Method and apparatus for providing touch screen user interface, and electronic devices including the same
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1. A method of providing a touch screen user interface, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a touch-sensitive user interface for creation of a hotkey for executing a specific function, on a touch screen of an image capture device;
(b) receiving a position on the touch screen for the hotkey to be created, the position being input via a user'"'"'s touch;
(c) displaying a created hotkey at the input position; and
(d) repositioning other elements of the user interface on the touch screen according to the displayed position of the created hotkey,wherein the repositioning of other elements comprises changing physical size of a display region which displays a captured image or an image to be captured on the touch screen according to the displayed position of the created hotkey.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for providing a touch-screen user interface, and an electronic device using the method. The method includes receiving a touch-screen position of a hotkey for executing a specific function, which is input via a user'"'"'s touch, and creating the hotkey at the specified position.
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1. A method of providing a touch screen user interface, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a touch-sensitive user interface for creation of a hotkey for executing a specific function, on a touch screen of an image capture device; (b) receiving a position on the touch screen for the hotkey to be created, the position being input via a user'"'"'s touch; (c) displaying a created hotkey at the input position; and (d) repositioning other elements of the user interface on the touch screen according to the displayed position of the created hotkey, wherein the repositioning of other elements comprises changing physical size of a display region which displays a captured image or an image to be captured on the touch screen according to the displayed position of the created hotkey. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for providing a touch screen user interface, the apparatus comprising:
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a touch screen of an image capture device; a control section providing, on the touch screen, a user interface for creation of a hotkey for a specific function; a touch sensing section receiving, via a user'"'"'s touch, an input position of the hotkey on the touch screen; and a display control section to control display of a created hotkey at the input position on the touch screen, wherein the control section repositions other elements of the user interface on the touch screen according to the displayed position of the created hotkey, and wherein the control section changes physical size of a display region which displays a captured image or an image to be captured on the touch screen according to the displayed position of the created hotkey. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An electronic device providing a touch screen user interface, the device comprising:
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a touch screen of an image capture device; a control unit providing a user interface for creation, on the touch screen, of a hotkey for executing a specific function; and a touch sensing section receiving a touch-screen position of the hotkey, which is input via a user'"'"'s touch, wherein the control unit creates the hotkey for display at the input position, wherein the control unit repositions other elements of the user interface on the touch screen according to the touch-screen position of the created hotkey, and wherein the control unit changes physical size of a display region which displays a captured image or an image to be captured on the touch screen according to the touch-screen position of the created hotkey. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A computer-readable storage medium encoded with processing instructions for causing a processor to execute a method of providing a touch screen user interface, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a touch-sensitive user interface for creation of a hotkey for executing a specific function, on a touch screen of an image capture device; (b) receiving a position on the touch screen for the hotkey to be created, the position being input via a user'"'"'s touch; (c) displaying a created hotkey at the input position; and d) repositioning other elements of a user interface on the touch screen according to the displayed position of the created hotkey, wherein the repositioning of other elements comprises changing physical size of a display region which displays a captured image or an image to be captured on the touch screen according to the displayed position of the created hotkey.
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