Method for controlling two or three dimensional figure based on touch and apparatus thereof

• US 9,383,920 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2013
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Sanghee
• Primary Examiner(s): Abdul-Ali, Omar
• Application Number:
  US14/142,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20140189609A1
• Time in Patent Office: 921 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

A method for controlling a figure based on a touch includes recognizing a figure which is input by handwriting on a touch screen, displaying one or more variable points to which a controlling function of a figure is mapped on a trajectory of the recognized figure, detecting a touch input that selects one of the variable points, determining whether a controlling function execution request of the recognized figure is detected based on at least one of a pressure information and a touch gesture information corresponding to the detected touch input, and executing the controlling function of the figure corresponding to the selected variable points when the controlling function execution request is detected.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a figure, the method comprising:

recognizing a figure which is input by handwriting on a touch screen;

displaying one or more variable points to which a controlling function of a figure is mapped on a trajectory of the recognized figure;

detecting a touch input that selects one of the variable points;

determining whether a controlling function execution request of the recognized figure is detected based on at least one of a pressure information and a touch gesture information corresponding to the detected touch input; and

executing the controlling function of the figure corresponding to the selected variable points when the controlling function execution request is detected.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the controlling function of the figure comprises:

executing a controlling function command of a figure which is mapped to the selected variable point; and

executing at least one of an addition, a deletion, a shape change, a style change, an effect change, a color change, a size change, and a length change function of the recognized figure according to the execution.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein deter mining whether the controlling function execution request is detected comprises:

detecting a touch gesture corresponding to the touch input; and

detecting the controlling function execution request when the touch gesture corresponds to a preset function execution gesture.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the controlling function execution request is detected comprises:

detecting a touch pressure information corresponding to the touch input;

detecting the touch gesture when a touch gesture input movement generates within a certain period of time after detecting the touch pressure; and

detecting the controlling function execution request when the touch gesture corresponds to a preset functional execution gesture.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the controlling function of the figure comprises changing the number of the variable points according to a shape of the figure in which the operational function is executed to output.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the controlling function of the figure comprises:

outputting a first changed figure according to a first option of the controlling function in response to a first touch gesture when the first touch gesture is input;

outputting a second changed figure according to a second option of the controlling function in response to a second touch gesture when the second touch gesture is input; and

outputting a third changed figure according to a third option of the controlling function in response to a third gesture when the third touch gesture is input.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

releasing a mark of the variable point when a touch generates from an external area of the recognized figure.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a touch gesture passing through a part of the recognized figure in an external area of the recognized figure;

splitting and displaying the recognized figure according to a touch gesture in response to the detected touch gesture; and

executing a function of deleting the selected area when a deletion function execution request gesture is detected with respect to a touch selecting one area among the split area of the figure.

9. An apparatus for controlling a figure, the apparatus comprising:

a touch screen configured to detect a handwriting input during operation of an editor mode, and display an input effect corresponding to the handwriting input; and

a controller configured to control to recognize a figure input by a handwriting on the touch screen, display one or more variable points to which a controlling function of a figure is mapped on a trajectory of the recognized figure, detect a controlling function execution request of the recognized figure based on at least one of a pressure information and a touch gesture information corresponding to a touch input when a touch input that selects one of the variable points is detected, and execute the controlling function of the figure corresponding to the selected variable point in response to the function execution request.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the touch screen further comprises:

a touch pen panel and a touch panel configured to detect the handwriting input; and

a display unit configured to display a trajectory according to the handwriting input, and display a figure where the controlling function of the figure is executed.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the display unit displays at least one of a functional execution effect of an addition, a deletion, a shape change, a style change, an effect change, a color change, a size change, a length change, and a movement of the figure recognized according to the functional execution command under the control of the controller in the editor mode.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller controls to change and output a number of the variable points according to a shape of the figure which is output on the touch screen.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller outputs a first changed figure according to a first option of the controlling function in response to a first touch gesture when the first touch gesture is detected, outputs a second changed figure according to a second option in response to a second touch gesture when the second touch gesture is detected, and outputs a third changed figure according to a third option in response to a third touch gesture when the third touch gesture is detected.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller controls to release a mark of the variable point when a touch generates from an external area of the recognized figure.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller controls to split and display the recognized figure in response to the detected touch gesture when the touch gesture passing through a part of the recognized figure is detected from an external area of the recognized figure, and delete the selected area when a deletion functional execution request gesture is detected for a touch selecting one area among the split areas.

16. A portable terminal configured for controlling a figure, the portable terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit;

a touch screen configured to detect a handwriting input during operation of an editor mode, and display an input effect corresponding to the handwriting input; and

a controller configured to control to recognize a figure input by a handwriting on the touch screen, display one or more variable points to which a controlling function of a figure is mapped on a trajectory of the recognized figure, detect a controlling function execution request of the recognized figure based on at least one of a pressure information and a touch gesture information corresponding to a touch input when a touch input that selects one of the variable points is detected, and execute the controlling function of the figure corresponding to the selected variable point in response to the function execution request.

17. The portable terminal of claim 16, wherein the touch screen further comprises:

a touch pen panel and a touch panel configured to detect the handwriting input; and

a display unit configured to display a trajectory according to the handwriting input, and display a figure where the controlling function of the figure is executed.

18. The portable terminal of claim 16, wherein the display unit displays at least one of a functional execution effect of an addition, a deletion, a shape change, a style change, an effect change, a color change, a size change, a length change, and a movement of the figure recognized according to the functional execution command under the control of the controller in the editor mode.

19. The portable terminal of claim 16, wherein the controller controls to change and output a number of the variable points according to a shape of the figure which is output on the touch screen.

20. The portable terminal of claim 16, wherein the controller outputs a first changed figure according to a first option of the controlling function in response to a first touch gesture when the first touch gesture is detected, outputs a second changed figure according to a second option in response to a second touch gesture when the second touch gesture is detected, and outputs a third changed figure according to a third option in response to a third touch gesture when the third touch gesture is detected.