METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT

• US 20150067557A1
• Filed: 08/28/2014
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Ho-Young, Tae, Eun-Ju, Won, Sung-Joon, Joo, Jin-Hyung
• Granted Patent: US 10,310,722 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method in an electronic device includes displaying at least a part of the a plurality of contents on a screen, determining a content of interest based on weights of each of the contents, and adjusting a speed of scrolling the plurality of the contents upon detecting the content of interest being displayed on the screen. An electronic device includes one or more processors configured to display at least a part of the a plurality of contents on a screen, determine a content of interest on based on weights of each of the contents, and adjust a speed of scrolling the plurality of the contents upon detecting the content of interest being displayed on the screen when scrolling the contents. Other embodiments also are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method in an electronic device, comprising:

displaying at least a part of the a plurality of contents on a screen;

determining a content of interest based on weights of each of the contents; and

adjusting a speed of scrolling the plurality of the contents upon detecting the content of interest being displayed on the screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the weights of the contents is determined based on at least one of time information including a storing time or a capturing time, a preference, location information, a capacity, tag information including a face recognition tag, a keyword, and a type including an image, an attached file, or a text file of the content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting the scroll speed comprises decreasing the scroll speed for the content of interest.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

restoring the scroll speed to a previous speed when the content of interest is disappeared on the screen.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon detecting the content of interest being displayed on the screen, modifying a display shape of the content of interest.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein modifying the display shape of the content of interest comprises enlarging or shrinking the content of interest.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a scroll direction for the plurality of the contents according to the drag direction when a drag occurs on the plurality of the content currently being scrolled.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein adjusting the scroll direction for the plurality of contents comprises when the scroll direction for the content list is opposite to the drag direction, scrolling the content list by reversing the scroll direction.

9. A method for displaying content on an electronic device, comprising:

displaying a part of a content on a screen;

determining whether the part being displayed on the screen contains an area of interest included in the content; and

upon detecting the area of interest;

when a shape of the area of interest is being changed, adjusting a speed of changing the shape of the content; and

wherein changing the shape of the contest comprises at least one of moving, enlarging, or shrinking the area of interest.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein adjusting the speed of changing the shape of the content comprises decreasing the speed of changing the shape of the content.

11. An electronic device comprising:

one or more memories configured to store a plurality of contents;

a display configured to display at least a part of the plurality of the content; and

one or more processors configured to;

display at least a part of the a plurality of contents on a screen;

determine a content of interest on based on weights of each of the contents; and

adjust a speed of scrolling the plurality of the contents upon detecting the content of interest being displayed on the screen when scrolling the contents.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the weight of the content is determined based on at least one of time information including storing time, or capturing time, a preference, location information, a capacity, tag information including a face recognition tag, a keyword, and a type including an image, an attached file, a text file of the content.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to decrease the scroll speed upon detecting the content of interest.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein after decreasing the scroll speed for the content list, the processor is configured to restore the scroll speed of the plurality of contents to a previous speed if the content of interest is disappeared.

15. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein upon detecting the content of interest, the processor is configured to modify a display shape of the content of interest.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein upon detecting the content of the interest, the processor is configured to display the content of interest by enlarging or shrinking the important content.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to determine a scroll direction for the content list based on the drag direction, if a drag occurs on the contents currently being scrolled.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein if the scroll direction for the content list is opposite to the drag direction, the processor is configured to scroll the contents by reversing the scroll direction.

19. An electronic device comprising:

one or more memories configured to storing a content;

a display configured to display the content; and

one or more processors configured to;

cause the display to display a part of the content; and

determine whether the part being displayed on the display contains an area of interest included in the content; and

upon detecting the area of interest, when a shape of the area of interest is being changed, adjust a speed of changing the shape of the content;

wherein changing the shape of the area of interest comprises at least one of moving, enlarging, or shrinking the area of interest.

20. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the processor is configured to decrease the speed of changing the shape of the area of interest.