Display apparatus and method thereof

• US 9,372,619 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2011
• Issued: 06/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoon, Soo-yeoun, Kwon, O-jae, Kim, Yoo-tai, Cho, Bong-hyun, Yang, Gyung-hye, Park, Eun-hee
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia, Prabodh M
• Application Number:
  US13/005,998
• Publication Number:
  US 20110175855A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,986 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-179, 345/582, 345/588, 715/203, 715/230, 715/233, 715/863, 382/131, 382/173
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A display apparatus is provided that includes a user interface unit which displays a content, a storage unit which stores a scribble pattern, and a control unit which, if a scribble is inputted according to the stored scribble pattern, sets a content area corresponding to a spot where the scribble is inputted and stores the set content area to the storage unit, making it possible to more efficiently manage the content.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a user interface unit for displaying a content on a screen and detecting a user input over a displayed content;

a storage unit for storing a user input pattern and information with respect to an area corresponding to the user input pattern; and

a control unit for determining whether the detected user input substantially matches the stored user input pattern and upon determination that the detected user input substantially matches the stored user input pattern, selecting an area corresponding to the user input pattern based on the information stored in the storage unit and storing a content on the selected area in the storage unit,

wherein each of the information with respect to each area corresponding to the user input pattern has different size information according to a type of the user input pattern and a location where the user input is inputted.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit selects the area in a direction corresponding to a type of the stored user input pattern and corresponding to a preset size of the stored user input pattern.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit selects the area to be from an uppermost area to a lowermost area.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, if it is determined that two or more of the detected user input match two or more of the stored user input pattern, and the two or more of the detected user input are inputted within a preset range, the control unit selects the area according to the two or more of the stored user input pattern altogether.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, if it is determined that two or more of the detected user input match two or more of the stored user input pattern, and the two or more of the detected user input are inputted within at a preset time interval, the control unit selects the area according to the two or more of the stored user input pattern altogether.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit determines that the detected user input corresponds to the stored user input pattern only if the displayed content exists within a predetermined range from where the detected user input is inputted.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit categorizes the selected area under the respective stored user input pattern and stores the categories at the storage unit.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, if a command directing to check information corresponding to the stored user input pattern is inputted, the control unit controls so that the content displayed in the selected area is read from the storage unit and displayed in a list form.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit separately stores an original file of the displayed content and a user input pattern file of the content displayed in the selected area in the storage unit.

10. method for selecting an area of a content, the method comprising:

displaying the content on a screen;

detecting a user input over the displayed content;

determining whether the detected user input substantially matches a stored user input pattern; and

if the detected user input is determined to substantially match the stored user input pattern, selecting an area corresponding to the user input pattern based on prestored information with respect to an area corresponding to the user input pattern and storing a content on the selected area,

wherein each of the information with respect each area corresponding to the user input pattern has different size information according to a type of the user input pattern and a location where the user input is inputted.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein selecting the area comprises selecting the area in a direction corresponding to a type of the stored user input pattern and corresponding to a preset size of the stored user input pattern.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein selecting the area comprises selecting the area to be from an uppermost area to a lowermost area.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein, if it is determined that two or more of the detected user input match two or more of the stored user input pattern, and the two or more of the detected user input are inputted within a preset range, determining the area comprises selecting the area according to the two or more of the stored user input pattern altogether.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein, if it is determined that two or more of the detected user input match two or more of the stored user input pattern, and the two or more of the detected user input are inputted at a preset time interval, selecting the area comprises selecting the area according to the two or more of the stored user input pattern altogether.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the detected user input is determined to correspond to the stored user input pattern only if the displayed content exists in a predetermined range from where the detected user input is inputted.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising categorizing the selected area under the respective stored user input pattern and storing the categories.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein, if a command directing to check information corresponding to the stored user input pattern is inputted, further comprising reading the content displayed in the selected area and displaying the content displayed in the selected area in a list form.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising separately storing in a storage unit an original file of the displayed content and a user input pattern file of the content displayed in the selected area.