Display device and method for controlling the same

• US 9,098,188 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2012
• Issued: 08/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jihwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisen, Alexander
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yang, Nan-Ying
• Application Number:
  US13/653,477
• Publication Number:
  US 20140049483A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,021 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a display device and a method for controlling the same. Herein, the method for controlling the display device includes the steps of displaying a first object and a second object, wherein the first object is displayed so that at least a portion can overlay a first region of the second object, determining a first pressure condition being required for controlling the first object within the first region of the second object, detecting a first touch input touching a region in which the first object is displayed, detecting a second touch input controlling the first object, controlling the first object corresponding to the second touch input, when a pressure level of the first touch input satisfies the first pressure condition, and allowing the second touch input to bypass the first object, when the pressure level does not satisfy the first pressure condition.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a display device, the method comprising:

displaying a first object and a second object, wherein a first portion of the second object is overlaid with at least a portion of the first object;

acquiring a first pressure condition required for moving the displayed first object on the second object, wherein the first pressure condition is acquired with respect to an attribute of the first object and an attribute of the first portion of the second object;

detecting a first touch input touching the displayed first object;

detecting a second touch input moving the first object, wherein the second touch input is inputted in succession to the first touch input;

moving the first object corresponding to the second touch input when a pressure level of the first touch input satisfies the first pressure condition;

acquiring a second pressure condition for controlling the first object within a second portion of the second object, wherein the second pressure condition is acquired with respect to the attribute of the first object and to an attribute of the second portion of the second object;

moving and repositioning the first object from the first portion to the second portion, when a pressure level of the second touch input satisfies the second pressure condition; and

maintaining a position of the first object in the first portion, when the pressure level of the second touch input does not satisfy the second pressure condition.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first pressure condition corresponds to information indicating whether or not the pressure level of the first touch input exceeds a pressure threshold, the pressure threshold being acquired with respect to a texture of the first object and a texture of the first portion of the second object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first pressure condition corresponds to information indicating whether or not the pressure level of the first touch input is included within a pressure level range, the pressure level range being acquired to include a lower bound value corresponding to a texture of the first object and an upper bound value corresponding to a texture of the first portion of the second object.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of moving the first object corresponding to the second touch input comprises:

acquiring a limited movement range of the first object with respect to a pressure level of the first touch input and a texture of the first object, wherein the limited movement range corresponds to a maximum movement distance to which the first object can be moved by the second touch input; and

moving and repositioning the first object in accordance with the second touch input and displaying the repositioned first object.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of moving and repositioning the first object in accordance with the second touch input and displaying the repositioned first object comprises:

displaying the first object in a position to which the first object is repositioned, when the first object is moved within the limited movement range by the second touch input; and

returning the first object back to its initial position prior to being moved, when the movement of the first object performed by the second touch input exceeds the limited movement range.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of moving the first object corresponding to the second touch input further comprises:

displaying a boundary up to which the first object is moved with respect to the acquired limited movement range.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein, in the step of moving and repositioning the first object in accordance with the second touch input and displaying the repositioned first object, the first object is displayed along a movement path included in the limited movement range, when the movement of the first object performed by the second touch input exceeds the limited movement range.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein, in the step of acquiring the first pressure condition, the first object includes a plurality of portions, each of the portions having a different attribute, and

wherein the pressure condition of each portion is differently set up for each portion.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of moving the first object corresponding to the second touch input comprises:

acquiring a movement speed of the first object with respect to the attribute of the first object and the attribute of the first portion of the second object;

moving and repositioning the first object at the movement speed of the first object, the movement speed of the first object being acquired in accordance with the second touch input; and

displaying the repositioned object.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a first tactile feedback respective to the attribute of the first object and a pressure level of the first touch input.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the attribute of the first object includes a texture, and wherein, in the step of generating a first tactile feedback, an intensity of a frictional force of the first tactile feedback is controlled with respect to a texture of the first object.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein, in the step of generating a first tactile feedback, the intensity of the frictional force of the first tactile feedback is controlled in proportion to a pressure level of the first touch input.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein, in the step of generating a first tactile feedback, the tactile feedback is generated by using ultrasonic resonance, and wherein the intensity of the frictional force of the first tactile feedback is control by changing a frequency and amplitude of the ultrasonic resonance.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of moving the first object corresponding to the second touch input comprises:

generating a second tactile feedback respective to the second touch input, wherein the second tactile feedback is generated with respect to the attribute of the first object, the attribute of the first portion of the second object, and a pressure level of the second touch input; and

moving the first object in accordance with the second touch input and displaying the moved first object.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein, when the first object is repositioned in the second portion, a tactile feedback is generated with respect to the attribute of the first object, the attribute of the second portion of the second object, and the pressure level of the second touch input.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein, when the first object is displayed between boundaries of the first portion and the second portion, a tactile feedback is generated with respect to the attribute of the first object, the attribute of the first portion, the attribute of the second portion, and to the pressure level of the second touch input.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein, in the step of maintaining the position of first object, a tactile feedback is generated with respect to the attribute of the first object and the pressure level of the second touch input, at a time point when the first object touches boundaries between the first portion and the second portion.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of moving the first object corresponding to the second touch input comprises:

deciding a degree of interference between the first object and the second object;

reducing a control distance of the second touch input with respect to the decided degree of interference; and

moving and repositioning the first object in accordance with the reduced control distance and displaying the repositioned object.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the degree of interference is decided with respect to a texture of the second object and a pressure level of the second touch input.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the second object corresponds to a background image being displayed on the display device.

21. A display device, comprising:

a touch sensitive display unit configured to detect a touch input; and

a controller configured to control the touch sensitive display unit,

wherein the display device;

displays a first object and a second object, wherein a first portion of the second object is overlaid with at least a portion of the first object;

acquires a first pressure condition required for moving the displayed first object on the second object, wherein the first pressure condition is acquired with respect to an attribute of the first object and an attribute of the first portion of the second object;

detects a first touch input touching the displayed first object;

detects a second touch input moving the first object, wherein the second touch input is inputted in succession to the first touch input;

moves the first object corresponding to the second touch input, when a pressure level of the first touch input satisfies the first pressure condition;

acquires a second pressure condition for controlling the first object within a second portion of the second object wherein the second pressure condition is acquired with respect to the attribute of the first object and to an attribute of the second portion of the second object;

moves and repositions the first object from the first portion to the second portion, when a pressure level of the second touch input satisfies the second pressure condition; and

maintains a position of the first object in the first portion, when the pressure level of the second touch input does not satisfy the second pressure condition.