USER TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE USER TERMINAL DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20160091990A1
• Filed: 09/24/2015
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: KUK, Sung-bin, KIM, Hark-joon, LEE, Sang-il, JUNG, Min-kyu, KANG, Seong-hoon, PARK, Mi-ra
• Granted Patent: US 9,766,722 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04807 Pen manipulated menu
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03 Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0354 with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0393 Accessories for touch pads or touch screens, e.g. mechanical guides added to touch screens for drawing straight lines, hard keys overlaying touch screens or touch pads
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A user terminal device and a control method are provided. The user terminal device includes a display, a sensor configured to sense a user interaction on the display, and a controller configured to, in response to a user interaction being sensed by the sensor of a touch being made by an input device of a polyhedral shape that includes different touch patterns on each of a plurality of surfaces, control a function of the user terminal device according to a touch pattern on a touched surface among the plurality of surfaces.

Claims

1. A user terminal device comprising:

a display;

a sensor configured to sense a user interaction on the display; and

a controller configured to, in response to a user interaction sensed by the sensor of a touch being made by an input device of a polyhedral shape that includes different touch patterns on each of a plurality of surfaces, control a function of the user terminal device according to a touch pattern on a touched surface among the plurality of surfaces.

2. The user terminal device according to claim 1,

wherein each of the plurality of surfaces of the input device has a corresponding function, and

wherein the controller is further configured to:

sense the touch pattern on the touched surface of the input device,

determine the touched surface based on the sensed touch pattern, and

perform the function corresponding to the determined touched surface.

3. The user terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to a user interaction sensed by the sensor of the touch being made by the input device, control the display to display a user interface (UI) that includes a plurality of menus for controlling the user terminal device on an area surrounding an area touched by the input device according to the touch pattern on the touched surface among the plurality of surfaces.

4. The user terminal device according to claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to a user interaction sensed by the sensor of the touch being made by the input device and then dragged to one of the plurality of menus while the UI including the plurality of menus is being displayed, perform a function corresponding to the menu to which the drag has been made.

5. The user terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to a drag interaction sensed by the sensor of a touch being made by a first surface among the plurality of surfaces of the input device on a first point of the display and then dragged to a second point, control the display to create a new screen on an area where the drag interaction is sensed.

6. The user terminal device according to claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to create a new type of screen according to the sensed touch pattern on the first surface.

7. The user terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to a turn around interaction sensed by the sensor of a touch being made by a first surface of the input device and then by a second surface of the input device, perform a function corresponding to the turn around interaction of the input device.

8. The user terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage,

wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to a user interaction sensed by the sensor of a touch being made by a first surface of the input device and then by a second surface of the input device, and then a tap interaction sensed by the sensor of a first item among at least one item has been tapped by the second surface of the input device, store data corresponding to the sensed first item where the tap interaction is sensed in the storage.

9. The user terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to a rotating interaction sensed by the sensor of the input device being rotated while maintaining a touch made by a first surface on a first item among at least one item being displayed on the display, perform a function corresponding to the first surface regarding the first item.

10. The user terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to a rotation interaction sensed by the sensor of the input device being rotated while maintaining a touch made by a first surface on a first point of the user terminal device with the display showing a waiting screen, adjust a volume of the user terminal device according to the rotating interaction of the input device.

11. A control method of a user terminal device, the method comprising:

sensing a user interaction of a touch being made by an input device of a polyhedral shape that includes different touch patterns on each of a plurality of surfaces; and

performing a function of the user terminal device according to a touch pattern on a touched surface among the plurality of surfaces.

12. The method according to claim 11,

wherein each of the plurality of surfaces of the input device has a corresponding function, and

wherein the performing of the function of the user terminal device comprises:

sensing the touch pattern on the touched surface of the input device,

determining the touched surface based on the sensed touch pattern, and

performing the function corresponding to the determined touched surface.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the performing of the function of the user terminal device comprises, in response to a user interaction sensed by the sensor of the touch being made by the input device, controlling the display to display a user interface (UI) that includes a plurality of menus for controlling the user terminal device on an area surrounding an area touched by the input device according to the touch pattern on the touched surface among the plurality of surfaces.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the performing of the function of the user terminal device comprises, in response to a user interaction sensed by the sensor of the touch being made by the input device and then dragged to one of the plurality of menus while the UI including the plurality of menus is being displayed, performing a function corresponding to the menu to which the drag has been made.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the performing of the function of the user terminal device comprises, in response to a drag interaction sensed by the sensor of a touch being made by a first surface among the plurality of surfaces of the input device on a first point of the display and then dragged to a second point, controlling the display to create a new screen on an area where the drag interaction is sensed.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the creating of the new screen comprises creating a new type of screen according to the sensed touch pattern on the first surface.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein the performing of the function of the user terminal device comprises, in response to a turn around interaction sensed by the sensor of a touch being made by a first surface of the input device and then by a second surface of the input device, performing a function corresponding to the turn around interaction of the input device.

18. The method according to claim 11, wherein the performing of the function of the user terminal device comprises, in response to a user interaction sensed by the sensor of a touch being made by a first surface of the input device and then by a second surface of the input device, and then a tap interaction sensed by the sensor of a first item among at least one item has been tapped by the second surface of the input device, storing data corresponding to the sensed first item where the tap interaction is sensed in a storage of the user terminal device.

19. The method according to claim 11, wherein the performing of the function of the user terminal device comprises, in response to a rotating interaction sensed by the sensor of the input device being rotated while maintaining a touch made by a first surface on a first item among at least one item being displayed on the display, performing a function corresponding to the first surface regarding the first item.

20. The method according to claim 11, wherein the performing of the function of the user terminal device comprises, in response to a rotation interaction sensed by the sensor of the input device being rotated while maintaining a touch made by a first surface on a first point of the user terminal device with the display showing a waiting screen, adjusting a volume of the user terminal device according to the rotating interaction of the input device.