Method and apparatus for touchscreen based user interface interaction
First Claim
1. A method for a touchscreen based user interface (UI) interaction, the method comprising:
- displaying an application image on a touchscreen;
sensing whether the touchscreen is touched on the displayed application image;
displaying a volume image to control an audio volume at a touch position if the touchscreen is touched; and
changing a size of the volume image if the touchscreen is touched and controlling the audio volume to correspond to the size of the volume image.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a touchscreen based user interface (UI) interaction that controls a volume through circular UI graphics and switches between different application images by dragging an indicator on a touchscreen of a terminal device. The method includes: displaying an application image on a touchscreen; sensing whether the touchscreen is touched on the displayed application image; if the touchscreen is touched, displaying a volume image to control an audio volume at a touch position; and changing a size of the volume image whenever the touchscreen is touched and controlling the audio volume to corresponding to the size of the volume region.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for a touchscreen based user interface (UI) interaction, the method comprising:
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displaying an application image on a touchscreen; sensing whether the touchscreen is touched on the displayed application image; displaying a volume image to control an audio volume at a touch position if the touchscreen is touched; and changing a size of the volume image if the touchscreen is touched and controlling the audio volume to correspond to the size of the volume image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A multimedia terminal device comprising:
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a touchscreen unit to display an application image and to display a volume image that corresponds to an audio volume of the device; and a control unit to display the volume image at a touch position when the touchscreen unit is touched on the application image, to change a size of the volume image whenever the touchscreen unit is touched, and to control the audio volume so as to correspond to the size of the volume image. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for a touchscreen based user interface (UI) interaction on a processing device, the method comprising:
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sensing whether a touchscreen of the processing device is touched; displaying a function image to control a function of the processing device at a touch position if the touchscreen is touched; and changing a size of the function image if the touchscreen is touched and controlling the function according to the size of a volume image, the changing of the size of the function image including; sensing whether the touchscreen is touched in an inside of the function image or an outside of the function image; increasing the size of the function image when the touchscreen is touched in the inside of the function image; and decreasing the size of the function image when the touchscreen is touched in the outside of the function image. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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