DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUSES, METHODS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMS

• US 20160042721A1
• Filed: 08/07/2015
• Published: 02/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Naver Corporation
• Original Assignee: Bong Jun Jeon, Se I.L. Hwang
• Inventors: KIM, Jung June, HWANG, Se Il, YOON, Kyung Hee, LEE, Hye Deuk, JEON, Bong Jun, HWANG, Hyun Ah
• Granted Patent: US 9,946,450 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/20 Linear translation of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. panning

Abstract

A method for controlling a terminal screen includes: first displaying, on a screen of a terminal, a first function input unit and at least a portion of a page of content on a screen, the first function input unit being associated with at least a first function for the terminal; recognizing a scroll operation on the screen; and second displaying, in response to the recognizing the scroll operation on the screen, a second function input unit instead of at least a portion of the first function input unit, the second function input unit being associated with a second function for the terminal.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a terminal display, the method comprising:

first displaying, on a screen of a terminal including at least one processor and a memory, a first function input unit and at least a portion of a page of content, the first function input unit being associated with a first function for the terminal;

recognizing a scroll operation on the screen; and

second displaying, in response to the recognizing the scroll operation on the screen, a second function input unit instead of at least a portion of the first function input unit, the second function input unit being associated with a second function for the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second displaying comprises:

removing the at least the portion of the first function input unit from the screen; and

inserting the second function input unit on the screen.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein

the removing removes the at least the portion of the first function input unit while the screen is continuously moving in a first direction;

and

the inserting inserts the second function input unit at a location from which the at least the portion of the first function input unit has been removed.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining that the scroll operation has stopped;

removing the second function input unit from the screen; and

displaying the at least the portion of the first function input unit on the screen.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second displaying comprises:

replacing the at least the portion of the first function input unit with the second function input unit on the screen.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the replacing comprises:

changing the at least the portion of the first function input unit to the second function input unit while the at least the portion of the first function input unit continuously moves in a first direction.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the replacing comprises:

changing an icon representing the at least the portion of the first function input unit to an icon representing the second function input unit.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining that the scroll operation has stopped; and

changing the second function input unit into the at least the portion of the first function input unit in response to determining that the scroll operation has stopped.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

moving, in response to selection of the second function input unit, to one of a start and an end of the page of content such that the screen displays the one of the start and the end of the page of content at an end of the screen, the one of the start and the end of the page of content being in a direction opposite to a scroll direction of the scroll operation.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein

the one of the start and the end of the page of content is an upper end of the page of content;

and

the scroll direction is towards a lower end of the page of content.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the second displaying displays the second function input unit at an end of the screen in a scroll direction of the scroll operation.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

third displaying, in response to movement of the second function input unit, the at least the portion of the first function input unit on the screen instead of the second function input unit.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

third displaying, in response to movement of the second function input unit through a touch and drag by a user, the at least the portion of the first function input unit on the screen instead of the second function input unit.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the first displaying comprises:

arranging and displaying the at least the portion of the content in a time sequence.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting that a speed of the scroll operation exceeds a threshold speed; and

wherein

the second displaying displays the second function input unit instead of the at least the portion of the first function input unit in response recognizing the scroll operation and detecting that the speed of the scroll operation is greater than or equal to the threshold speed.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a computer device, cause the computer device to execute a method for controlling a terminal display comprising:

first displaying, on a screen of a terminal, a first function input unit and at least a portion of a page of content, the first function input unit being associated with a first function for the terminal;

recognizing a scroll operation on the screen; and

second displaying, in response to the recognizing the scroll operation on the screen, a second function input unit instead of at least a portion of the first function input unit, the second function input unit being associated with a second function for the terminal.

17. An apparatus to control a terminal screen, the apparatus comprising:

a memory having computer-readable instructions stored therein; and

at least one processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to

display, on a screen of a terminal, a first function input unit and at least a portion of a page of content,

recognize a scroll operation on the portion of the page of content; and

display, in response to recognizing the scroll operation on the portion of the page of content, a second function input unit instead of at least a portion of the first function input unit.

18. The display control apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to

remove, in response to the recognizing the scroll operation on the portion of the page of content, the at least the portion of the first function input unit from the terminal screen,

display the second function input unit on the terminal screen,

recognize that the scroll operation has stopped,

remove, in response to recognizing that the scroll operation has stopped, the second function input unit from the terminal screen, and

display the at least the portion of the first function input unit on the terminal screen.

19. The display control apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to

change the at least the portion of the first function input unit into the second function input unit in response to recognizing the scroll operation;

recognize that the scroll operation has stopped; and

change, in response to recognizing that the scroll operation has stopped, the second function input unit into the at least the portion of the first function input unit.

20. The display control apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to move, in response to selection of the second function input unit, to one of a start and an end of the page of content such that the screen displays the one of the start and the end of the page of content at an end of the screen, the one of the start and the end of the page of content being in a direction opposite to a scroll direction of the scroll operation.