Electronic document reproduction apparatus and reproducing method thereof

• US 8,531,420 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2011
• Issued: 09/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ryu, Seung-Kyoon, Hwang, Jung-Wook
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Quan-Zhen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ghafari, Sepideh
• Application Number:
  US13/102,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20110210932A1
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• Field of Search: 345/178
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic document reproduction apparatus and method. According to an embodiment, the method includes displaying at least a portion of a current page of a document on a first region of the display unit; receiving, via the input unit, a touch input on a second region of the display unit; displaying information regarding a preview page of the document in response to the touch input; receiving, via the input unit, a drag input associated with the touch input; changing, by the controller, the displayed information to new information regarding a new preview page based on a dragging distance of the drag input, the new information including a page number being changed based on the dragging distance of the drag input; and displaying, on the first region, the new preview page corresponding to the changed page number in response to a release input associated with the drag input.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch sensitive display unit configured to display one or more pages of a document thereon; and

a controller configured for cooperating with the touch sensitive display unit to;

display a graphical image on the touch sensitive display unit;

receive a touch input on the graphical image on the touch sensitive display unit;

display information including a page number of the document on the touch sensitive display unit in response to the touch input;

receive, via the touch sensitive display unit, a drag input starting from a point of the touch input to another point;

change the displayed information to new information including another page number related to said another point in response to the drag input,

wherein information displayed on the touch sensitive display unit is changed according to a progress of the drag input between the point and said another point, while maintaining at least one of said one or more pages on the touch sensitive display unit; and

replace said one or more pages displayed on the touch sensitive display unit with at least a page of the document related to said new information.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drag input is received in a specific direction, and

wherein when a touch on the touch sensitive display unit related to the drag input is detached from the graphical image in another specific direction, said one or more pages displayed on the touch sensitive display unit are replaced with the page of the document related to said new information.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the graphical image to which the touch input is received is located at a bottom area of the touch sensitive display unit.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displayed information further includes at least a word as well as said another page number.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displayed information further includes a specified content of a page related to said another page number.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the specified content is at least one of an image and a table associated with a page related to said another page number.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the displayed information and said new information is displayed within said one or more pages displayed on the touch sensitive display unit.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displayed information further includes a position indicator indicating a position related to said another page number among an entire volume of the document.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch sensitive display unit; and

a controller configured for cooperating with the touch sensitive display unit to;

display one or more pages of a document on the touch sensitive display unit;

receive a drag input on an input region of the touch sensitive display unit, wherein the input region is located at a bottom area of said one or more pages of the document;

display information including a page number of the document in response to the drag input while maintaining at least one of said one or more pages on the touch sensitive display unit,

wherein the information displayed on the touch sensitive display unit is changed according to a progress of the drag input; and

replace said one or more pages displayed on the touch sensitive display unit with at least a page of the document related to the displayed information.

10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the drag input is received in a specific direction, and

wherein when a touch on the touch sensitive display unit related to the drag input is detached from the input region in another specific direction, said one or more pages displayed on the touch sensitive display unit are replaced with the page of the document related to the displayed information.

11. The electronic device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the input region to which the drag input is received is located at a bottom area of the touch sensitive display unit.

12. The electronic device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the displayed information further includes a word as well as said page number of the document.

13. The electronic device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the displayed information further includes a specified content related of a page related to said page number of the document.

14. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the specified content is at least one of an image and a table associated with a page related to said page number of the document.

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the drag input is a touch of a graphical image on the input region of the display unit.

16. The electronic device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the displayed information further includes a position indicator indicating a position related to said page number among an entire volume of the document.

17. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch sensitive display unit; and

a controller coupled to the touch sensitive display unit and configured to;

display a first page of an electronic document on a first region of the touch sensitive display unit;

receive a touch input on a second region of the touch sensitive display unit, wherein the second region is located at a bottom of the touch sensitive display unit and at least part of the second region is configured to overlap the first region;

display a second page on the first region of the touch sensitive display unit instead of the first page in response to the touch input;

receive a moving input starting from a point of the touch input to another point within the second region of the touch sensitive display unit; and

display a third page on the first region of the touch sensitive display unit when the moving input is positioned at said another point,

wherein a page displayed on the first region of the touch sensitive display unit is changed according to a progress of the moving input between the point of the touch input and said another point.

18. The electronic device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the moving input moves in a linear direction within the second region of the touch sensitive display unit.

19. The electronic device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the page displayed on the first region of the touch sensitive display unit is moved back to previously displayed pages if a moving direction of the moving input changes from the linear direction into an opposite direction.

20. The electronic device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the page displayed on the first region of the touch sensitive display unit is sequentially changed by increasing a moving distance from the point of the touch input.

21. The electronic device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the second region is configured to indicate a position of at least one of the first, second and third pages on an entire volume of the document.

22. The electronic device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the third page is determined by a release input associated with the moving input.