Method for providing touch screen-based user interface and portable terminal adapted to the method
First Claim
1. A method for providing touch screen-based user interface of a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- detecting a touch input at a region of a touch screen that does not contain an icon;
displaying a first set of at least one icon near a determined touch input position in response to the touch input retained at the determined touch input position on the touch screen for longer than a first time interval;
displaying a second set of at least one icon near the determined touch input position, in addition to displaying the first set of at least one icon, in response to the touch input retained at the determined touch input position on the touch screen for longer than a second time interval plus the first time interval, the second time interval being sequential to the first time interval;
detecting a number of icons included in the displayed first set and second set of at least one icon;
re-arranging and displaying icons included in the displayed first set and the displayed second set of at least one icon according to information regarding icon arrangement that is set corresponding to the detected number of the icons included in the displayed first set and the displayed second set of at least one icon;
detecting a touch release;
detecting a re-touch input applied to a position where the touch release has occurred;
measuring a re-touch input retaining time that the re-touch input is being applied to the position where the touch release has occurred; and
removing at least one icon, in a reverse order of the displaying of the icons, according to the measured re-touch input retaining time,wherein the displaying of the first set of at least one icon and the displaying of the second set of at least one icon occurs in response to the touch input retained at the determined touch input position on the touch screen, andwherein each of the first set of at least one icon and the second set of at least one icon are displayed at a same distance from a position where the re-touch input is detected when the first set of at least one icon and the second set of at least one icon are displayed.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method for providing touch screen-based user interface and a portable terminal adapted to the method are provided. The method includes setting types and display order of icons to be displayed on a touch screen, sensing a touch input to the touch screen, measuring a time that the touch input is retained on the touch screen, and displaying at least one icon, in an order, according to the measured touch input retaining time and the set types and display order of icons. The touch screen-based user interface providing method can allow a user to easily search for and operate a corresponding function, via a relatively small number of touch inputting actions, thereby enhancing the user'"'"'s experience while the user is using the portable terminal.
61 Citations
17 Claims
-
1. A method for providing touch screen-based user interface of a portable terminal, the method comprising:
-
detecting a touch input at a region of a touch screen that does not contain an icon; displaying a first set of at least one icon near a determined touch input position in response to the touch input retained at the determined touch input position on the touch screen for longer than a first time interval; displaying a second set of at least one icon near the determined touch input position, in addition to displaying the first set of at least one icon, in response to the touch input retained at the determined touch input position on the touch screen for longer than a second time interval plus the first time interval, the second time interval being sequential to the first time interval; detecting a number of icons included in the displayed first set and second set of at least one icon; re-arranging and displaying icons included in the displayed first set and the displayed second set of at least one icon according to information regarding icon arrangement that is set corresponding to the detected number of the icons included in the displayed first set and the displayed second set of at least one icon; detecting a touch release; detecting a re-touch input applied to a position where the touch release has occurred; measuring a re-touch input retaining time that the re-touch input is being applied to the position where the touch release has occurred; and removing at least one icon, in a reverse order of the displaying of the icons, according to the measured re-touch input retaining time, wherein the displaying of the first set of at least one icon and the displaying of the second set of at least one icon occurs in response to the touch input retained at the determined touch input position on the touch screen, and wherein each of the first set of at least one icon and the second set of at least one icon are displayed at a same distance from a position where the re-touch input is detected when the first set of at least one icon and the second set of at least one icon are displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A portable terminal that provides User Interface (UI), the terminal comprising:
-
a touch screen configured to detect a user'"'"'s touch input; and a controller configured to; control the touch screen to detect the user'"'"'s touch input at a region of the touch screen that does not contain an icon, control the touch screen to display a first set of at least one icon near a determined touch input position in response to the touch input retained at the determined touch input position on the touch screen for longer than a first time interval, control the touch screen to display a second set of at least one icon near the determined touch input position, in addition to displaying the first set of at least one icon, in response to the touch input retained at the determined touch input position on the touch screen for longer than a second time interval plus the first time interval, the second time interval being sequential to the first time interval, detect a number of icons included in the displayed first set and second set of at least one icon, re-arrange and control the touch screen to display icons included in the displayed first set and the displayed second set of at least one icon according to information regarding icon arrangement that is set corresponding to the detected number of the icons included in the displayed first set and the displayed second set of at least one icon, detect a touch release, detect a re-touch input applied to a position where the touch release has occurred, measure a re-touch input retaining time that the re-touch input is being applied to the position where the touch release has occurred, and remove at least one icon, in a reverse order of the displaying of the icons, according to the measured re-touch input retaining time, wherein the displaying of the first set of at least one icon and the displaying of the second set of at least one icon occurs in response to the touch input retained at the determined touch input position on the touch screen, and wherein the controller is further configured to control, when configured to control the touch screen to display the first set of at least one icon and the second set of at least one icon, the touch screen to display each of the first set of at least one icon and the second set of at least one icon at a same distance from the determined touch input position where the touch input is detected. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
-
Specification