USER TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150227166A1
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Published: 08/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Yong-yeon, KIM, Yun-kyung, PARK, Hae-yoon, KWAK, Ji-yeon, RHO, Jae-yeon
• Application Number:
  US14/621,656
• Publication Number:
  US 20150227166A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A user terminal device including: a display; a bezel housing the display, the bezel comprising a plurality of sides; a first touch detector configured to detect a first touch interaction on the display; a second touch detector configured to detect a second touch interaction on the bezel; and a controller configured to, in response to the second touch detector detecting the second touch interaction comprising one or more touch inputs on at least two sides of plurality of sides of the bezel, control the user terminal device to perform a function corresponding to a type of the one or more touch inputs and a position of the touched at least two sides.

Claims

1. A user terminal device comprising:

a display;

a bezel housing the display, the bezel comprising a plurality of sides;

a first touch detector configured to detect a first touch interaction on the display;

a second touch detector configured to detect a second touch interaction on the bezel; and

a controller configured to, in response to the second touch detector detecting the second touch interaction comprising one or more touch inputs on at least two sides of plurality of sides of the bezel, control the user terminal device to perform a function corresponding to a type of the one or more touch inputs and a position of the touched at least two sides.

2. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, while an image content is displayed and in response to the second touch detector detecting the second touch interaction comprising a first touch input on a first side of the plurality of sides and, contemporaneously, a second touch input on a second side of the plurality of sides, the second side adjoining the first side, control the display to display information corresponding to the image content on an area of the display corresponding to an area where the first side and the second side adjoin.

3. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the second touch detector detecting the second touch interaction comprising a first touch input onto a first side of the plurality of sides and, contemporaneously, a second touch input onto a second side of the plurality of sides, the second side adjoining the first side, control the display to display notification information corresponding to an area of the display corresponding to an area where the first side and the second side adjoin.

4. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, while an execution screen of a first application is displayed on the display and in response to the second touch detector detecting the second touch interaction comprising a first touch input onto a first side of the plurality of sides and, contemporaneously, a second touch input onto a second side of the plurality of sides, the second side adjoining the first side, control the display to divide the display into first and second areas based on a line connecting a location of the first touch input and a location of the second touch input, to display the execution screen of the first application on the first area, and to display an execution screen of a second application on the second area.

5. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

while a picture content is displayed on the display and in response to the second touch detector detecting the second touch interaction comprising a drag input on a first side of the plurality of sides toward a second side of the plurality of sides, the second side adjoining the first side, control the display to display a zoomed-in image of the picture content, and

while a picture content is displayed on the display and in response to the second touch detector detecting the second touch interaction comprising a drag input on the first side toward a third side of the plurality of sides, the third side adjoining the first side at a different location from where the second side adjoins the first side, control the display to display a zoomed-out image of the picture content.

6. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, while a picture content is displayed on the display and in response to the second touch detector detecting the second touch interaction comprising a first drag input on a first side of the plurality of sides and, contemporaneously, a second drag input on a second side of the plurality of sides not adjoining the first side, the first and second drag inputs being both in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction, control the display to rotate the picture content.

7. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, while an execution screen of a first application is displayed and in response to the second touch detector detecting the second touch input comprising a first swipe input on a first side of the plurality of sides and, contemporaneously, a second swipe input on a second side of the plurality of sides, the second side adjoining the first side, control the display to display an execution screen of a second application on a first area of the execution screen of the first application corresponding to the first and second swipe inputs.

8. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, while a display screen of the display is divided into first and second areas, where an execution screen of a first application is displayed on the first area and an execution screen of a second application is displayed on the second area, and in response to the second touch detector detecting the second touch interaction comprising a touch input on a first side of the plurality of sides which is adjacent to the first area and a drag input on a second side of the plurality of sides which is adjacent to the second area, control the display to remove the execution screen of the second application from the second area and display on the second area an execution screen of a third application.

9. A displaying method of a user terminal device capable of receiving inputting a touch input on a display and on a bezel which houses the display, the bezel comprising a plurality of sides, the displaying method comprising:

displaying an image on the display; and

performing, in response to detecting a touch interaction comprising one or more touch inputs on at least two sides of the plurality of sides of the bezel unit, a function of the user terminal device corresponding to a type of the one or more touch inputs and a position of the touched at least two sides.

