DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING USER INTERFACE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING USER INTERFACE THEREOF

• US 20150331569A1
• Filed: 02/12/2015
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: KANG, Dong Wook, LIM, Chae Deok, KIM, Tae Ho
• Application Number:
  US14/620,366
• Publication Number:
  US 20150331569A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• 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 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• 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 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• 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

Abstract

Disclosed are a device for controlling a user interface, which promotes convenience for a user by adjusting a position or an arrangement of a user interface displayed on a screen, and a method of controlling a user interface thereof. A control method of a user interface controlling device includes: detecting a position of a hand of a user; determining whether a disposition of a user interface is appropriate according to the detected position of the hand; and changing a disposition of the user interface so that the user interface is positioned to be close to the detected position of the hand according to a result of the determination.

Claims

1. A control method of a user interface controlling device, comprising:

detecting a position of a hand of a user;

determining whether a disposition of a user interface is appropriate according to the detected position of the hand; and

changing a disposition of the user interface so that the user interface is positioned to be close to the detected position of the hand according to a result of the determination.

2. The control method of claim 1, further comprising:

re-detecting a position of the hand of the user after changing the disposition of the user interface; and

determining whether the re-detected position of the hand of the user is different from the previously detected position of the hand of the user according to a result of the re-detection.

3. The control method of claim 2, further comprising:

when the re-detected position of the hand of the user is different from the previously detected position of the hand of the user, re-determining whether the changed disposition of the user interface is appropriate according to the changed position of the hand.

4. The control method of claim 1, wherein the changing of the disposition of the user interface includes:

detecting a gravity direction of the user interface controlling device or whether the user interface controlling device is rotated; and

selectively arranging the user interface in a width direction or a longitudinal direction of the user interface controlling device according to a result of the detection of the gravity direction of the user interface controlling device or whether the user interface controlling device is rotated.

5. The control method of claim 1, wherein the changing of the disposition of the user interface includes, when the number of detected positions of the hand is two or more, dividing the user interface into two or more groups toward the detected two or more positions of the hand and disposing the divided user interfaces.

6. The control method of claim 1, wherein the determining of whether the disposition of the user interface is appropriate includes, when a distance between the position of the user interface and the detected position of the hand is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, determining that the disposition of the user interface is not appropriate.

7. The control method of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes one or more application icons.

8. The control method of claim 1, wherein the detecting of the position of the hand of the user includes detecting the position of the hand of the user through a bezel surrounding a display unit of the user interface controlling device, or a peripheral part including the bezel and fixing the display unit.

9. The control method of claim 1, wherein the detecting of the position of the hand of the user includes:

photographing at least a part of a body of the user through a camera included in the user interface controlling device; and

determining or detecting the position of the hand of the user from the photographed image of at least a part of the body of the user.

10. The control method of claim 1, wherein the user interface controlling device is a mobile terminal capable of transmitting or receiving data while moving.

11. A device for controlling a user interface, comprising:

a hand position detection unit configured to detect a position of a hand of a user and generate a contact signal;

a controller configured to determine whether a disposition of a user interface is appropriate according to the contact signal, and generate a command for changing the disposition of the user interface so that the user interface is positioned to be close to the detected position of the hand according to a result of the determination; and

a display driver configured to provide a driving signal for displaying the changed disposition of the user interface as an image according to the generated command.

12. The device of claim 11, further comprising:

a display unit configured to display the changed disposition of the user interface as the image according to the driving signal; and

a peripheral part configured to surround or fix the display unit.