SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS OF A MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20150220230A1
• Filed: 04/14/2015
• Published: 08/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Tae Yeon, LEE, Jae Myoung
• Granted Patent: US 9,372,600 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A screen display method and apparatus of a mobile terminal is provided for changing a screen represented by an index to another screen represented by a newly selected index. A screen display method of a mobile terminal includes displaying a page represented by an index, the page including an index region having a plurality of indices and a content region displaying content corresponding to the index highlighted in the index region, selecting a new index in the index region according to a selection input, and changing the page represented by the highlighted index for a new page represented by the new index, the new page appearing in a direction from a position of the new index to a position of the highlighted index.

Claims

1. A method for navigating contents in a mobile device, the method comprising:

displaying, on a display of the mobile device, a current screen including an index region displaying a plurality of values, and a content region, the content region displaying current content corresponding to a visually distinguished one of the values;

detecting a selection input of a new value on the index region;

determining a slide direction of new content to be displayed, by comparing a difference between the selected new value and the visually distinguished one of the values, wherein the new content corresponds to the selected new value; and

changing the current screen into a new screen, the new screen containing the new content,

wherein the new content appears in the determined slide direction in a manner in which a portion of the new content and a portion of the current content are simultaneously displayed temporarily as a new content region with the new content slides in the determined direction onto a visible area of the display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least the current screen further comprises:

a category region containing at least one category, the values displayed in the index region subcategorizing the category selected in the category region.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the current screen comprises:

gradually overlaying the current content region with the new content region, the overlaying occurring in a direction from a position of the new value to a position of the visually distinguished one of the values.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the current screen comprises generating the new screen configured with an index list in which the new value associated with the new content is highlighted.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the current screen comprises moving an emphasis from the visually distinguished one of the values to the new value.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting a selection input of a new value comprises:

detecting a tap gesture associated with the selection input in the index region; and

associating the new value with a location of the detected tap gesture in the index region.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting a selection input of a new value comprises:

detecting a series of touch, move, and lift-off gestures in the index region as the selection input; and

associating the new value with a location of the detected touch, move, lift-off gestures in the index region.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying a current screen comprises presenting the plurality of values in the index region arranged in series horizontally.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein changing the current screen comprises:

presenting, when the new value is positioned to the left of the visually distinguished one of the values, the new content in a direction from left to right; and

presenting, when the new value is positioned to the right of the visually distinguished one of the values, the new content in a direction from right to left.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the values in the index region are vertically arranged in a linear series, the linear series having a top end and a bottom end, whereby when a position of the new value as sensed by a touch sensing unit of the mobile device is below the visually distinguished one of the values, the new content appears in an upward direction, and when the new value is sensed to be positioned above the visually distinguished one of the values, the new content appears in a downward direction.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the content region comprises a time table.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein there is no intervening content being displayed as the new content appears in the determined slide direction.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein there is at least one content between the new content and the current content that is not visually displayed as the new content appears in the determined slide direction.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein program instructions, which when executed by a processor, perform the method of claim 1.

14. A mobile device comprising:

a display;

a touch sensing unit;

at least one processor configured to;

cause the display to display a current screen including an index region displaying a plurality of values, and a content region, the content region displaying current content corresponding to a visually distinguished one of the values;

detect a selection input via the touch sensing unit of a new value on the index region;

determine a slide direction of new content to be displayed, by comparing a difference between the selected new value and the visually distinguished one of the values, wherein the new content corresponds to the selected new value; and

change the current screen into a new screen, the new screen containing the new content,

wherein the new content appears in the determined slide direction in a manner in which a portion of the new content and a portion of the current content are simultaneously displayed temporarily as a new content region with the new content slides in the determined direction onto a visible area of the display.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein at least the current screen further comprises a category region containing at least one category, and the values displayed in the index region subcategorizing a category selected in the category region.

16. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the change of the current screen is performed by gradually overlaying the current content region with the new content region, the overlaying occurring in a direction from a position of the new value to a position of the visually distinguished one of the values

17. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the change of the current screen is performed by generating the new screen configured with an index list in which the new value associated with the new content is emphasized.

18. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the detection of a selection input of a new value is performed by detecting a tap gesture associated with the selection input in the index region;

and associating the new value with a location of the detected tap gesture in the index region.

19. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the detection of a selection input of a new value is performed by detecting a series of touch, move, and lift-off gestures in the index region as the selection input, and associating the new value with a location of the detected touch, move, lift-off gestures in the index region.

20. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the plurality of values are arranged in the index region arranged in series horizontally.

21. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the current screen is changed to the new screen by:

presenting, when the new value is positioned to the left of the highlighted value, the new content in a direction from left to right; and

presenting, when the new value is positioned to the right of the highlighted value, the new content in a direction from right to left.

22. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the content region comprises a time table.

23. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein there is no intervening content being displayed as the new content appears in the determined slide direction.

24. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein there is at least one content between the new content and the current content that is not visually displayed as the new content appears in the determined slide direction.