Graphical user interface, display apparatus and control method thereof

• US 9,361,014 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2012
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Byuk-sun, Kim, Yong-deok, Moon, Jong-bo, Yoo, Ho-june, Lee, Hye-jeong, Choi, Sang-on
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Matt
• Assistant Examiner(s): Samwel, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US13/674,464
• Publication Number:
  US 20130132912A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,303 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 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser

Abstract

A graphical user interface, a display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display unit which displays thereon an image comprising a plurality of user interface (UI) objects and a pointer; a pointer adjuster which generates the pointer and moves the pointer based on a user command for moving the pointer received from an input device; and a controller which controls the pointer adjuster to adjust a moving speed of the pointer according to a density of the UI objects displayed on the display unit.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display unit which displays thereon an image comprising a plurality of user interface (UI) objects and a pointer;

a pointer adjuster which generates the pointer and moves the pointer based on a user command for moving the pointer received from an input device; and

a controller which determines a first density based on a number of the plurality of UI objects in the image, sub-divides the image, based on the first density, into a first area of the image having a first UI density greater than the first density and a second area of the image having a second UI density less than the first density, and controls the pointer adjuster to adjust a moving speed of the pointer according to a density of the UI objects displayed on the display unit.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the pointer adjuster to adjust the moving speed of the pointer when the pointer is located in the first area to be slower than the moving speed of the pointer when the pointer is located in the second area.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller controls the pointer adjuster to adjust the moving speed of the pointer according to the density of the UI objects when the user command for moving the pointer is slower than a predetermined speed.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the pointer adjuster to adjust the moving speed of the pointer when the pointer moves in a predetermined direction.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines a second density based on a corresponding number of the plurality of UI objects along a moving direction of the pointer, determines a corresponding location of the pointer among the first area and the second area, and controls the pointer adjuster to adjust the moving speed of the pointer according to the corresponding location and the second density.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller controls the pointer adjuster to intermittently move the pointer between the UI objects in response to the user command for moving the pointer.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display a notification of the adjustment of the moving speed of the pointer.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image comprises a web page, and the UI objects comprise links.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input device comprises at least one of a mouse, a touch pad and a joy stick.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pointer comprises a circular area pointer comprising a predetermined area.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first area is an irregular polygon.

12. A control method of a display apparatus, the control method comprising:

displaying an image comprising a plurality of user interface (UI) objects, and a pointer;

determining a first density based on a number of the plurality of UI objects in the image;

sub-dividing the image, based on the first density, into a first area of the image having a first UI density greater than the first density and a second area of the image having a second UI density less than the first density and;

receiving a user command for moving the pointer from an input device;

moving the pointer based on the user command for moving the pointer; and

adjusting a moving speed of the pointer according to a density of the UI objects displayed in the image.

13. The control method according to claim 12, wherein the adjusting the moving speed of the pointer comprises adjusting the moving speed of the pointer when the pointer is located in the first area to be slower than the moving speed of the pointer when the pointer is located in the second area.

14. The control method according to claim 13, further comprising determining whether the user command for moving the pointer is slower than a predetermined speed,

wherein the adjusting the moving speed of the pointer comprises reducing the moving speed of the pointer according to the density of the UI objects when the user command for moving the pointer is slower than the predetermined speed.

15. The control method according to claim 12, further comprising determining whether the pointer moves in a predetermined direction,

wherein the adjusting the moving speed of the pointer comprises reducing the moving speed of the pointer according to the density of the UI objects when the pointer moves in the predetermined direction.

16. The control method according to claim 12, further comprising:

determining a second density based on a corresponding number of the plurality of UI objects along a moving direction of the pointer;

determining a corresponding location of the pointer among the first area and the second area,

wherein the adjusting the moving speed of the pointer comprises adjusting the moving speed of the pointer according to the corresponding location and the second density.

17. The control method according to claim 13, wherein the moving the pointer comprises intermittently moving the pointer between UI objects in response to the user command for moving the pointer.

18. The control method according to claim 13, further comprising displaying a notification of the adjustment of the moving speed of the pointer.

19. The control method according to claim 12, wherein the image comprises a web page, and the UI objects comprise links.

20. The control method according to claim 12, wherein the input device comprises at least one of a mouse, a touch pad and a joy stick.

21. The control method according to claim 12, wherein the pointer comprises a circular area pointer comprising a predetermined area.