METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20150095833A1
• Filed: 09/30/2014
• Published: 04/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Geon-Soo, Jeon, Yong-Joon, Jeong, Jin-Hong
• Granted Patent: US 10,402,065 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/773
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04895 Guidance during keyboard input operation, e.g. prompting

Abstract

A method for operating an electronic device includes displaying a first input window on a screen, displaying a first input window in a first layer on a screen; displaying a virtual keyboard in a second layer over the first layer; determining whether the virtual keyboard is overlapped with the first input window; and in response to determine whether the virtual keyboard is overlapped with the first input window: displaying a second input window in a third layer over the second layer wherein the second input window is not overlapped with the virtual keyboard, or adjusting a transparency of the virtual keyboard. Other embodiments including an electronic device and a computer-readable medium are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a first input window in a first layer on a screen;

displaying a virtual keyboard in a second layer over the first layer;

determining whether the virtual keyboard is overlapped with the first input window; and

when the virtual keyboard is overlapped with the first input window;

displaying a second input window in a third layer over the second layer wherein the second input window is not overlapped with the virtual keyboard, or

adjusting a transparency of the virtual keyboard.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first input window comprises a cursor activated on the screen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual keyboard become transparent such that a letter of the first input window is visible through the virtual keyboard.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the letter is entered into the first input window and the second input window at a substantially same time.

5. The method of claim 1, when the first input window is selected, the virtual keyboard appears.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second input window is displayed at a transparency greater than a transparency of the first input window.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a horizontal length of the second input window is fixed, or is gradually extended as a number of letters increases.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second input window is displayed in a flashing state corresponding to a time interval of a key input typed through the virtual keyboard.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the transparency of either a whole of the virtual keyboard, or only an overlapped area of the virtual keyboard is increased.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the transparency of the virtual keyboard is less than 50 percentage.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a display configured to;

display a first input window in first layer on a screen; and

display a virtual keyboard in a second layer over the first layer; and

a processor configured to;

determine whether the virtual keyboard is overlapped with the first input window; and

when the virtual keyboard is overlapped with the first input window;

cause the display to display a second input window in a third layer over the second layer wherein the second input window is not overlapped with the virtual keyboard, or

adjust a transparency of the virtual keyboard.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first input window comprises a cursor activated on the screen.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the virtual keyboard become transparent such that a letter of the first input window is visible through the virtual keyboard.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the letter is entered into the first input window and the second input window at a substantially same time.

15. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first input window is selected, the virtual keyboard appears.

16. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the second input window is displayed at a transparency greater than a transparency of the first input window.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein a horizontal length of the second input window is fixed, or is gradually extended as a number of letters increases.

18. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the second input window is displayed in a flashing state corresponding to a time interval of a key input typed through the virtual keyboard.

19. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the transparency of either a whole of the virtual keyboard, or only an overlapped area of the virtual keyboard is increased.

20. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

displaying a first input window in a first layer on a screen;

displaying a virtual keyboard in a second layer over the first layer;

determining whether the virtual keyboard is overlapped with the first input window; and

in response to determine whether the virtual keyboard is overlapped with the first input window;

displaying a second input window in a third layer over the second layer wherein the second input window is not overlapped with the virtual keyboard, or

adjusting a transparency of the virtual keyboard.