METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI), AND MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME

• US 20150346990A1
• Filed: 08/07/2015
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Chan-ho, HWANGBO, Kyoung-nyo, KIM, Mi-kyoung
• Granted Patent: US 9,927,950 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to receive a user command on a touch screen, and a multimedia apparatus using the same. The method for providing a GUI includes determining whether an enlargement command for a GUI item is received, and enlarging the GUI item. Therefore, it is possible to enable a user to operate the GUI item more correctly, and to provide the superior visual effect when the GUI item is operated.

Claims

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display unit configured as a touch screen; and

a control unit configured to control the display unit to display a progress bar to provide a user with playback position information of a content which is currently being played back, using a position indicator of the progress bar;

characterized in that;

the control unit is configured to change a part of the content which is currently being played on the display unit in response to a touch-drag user input of touching the position indicator and dragging the position indicator along the progress bar; and

the control unit is configured to display an enlarged progress bar instead of the progress bar in response to a user touch for more than a predetermined time at a location of the display unit where the position indicator of the progress bar is displayed, and to change a part of the content which is currently being played on the display unit in response to a user input of dragging the position indicator along the enlarged progress bar; and

wherein the progress bar corresponds to an entire length of the content and the enlarged progress bar corresponds to a part of the entire length of the content.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the enlarged progress bar corresponding to the part of the content has a finer resolution than the progress bar corresponding to the entire length of the content.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to cause a respective section of the progress bar to be highlighted in response to the user touch input before changing to the enlarged progress bar.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit further causes audio information and/or video information to be output to notify that the user touch has been received when changing to the enlarged progress bar.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit further controls the display unit to display the enlarged progress bar together with the content that has been displayed with the progress bar prior to reception of the user touch when changing to the enlarged progress bar.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit further controls the display unit to display the enlarged progress bar with a changed visual appearance compared with the progress bar.

7. A method of displaying a progress bar on a display unit of a display apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying a progress bar to provide a user with playback position information of a content which is currently being played back, using a position indicator of the progress bar;

characterized by;

changing a part of the content which is currently being played on the display unit in response to a touch-drag user input of touching the position indicator and dragging the position indicator along the progress bar;

displaying an enlarged progress bar instead of the progress bar in response to a user touch for more than a predetermined time at a location of the display unit where the position indicator of the progress bar is displayed; and

changing a part of the content which is currently being played on the display unit in response to a user input of dragging the position indicator along the enlarged progress bar;

wherein the progress bar corresponds to an entire length of the content and the enlarged progress bar corresponds to a part of the entire length of the content.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the enlarged progress bar corresponding to a section of the content has a finer resolution than the progress bar corresponding to the entire length of the content.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising highlighting a respective section of the progress bar in response to the user touch before changing to the enlarged progress bar.

10. The method of claims 7, further comprising outputting audio information and/or video information to notify that the user touch has been received when changing to the enlarged progress bar.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying the enlarged progress bar together with a same content that had been displayed with the progress bar prior to reception of the user touch after changing to the enlarged progress bar.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying the enlarged progress bar with a changed visual appearance compared with the progress bar.