MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING A TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE THEREIN

• US 20150373170A1
• Filed: 08/24/2015
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KANG, Ji Young, KIM, Kyung Hwa, SHIN, Dong Jun
• Application Number:
  US14/833,830
• Publication Number:
  US 20150373170A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

A mobile terminal having a touch screen and a method present a user interface in the mobile terminal having a touch screen. The method includes: detecting a touched area corresponding to a touch when the touch is sensed in the touch screen; and executing different functions according to whether the detected touched area is equal to or greater than a preset area threshold. Various touch inputs are sensed through a touch screen in the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal and method present user interfaces corresponding to the respective touch inputs.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting, at an electronic device, a touch input received via a touch screen operatively coupled with the electronic device, the detecting including determining a size of a portion of the touch screen touched by the touch input;

executing a first operation based at least in part on a determination that the size of the portion satisfies a specified condition; and

refraining from executing the first operation based at least in part on a determination that the size of portion doesn'"'"'t satisfy the specified condition.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting is performed based at least in part on a determination that a specified application is executed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing of the first operation comprises:

adjusting a volume of a sound associated with an image displayed on the touch screen, capturing an image displayed on the touch screen, or terminating a specified application executed via the touch screen.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing of the first operation comprises:

determining, as at least part of the specified condition, whether the size of the portion satisfies a specified size.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing of the first operation comprises:

identifying a direction of movement by the touch input; and

determining that the direction corresponds to a specified direction.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing of the first operation comprises:

determining whether a moving direction of the touch input is twisted.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing of the first operation comprises:

determining whether the touch input is detected for a specified time.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing of the first operation comprises:

determining whether the touch input corresponds to a touch by a specified area of a body of a user, the specified area including a palm of the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the refraining from the first operation comprises:

executing a second operation different from the first operation.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first operation comprises a first one of adjusting a volume of a sound associated with an image displayed on the touch screen, capturing an image displayed on the touch screen, or terminating a specified application executed via the touch screen, and wherein the second operation comprises a second one of rotating of an image, or presenting a folding effect at an image displayed on the touch screen.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting a sound at the electronic device prior to the detecting.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the outputting is performed based at least in part on receiving a phone call from another electronic device external to the electronic device.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a touch screen to display an image; and

a controller, the controller configured to;

detect a touch input received via the touch screen operatively coupled with the apparatus, the detecting including determining a size of a portion of the touch screen touched by the touch input;

execute a first operation based at least in part on a determination that the size of the portion satisfies a specified condition; and

refrain from executing the first operation based at least in part on a determination that the size of portion doesn'"'"'t satisfy the specified condition.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to:

mute a sound corresponding to a phone call received from an electronic device external to the apparatus, adjust a volume of a sound associated with an image displayed on the touch screen, capture an image displayed on the touch screen, or terminate a specified application executed via the touch screen as at least part of the executing.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to:

determine as at least part of the specified condition, whether the size of the portion satisfies a specified size.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to:

identify a direction of movement by the touch input; and

determine that the direction corresponds to a specified direction.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to:

determine whether the touch input is detected for a specified time.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to:

determine whether the touch input corresponds to a touch by a specified area of a body of a user, the specified area including a palm of the user.

19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to:

execute a second operation different from the first operation as at least part of the refraining.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

detecting, at an electronic device, a touch input received via a touch screen operatively coupled with the electronic device, the detecting including determining a size of a portion of the touch screen touched by the touch input;

executing a first operation based at least in part on a determination that the size of the portion satisfies a specified condition; and

refraining from executing the first operation based at least in part on a determination that the size of portion doesn'"'"'t satisfy the specified condition.