DIGITAL DEVICE FOR COPYING DIGITAL CONTENTS BY SCREEN OVERLAP AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160062564A1
• Filed: 10/30/2014
• Published: 03/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Jihwan, PARK, Sihwa
• Granted Patent: US 9,692,866 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72478 for hearing-impaired users

Abstract

The present specification discloses a digital device and controlling method thereof, by which digital contents can be copied by screen overlap. The digital contents display a first screen and a second screen on a first layer and a second layer, respectively. And, the digital content included in the second screen located in a region corresponding to an input window region included in the first screen to an input window of the first screen. As a process so-called ‘COPY and PASTE’, it is characterized in copying a digital content exactly to a screen-overlapped location on a display by screen overlap.

Claims

1. A digital device comprising:

a sensor unit configured to detect an user input, the sensor unit configured to output a signal in accordance with the detected input;

a display unit configured to output an image having a plurality of layers; and

a control unit configured to receive the signal from the sensor unit, the control unit configured to control the display unit,

wherein the control unit controls display of a first screen of a first application on a first layer by receiving a first signal from the sensor unit,

wherein after displaying the first screen on the first layer, the control unit controls display of a second of a second application on a second layer by receiving a second signal, and

wherein after displaying the second screen on the second layer, the control unit inputs a digital content included in the second screen located in a region corresponding to an input window region included in the first screen to an input window of the first screen by receiving a third signal from the sensor unit.

2. The digital device of claim 1, wherein when the first signal is received, the control unit raises a transparency of the first screen and displays the second layer on a layer lower than the first layer.

3. The digital device of claim 1, wherein when the second signal is received, the control unit raises a transparency of the second screen and displays the first layer on a layer lower than the second layer.

4. The digital device of claim 2, wherein the control unit adjusts the transparency of the first screen by receiving a transparency adjust signal from the sensor unit.

5. The digital device of claim 2, wherein the control unit controls a transparency of the input window region included in the first screen to be raised higher than that of a region of the first screen except for the input window.

6. The digital device of claim 5, wherein when a plurality of input windows is included in the first screen, the control unit receives an input window select signal from the sensor unit and then raises the transparency of the input window corresponding to an user'"'"'s selection only.

7. The digital device of claim 2, wherein when the third signal is received, the control unit lowers the transparency of the first screen.

8. The digital device of claim 1, wherein after displaying the first screen on the first layer, the control unit provides the display unit with an interface including all screens of currently running applications.

9. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the control unit shifts a location at which the first screen or the second screen is displayed by receiving a shift signal from the sensor unit.

10. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the control unit adjusts a size of the input window included in the first screen by receiving a size adjust signal from the sensor unit.

11. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the control unit adjusts a location of the input window included in the first screen by receiving a location adjust signal from the sensor unit.

12. The digital device of claim 1, wherein when the digital content comprises a plurality of texts, the control unit provides the display unit with a text region select interface for selecting the texts entirely or in part and wherein when the third signal is received, the control unit inputs the texts selected entirely or in part through the text region select interface to the input window of the first screen.

13. The digital device of claim 1, wherein when the digital content comprises an image, the control unit provides the display unit with an image region select interface for selecting the image entirely or in part and wherein when the third signal is received, the control unit inputs the image selected entirely or in part through the image region select interface to the input window of the first screen.

14. The digital device of claim 1, wherein when the digital content comprises an image containing a text image, the control unit converts the text image to text data through optical character recognition (OCR) and wherein when the third signal is received, the control unit inputs the converted text data to the input window of the first screen.

15. The digital device of claim 1, wherein when the digital content comprises an image containing a text image, the control unit provides the display unit with a text input interface and wherein when the third signal is received, the control unit inputs text inputted through the text input interface to the input window of the first screen.

16. The digital device of claim 1, wherein if the digital content comprises an image, the control unit saves a part corresponding to the region of the input window included in the first screen as image data and wherein when the third signal is received, the control unit inputs the saved image data to the input window of the first screen.

17. A method of controlling a digital device, comprising:

an user input receiving a first signal from a sensor unit configured to detect an user input and then output a signal in accordance with the detected input;

displaying a screen (hereinafter named a first screen) of a first application on a first layer;

displaying a screen (hereinafter named a second screen) of a second application on a second layer by receiving a second signal from the sensor unit; and

inputting a digital content included in the second screen located in a region corresponding to an input window region included in the first screen to an input window of the first screen by receiving a third signal from the sensor unit.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the receiving a first signal further comprises raising a transparency of the first screen when the first signal is received, and wherein displaying a second screen further comprises displaying the first layer on a layer lower than the second layer when the second signal is received.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein displaying a second screen further comprises shifting a location at which the first screen or the second screen is displayed by receiving a shift signal from the sensor unit.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein displaying a second screen further comprises adjusting a size of the input window included in the first screen by receiving a size adjust signal from the sensor unit.