METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING AND EXECUTING FUNCTIONS OF PORTABLE DEVICE

• US 20150143295A1
• Filed: 11/14/2014
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: LIM, Yong-jun, JEONG, Hee-seok, KIM, Dae-myung
• Application Number:
  US14/541,831
• Publication Number:
  US 20150143295A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/825
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• 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
• 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

Abstract

A portable device and method of selecting an executable function of the portable device are provided. The method includes receiving grip information regarding a gripping state of the portable device; determining whether the portable device is in a function list display request state according to the grip information; receiving swipe information when the portable device is determined to be in the function list display request state; displaying a function list according to the received swipe information; and executing a function selected from the displayed function list according to the received swipe information.

Claims

1. A method of selecting an executable function of a portable device, the method comprising:

receiving grip information regarding a gripping state of the portable device;

determining whether the portable device is in a function list display request state according to the grip information;

receiving swipe information when the portable device is determined to be in the function list display request state;

displaying a function list according to the received swipe information; and

executing a function selected from the displayed function list according to the received swipe information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the swipe information is determined according to at least one selected from a length, a direction, an angle, a pattern, and a degree of pressure of a touch input received by swiping on a screen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the swipe information is determined according to at least one selected from touching-down, dragging, and touching-up of a touch input received by swiping on a screen.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the portable device is in the function list display request state comprises determining whether the portable device is in the function list display request state according to a hand shape of a user gripping the portable device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the grip information.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein determining whether the portable device is in the function list display request state comprises comparing the stored grip information and current grip information.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing information regarding the function list that is displayed.

8. An apparatus for selecting an executable function of a portable device, the apparatus comprising:

a grip information input unit receiving grip information regarding a gripping state of the portable device;

a determination unit determining whether the portable device is in a function list display request state according to the grip information;

a swipe information input unit receiving swipe information regarding a touch sensor of the portable device when the portable device is determined to be in the function list request state;

a display unit displaying a function list according to the received swipe information; and

an execution unit executing a function selected from the displayed function list according to the swipe information.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the swipe information is determined according to at least one selected from a length, a direction, an angle, a pattern, and a degree of pressure of a touch input received by swiping on the touch sensor.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the swipe information is determined according to at least one selected from touching-down, dragging, and touching-up of a touch input received by swiping on the touch sensor.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the determination unit determines according to a hand shape of a user gripping the portable device.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a storage unit storing the grip information.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the determination unit determines whether the portable terminal is in the function list display request state by comparing the stored grip information and current grip information.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a storage unit storing information regarding the function list that is displayed.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program, which, when executed by a computer, performs a method comprising:

receiving grip information regarding a gripping state of the portable device;

determining whether the portable device is in a function list display request state according to the grip information;

receiving swipe information when the portable device is determined to be in the function list display request state;

displaying a function list according to the received swipe information; and

executing a function selected from the displayed function list according to the received swipe information.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 15, wherein the swipe information is determined according to at least one selected from a length, a direction, an angle, a pattern, and a degree of pressure of a touch input received by swiping on a screen.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 15, wherein the swipe information is determined according to at least one selected from touching-down, dragging, and touching-up of a touch input received by swiping on a screen.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 15, wherein determining whether the portable device is in the function list display request state comprises determining whether the portable device is in the function list display request state according to a hand shape of a user gripping the portable device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises storing the grip information.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein determining whether the portable device is in the function list display request state comprises comparing the stored grip information and current grip information.