ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150199120A1
• Filed: 11/28/2014
• Published: 07/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Che Young, KIM, Yu Sic, LEE, Chae Kyung, LIM, Dok Shin
• Granted Patent: US 10,007,411 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/04845 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: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

An electronic device is provided The electronic device includes an input unit configured to receive a selection on an object theme including at least one object from a user, an information collection unit configured to collect information corresponding to the object theme, a storage unit configured to divide the collected information into variable information or invariable information and store the information, and a display unit, when new variable information is collected according to a user instruction for reselecting the object theme, configured to add an object to an image by using the stored information and the new variable information and display the image.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

an input unit configured to receive a selection on an object theme including at least one object from a user;

an information collection unit configured to collect information corresponding to the object theme;

a storage unit configured to divide the collected information into variable information or invariable information and store the information; and

a display unit, when new variable information is collected according to a user instruction for reselecting the object theme, configured to add an object to an image by using the stored information and the new variable information and display the image.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display unit is further configured to add an object based on the stored variable information and the new variable information to the image.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display unit is further configured to change at least one of a type, size, and position of the object added to the image according to the variable information.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, when new variable information is collected according to a user instruction for reselecting the object theme, the storage unit is further configured to link stored information and the new variable information and to store the linked information.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the information collection unit is further configured to generate new information by using the collected information.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display unit is further configured to add a new object to the image having the object added thereto according to a user instruction.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display unit is further configured to change at least one of a position and size of the object added to the image according to a user instruction.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display unit is further configured to delete the object added to the image according to a user instruction.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, when a slide show instruction for an image having the same object theme applied thereto is inputted, the display unit is further configured to align images based on one of the variable information, and to sequentially display the aligned images.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the display unit is further configured to change a position of the object added to the image to correspond to an order of a currently displayed image among the aligned images and to display the image.

11. A display method comprising:

receiving a selection on an object theme including at least one object from a user;

collecting information corresponding to the object theme;

dividing the collected information into variable information or invariable information and storing the information;

when the object theme is reselected by a user, collecting new variable information;

adding an object to an image by using the stored information and the new variable information; and

displaying the image having the object added thereto.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the-adding-of-the-object-to-the-image comprises adding an object based on the stored variable information and the new variable information to the image.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the-collecting-of-the-information comprises:

collecting information through a web server or a terminal device or collecting information inputted from a user; and

generating new information by using the collected information.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a user instruction for adding a new object to the image having the object added thereto;

collecting information corresponding to the new object; and

adding the new object to the image by using the collected information and displaying the image.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a user instruction for editing the object added to the image; and

changing at least one of a position and size of the object added to the image according to the user instruction and displaying the image.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a user instruction for deleting the object added to the image; and

deleting the object added to the image according to the user instruction and displaying the image.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a selection on at least one object from a user;

generating an object theme including the selected object; and

storing the object theme.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a slide show instruction for an image having the same object theme applied thereto;

aligning images image having the same object theme applied thereto based on one of the variable information; and

sequentially displaying the aligned images.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the-sequentially-displaying-of-the-aligned-images comprises changing a position of the object added to the image to correspond to an order of a currently displayed image among the aligned images and displaying the image.

20. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon and implementing claim 11.