance between an interior edge of the key input window and an edge of the screen opposite an edge from which the key input window moved onto the screen.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a display window to be moved as the key input window is being displayed; and

moving the display window to be moved, which is set to be displayed in an area of the screen farthest from the key input window, along with the first display window.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a display window to be moved as the key input window is being displayed; and

moving a second display window having a size smaller than a preset size among a plurality of windows displayed on the screen.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first display window and the second display window are arranged and moved together.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

removing the displayed key input window from the screen; and

moving the first display window to a location of the first display window before the movement as the key input window is removed.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 1 on a computer.

26. The method of claim 5, wherein the key input field is enlarged.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

removing the displayed key input window from the screen; and

reducing the size of the key input field to a size before the movement as the key input window is removed.

28. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

removing the displayed key input window from the screen; and

enlarging the size of the first display window to a size before the movement as the key input window is removed.

29. The method of claim 9, wherein the display window to be moved comprises a display window pinned to be continually displayed.

30. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

centering the first display window in a part of the screen not overlapped by the key input window; and

arranging the display window to be moved at a side of the first display window.

13. A device configured to move a display window on a screen, the device comprising:

a display unit configured to display a key input window on a part of the screen; and

a movement location determination unit configured to determine a movement location of the first display window corresponding to the key input window as the key input window is displayed,

wherein the display unit moves the first display window based on the determined movement location, and moves the first display window as the key input window overlaps at least part of the first display window.

14. The device of claim 13, further comprising:

an input unit for receiving a user'"'"'s input that selects a key input field of the first display window,

wherein the display unit displays the key input window as the key input field is selected, and moves the first display window as the key input window overlaps at least part of the key input field.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the movement location determination unit determines a portion of the screen where the key input window is not displayed as the movement location of the first display window.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the movement location determination unit determines the movement location so that a part of the first display window is covered by the key input window, and the key input field of the first display window is displayed in the portion of the screen where the key input window is not displayed on the screen, such that the key input window does not overlap the key input field.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the display unit changes a size of the key input field as the key input field of the first display window is selected.

18. The device of claim 15, wherein the display unit moves all of the first display window to a portion of the screen where the key input window is not displayed.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the display unit changes a size of the first display window and moves the first display window.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the display unit reduces the size of the first display window based on a distance between an interior edge of the key input window and an edge of the screen opposite an edge from which the key input window moved onto the screen.

21. The device of claim 13, wherein the movement determination unit determines a display window, which is set to be displayed in a part of the screen farthest from the key input window, from among a plurality of windows displayed in the screen as a display window to be moved, and

wherein the display unit moves the determined display window along with the first display window as the key input window is being displayed.

22. The device of claim 13, wherein the movement determination unit determines a display window having a size smaller than a preset size among a plurality of windows displayed in the screen as a display window to be moved, and

wherein the display unit moves a second display window having a preset size or smaller than the present size as the key input window is displayed.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein the display unit arranges and moves the first display window and the second display window together.

24. The device of claim 13, wherein the display unit moves the displayed key input window from the screen, and moves the moved first display window to a location of the first display window before the movement.

31. The device of claim 17, wherein the key input field is enlarged.

32. The device of claim 31, wherein the displayed key input window is removed from the screen, and the size of the key input field is reduced to a size before the movement as the key input window is removed.

33. The device of claim 20, wherein the displayed key input window is removed from the screen, and the size of the first display window is enlarged to a size before the movement as the key input window is removed.

34. The device of claim 21, wherein the determined display window comprises a display window pinned to be continually displayed.

35. The device of claim 21, wherein the first display window is centered in a part of the screen not overlapped by the key input window, and the determined display window is arranged at a side of the first display window.