ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160209978A1
• Filed: 01/19/2016
• Published: 07/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Sungsik, Lee, Sukjae, Chung, Chongyoon
• Application Number:
  US15/000,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20160209978A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• 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: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L

Abstract

An electronic device and a method of operating the same are provided. The method includes outputting a display screen on a display that has a main area and an edge area extending from an edge of the main area, determining a location of a touch in one of the main area and the edge area when the touch is detected, and controlling the display screen according to the location of the touch. According to the present disclosure, a screen control device can provide various interactions for various touch motions.

Claims

1. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

outputting a display screen on a display that has a main area and an edge area extending from an edge of the main area;

when detecting a touch, determining a location of the touch in one of the main area and the edge area; and

controlling the display screen according to the location of the touch.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the display screen comprises:

controlling the display screen when the touch moves from the edge area to the main area.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the display screen comprises:

controlling the display screen when the touch moves in the edge area.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the display screen comprises:

controlling the display screen when the touch moves from the main area to the edge area.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the display screen comprises:

controlling the display screen when the touch moves in the main area.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the display screen comprises:

controlling the display screen according to an amount of time the touch is detected at the location of the touch.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the display screen comprises:

controlling the display screen according to a number of times the touch is repeatedly detected at the location of the touch.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the display screen comprises:

controlling the display screen according to a number of locations of the touch.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the display screen comprises:

when the touch is detected at a plurality of locations in the edge area, analyzing an arrangement structure of the locations; and

determining a direction of the display screen according to the arrangement structure.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the analyzing of the arrangement structure comprises:

when the touch is detected at the plurality of locations in the edge area, measuring an amount of time of the touch is detected; and

when the amount of time of the touch is detected exceeds a threshold time, analyzing the arrangement structure.

11. An electric power comprising:

a display comprising a main area and an edge area extending from an edge of the main area, and configured to output a display screen in at least one of the main area and the edge area;

an input device configured to detect a touch;

a determination unit configured to determine a location of the touch in one of the main area and the edge area when the touch is detected; and

a processor configured to control the display screen according to the location of the touch.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display screen when the touch moves from the edge area to the main area.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor further configured to control the display screen when the touch moves in the edge area.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor further configured to control the display screen when the touch moves from the main area to the edge area.

15. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor further configured to control the display screen when the touch moves in the main area.

16. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor comprises a measurement unit configured to measure an amount of time the touch is detected at the location of the touch, and

wherein the processor further configured to control the display screen according to the measured amount of time the touch is detected.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor comprises a measurement unit configured to measure a number of times the touch is repeatedly detected at the location of the touch, and

wherein the processor further configured to control the display screen according to the measured number of times the touch is repeatedly detected.

18. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display screen according to a number of locations of the touch.

19. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor comprises an analysis unit configured to analyze an arrangement structure of locations at which the touch is detected in the edge area, and

wherein the processor further configured to determine a direction of the display screen according to the arrangement structure.

20. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the processor further comprises a measurement unit configured to measure an amount of time the touch is detected, and

wherein the analysis unit is configured to analyze the arrangement structure when the amount of time the touch is detected exceeds a threshold time.