DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD

• US 20160170597A1
• Filed: 12/04/2015
• Published: 06/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: BAEK, Seung-cheon, LEE, Jin-ha
• Application Number:
  US14/959,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20160170597A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/30 User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

A display apparatus and a display method are provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display a cursor on a screen in response to an input of a control device, and a controller configured to control the display to deform a shape of the cursor based on a scrolling distance of the control device in response to the cursor contacting an edge of the screen.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display a cursor on a screen in response to an input of a control device; and

a controller configured to control the display to deform a shape of the cursor based on a scrolling distance of the control device in response to the cursor contacting an edge of the screen.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine the scrolling distance based on a distance between an actual position that is indicated by the control device and a position of the cursor contacting the edge of the screen.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cursor has a circular shape, and

the controller is further configured to control the display to deform the shape of the cursor to have an oval shape based on the scrolling distance in response to the cursor contacting the edge of the screen.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether a scrolling direction of the control device is a horizontal direction or a vertical direction;

control the display to deform the cursor to have a vertically long oval shape based on the scrolling distance in response to the cursor contacting the edge of the screen and the controller determining that the scrolling direction is the horizontal direction; and

control the display to deform the cursor to have a horizontally long oval shape based on the scrolling distance in response to the cursor contacting the edge of the screen and the controller determining that the scrolling direction is the vertical direction.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine a scrolling speed of the control device based on the scrolling distance.

6. A display apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display one or more scrolling items in a scrolling area, and a cursor in response to an input of a control device; and

a controller configured to control the display to deform a shape of the one or more scrolling items based on a scrolling distance of the control device in response to the cursor contacting an end of the scrolling area.

7. The display apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to deform at least one among a height and a width of the one or more scrolling items based on the scrolling distance in response to the cursor contacting the end of the scrolling area.

8. The display apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether the scrolling distance deviates from a range; and

control the display to restore the one or more scrolling items to an original form in response to the controller determining that the scrolling distance deviates from the range.

9. The display apparatus of claim 6, wherein the one or more scrolling items are horizontally arranged, and

the controller is further configured to control the display to:

horizontally scroll a horizontal scrolling area of the one or more scrolling items based on horizontal scrolling of the control device; and

vertically scroll additional information of one of the one or more scrolling items based on vertical scrolling of the control device in response to a selection of the one of the one or more scrolling items by the control device.

10. The display apparatus of claim 6, wherein the one or more scrolling items are vertically arranged, and

the controller is further configured to control the display to:

vertically scroll a vertical scrolling area of the one or more scrolling items based on vertical scrolling of the control device; and

horizontally scroll additional information of one of the one or more scrolling items based on horizontal scrolling of the control device in response to a selection of the one of the one or more scrolling items by the control device.

11. A display method comprising:

displaying a cursor on a screen in response to an input of a control device; and

deforming a shape of the cursor based on a scrolling distance of the control device in response to the cursor contacting an edge of the screen.

12. The display method of claim 11, further comprising determining the scrolling distance based on a distance between an actual position that is indicated by the control device and a position of the cursor contacting the edge of the screen.

13. The display method of claim 11, wherein the cursor has a circular shape, and

the deforming comprises deforming the shape of the cursor to have an oval shape based on the scrolling distance in response to the cursor contacting the edge of the screen.

14. The display method of claim 11, further comprising determining whether a scrolling direction of the control device is a horizontal direction or a vertical direction,

wherein the deforming comprises deforming the cursor to have a vertically long oval shape based on the scrolling distance in response to the cursor contacting the edge of the screen and the determining that the scrolling direction is the horizontal direction, and

the deforming comprises deforming the cursor to have a horizontally long oval shape based on the scrolling distance in response to the cursor contacting the edge of the screen and the determining that the scrolling direction is the vertical direction.

15. The display method of claim 11, further comprising determining a scrolling speed of the control device based on the scrolling distance.

16. A display method comprising:

displaying one or more scrolling items in a scrolling area, and a cursor in response to an input of a control device; and

deforming a shape of the one or more scrolling items based on a scrolling distance of the control device in response to the cursor contacting an end of the scrolling area.

17. The display method of claim 16, wherein the deforming comprises deforming at least one among a height and a width of the one or more scrolling items based on the scrolling distance in response to the cursor contacting the end of the scrolling area.

18. The display method of claim 16, further comprising:

determining whether the scrolling distance deviates from a range; and

restoring the one or more scrolling items to an original form in response to the determining that the scrolling distance deviates from the range.

19. The display method of claim 16, wherein the one or more scrolling items are horizontally arranged, and

the display method further comprises:

horizontally scrolling a horizontal scrolling area of the one or more scrolling items based on horizontal scrolling of the control device; and

vertically scrolling additional information of one of the one or more scrolling items based on vertical scrolling of the control device in response to a selection of the one of the one or more scrolling items by the control device.

20. The display method of claim 16, wherein the one or more scrolling items are vertically arranged, and

the display method further comprises:

vertically scrolling a vertical scrolling area of the one or more scrolling items based on vertical scrolling of the control device; and

horizontally scrolling additional information of one of the one or more scrolling items based on horizontal scrolling of the control device in response to a selection of the one of the one or more scrolling items by the control device.

21. The display method of claim 16, further comprising varying at least one among a transparency, a color, a luminosity, and a chroma of the one or more scrolling items in response to the cursor contacting the end of the scrolling area.

22. The display method of claim 16, further comprising displaying an interface for setting a degree of the deforming the shape of the one or more scrolling items,

wherein the deforming comprises deforming the shape of the one or more scrolling items based on the scrolling distance and the degree in response to the cursor contacting the end of the scrolling area.

23. A display apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display a multi-window comprising windows and to display a cursor in response to an input of a control device; and

a controller configured to control the display to deform a shape of the cursor based on a scrolling distance of the control device in response to the cursor contacting an edge of one of the windows.