10. The displaying method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the performing comprises displaying, in response to detecting a first touch input on a first side of the plurality of sides and, contemporaneously, a second touch input on a second side of the plurality of sides while an image content is displayed, the second side adjoining the first side, information corresponding to the image content on an area of the display corresponding to an area where the first side and the second side adjoin.

11. The displaying method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the performing comprises displaying, in response to detecting a first touch input on a first side of the plurality of sides and, contemporaneously a second touch input on a second side of the plurality of sides, the second side adjoining the first side, notification information corresponding to an area of the display corresponding to an area where the first side and the second side adjoin.

12. The displaying method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the performing comprises, in response to detecting a first touch input on a the first side of the plurality of sides and, contemporaneously, a second touch input on a second side of the plurality of sides while a first application is executed, the second side adjoining the first side, dividing the display into first and second areas based on a line connecting a location of the first touch input and a location of the second touch input, displaying an execution screen of the first application on the first area, and displaying an execution screen of a second application on the second area.

13. The displaying method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the performing comprises, in response to detecting a drag input on a first side of the plurality of sides toward a second side of the plurality of sides, the second side adjoining the first side, while a picture content is displayed, zooming-in the picture content, and

in response to detecting a drag input on the first side toward a third side of the plurality of sides, the third side adjoining the first side at a different location from where the second side adjoins the first side while a picture content is displayeds, zooming-out the picture content.

14. The displaying method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the performing comprises, in response to detecting a drag input on a first side of the plurality of sides and, contemporaneously, a second drag input on a second side of the plurality of sides not adjoining the first side while a picture content is displayed, the first and second drag inputs being both in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction, rotating the picture content.

15. The displaying method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the performing comprises, in response to detecting a swipe input on a first side of the plurality of sides and, contemporaneously, a second swipe input on a second side of the plurality of sides while a first application is executed, the second side adjoining the first side, displaying an execution screen of a second application on a first area of an execution screen of the first application of the first application corresponding to the first and second swipe inputs.

16. The displaying method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the performing comprises, while a display screen of the display is divided into first and second areas, where an execution screen of a first application is displayed on the first area and an execution screen of a second application is displayed on the second area, and in response to detecting a touch input on a first side of the plurality of sides which is adjacent to the first area and a drag input on a second side of the plurality of sides which is adjacent to the second area, removing the execution screen of the second application from the second area and displaying an execution screen of a third application.

17. A user terminal device comprising:

a display;

a bezel housing the display, the bezel comprising a plurality of sides;

a first touch detector configured to detect a first touch interaction on the display;

a second touch detector configured to detect a touch interaction on the bezel; and

a controller configured to, in response to the first touch detector detecting the first touch interaction comprising a first touch input on the display, control the user terminal device to perform a first function, and, in response to the second touch detector detecting the second touch interaction comprising a second touch input on the bezel, the second touch input being of a same type as the first touch input, control the user terminal device to perform a second function.

18. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to, while an image displayed on an execution screen of a gallery application is displayed on the display, in response to the first touch detector detecting the first touch interaction comprising a drag input on the display, control the display to change the displayed execution screen based on a file unit, and, in response to the second touch detector detecting the second touch interaction comprising a drag input on the bezel, control the display to change the displayed execution screen based on a folder unit.

19. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to, while an execution screen of an e-book application is displayed, in response to the first touch detector detecting the first touch interaction comprising a drag input on the display, control the display to change the displayed execution screen based on a page unit, and, in response to the second touch detector detecting the second touch interaction comprising a drag input on the bezel, control the display to change the displayed execution screen based on a chapter unit.

20. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to, while an execution screen of a first application is displayed on a display screen if the display, in response to the first touch detector detecting the first touch interaction comprising a drag input on the display, control the display to scroll the execution screen of the first application, and, in response to the second touch detector detecting the second touch interaction comprising a drag input on the bezel, control the display to remove a portion of the execution screen of the first application from a portion of the display screen and display a portion of an execution screen of a second application on the portion of the display screen.