Computing device and control method thereof

• US 9,075,515 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2012
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hong, Sang-jin, Kim, Ki-young, Kim, Su-yong, Eom, Mi-ra, Im, Ji-won
• Primary Examiner(s): MANDEVILLE, JASON M
• Application Number:
  US13/535,658
• Publication Number:
  US 20130106737A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,104 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 715/700, 715/768, 715/784
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A computing device including a display unit to display a screen, a touch input to receive a user'"'"'s touch input on the display unit, and a controller to control the display unit to display at least a part of a plurality of user interface (UI) items on the screen with a predetermined degree of transparency, to scroll the UI items in a predetermined direction and to sequentially display the UI items on the screen according to the user'"'"'s touch input, and to increase the degree of transparency of the UI items if the UI items are not scrolled any more.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

a display unit to display a screen;

a touch input unit to receive a user'"'"'s touch input on the display unit; and

a controller to control the display unit to display at least a part of a plurality of user interface (UI) items on the screen with a degree of transparency, to scroll the UI items in a direction corresponding to a direction of the user'"'"'s touch input and to sequentially display the UI items on the screen according to the user'"'"'s touch input, and to increase the degree of transparency of the UI items while a position of the displayed UI items on the screen remains from a timing when there are no additional UI items to be displayed according to the direction of the received user touch input,

wherein the controller increases the degree of transparency of the UI items so as to correspond to a degree of movement of the touch input received by the touch input unit from the timing when there are no additional UI items to be displayed according to the direction of the received user touch input.

2. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the degree of movement of the touch input comprises a movement distance of the touch input.

3. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the degree of movement of the touch input comprises a movement speed of the touch input.

4. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the degree of transparency of the UI items is determined by a following formula 1:

New_—

x=(x^2/2−

x+1)*255 

 

[Formula 1]

wherein, New_x refers to the degree of transparency of the UI items and x refers to the movement degree of the touch input on the screen.

5. A method of controlling a computing device, the method comprising:

displaying at least a part of UI (user interface) items displayable among a plurality of UI items on a screen of a display unit with a degree of transparency;

receiving a user'"'"'s touch input on the display unit;

scrolling the UI items in a direction corresponding to a direction of the user'"'"'s touch input and sequentially displaying the plurality of UI items on the screen according to the user'"'"'s touch input; and

increasing the degree of transparency of the UI items while a position of the displayed UI items on the screen remains from a timing when there are no additional UI items to be displayed according to the direction of the received user touch input,

wherein the increasing the degree of transparency comprises increasing the degree of transparency of the UI items corresponding to a degree of movement of the touch input from the timing when there are no additional UI items to be displayed according to the direction of the received user touch input.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the degree of movement of the touch input comprises a movement distance of the touch input.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the degree of movement of the touch input comprises a movement speed of the touch input.

8. The computing device according to claim 5, wherein the increasing comprises determining the degree of transparency of the UI items by a following formula 1:

New_—

x=(x^2/2−

x+1)*255 

 

[Formula 1]

wherein, New_x refers to the degree of transparency of the UI items and x refers to the movement degree of the touch input on the screen.

9. A method of controlling a display of user interface (UI) items on a touchscreen display unit communicatively coupled to a computing device, the method comprising:

displaying one or more UI items from among a plurality of UI items on the touchscreen with a contrast ratio;

scrolling and sequentially displaying the UI items in a direction according to a direction of a received input touch on the touchscreen display unit; and

adjusting the contrast ratio of the displayed UI items while a position of the displayed UI items on the screen remains to inform a user there are no additional UI items to be displayed of the plurality of UI items by additional touch input from the user in the direction of the received input touch,

wherein the adjusting the contrast ratio comprises adjusting the contrast ratio of the displayed UI items corresponding to a degree of movement of the touch input from a timing when there are no additional UI items to be displayed according to the direction of the received input touch.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the scrolling and sequentially displaying of the UI items is at a speed of movement according to the received input touch.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the scrolling and sequentially displaying of the UI items is according to a distance of the received input touch, where the distance is between a first point of contact and a last point of contact of the received input touch.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein when the contrast ratio is adjusted, resetting the adjusted contrast ratio to a predetermined ratio when a period of time has elapsed where touch input is not received.

13. The method claim 9, wherein when the contrast ratio is adjusted, resetting the adjusted contrast ratio to a ratio when a second input touch is received in a second direction where there are additional UI items to be displayed.

14. A computing device comprising:

a display unit to display a screen including one or more user interface (UI) items;

a touch input unit to receive a user'"'"'s touch input on the display unit; and

a controller to control the display unit to display the one or more UI items from among a plurality of UI items on the display unit with a contrast ratio, to control a scroll and sequential display of the UI items in a direction according to a direction of the received input touch, and to adjust the contrast ratio of the displayed UI items while a position of each of the displayed UI items on the screen remains to inform a user there are no additional UI items to be displayed of the plurality of UI items by additional touch input from the user in the direction of the received input touch,

wherein the controller adjusts the contrast ratio of the displayed UI items so as to correspond to a degree of movement of the touch input received by the touch input unit from a timing when there are no additional UI items to be displayed according to the direction of the received user touch input.

15. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the controller controls the scroll and sequential display of the UI items at a speed of movement according to the received input touch on the touch input unit.

16. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the controller controls the scroll and sequential display of the UI items according to a distance of the received input touch determined by the touch input unit, where the distance is between a first point of contact and a last point of contact of the received input touch on the touch input unit.

17. The computing device of claim 14, wherein when the contrast ratio is adjusted by the controller, the controller resets the adjusted contrast ratio to a ratio when a period of time has elapsed where touch input is not received by the touch input unit.

18. The computing device of claim 14, wherein when the contrast ratio is adjusted by the controller, the controller resets the adjusted contrast ratio to a ratio when a second input touch is received by the touch input unit in a second direction where there are additional UI items to be displayed.