Method for providing graphical user interface (GUI), and multimedia apparatus applying the same

• US 9,411,491 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2008
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Chan-ho, Hwangbo, Kyoung-nyo, Kim, Mi-kyoung
• Primary Examiner(s): LONG, ANDREA NATAE
• Application Number:
  US12/173,981
• Publication Number:
  US 20090199119A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,946 Days
• Field of Search: 715/720, 715/772, 715/786, 715/800
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to receive a user command on a touch screen, and a multimedia apparatus using the same. The method for providing a GUI includes determining whether an enlargement command for a GUI item is received, and enlarging the GUI item. Therefore, it is possible to enable a user to operate the GUI item more correctly, and to provide the superior visual effect when the GUI item is operated.

Claims

1. A method of providing, on a touch screen, a graphical user interface (GUI) including a first progress bar having a position indicator to indicate a playback position of a content, the method comprising:

detecting an initial touch applied at the position indicator;

in response to the initial touch being applied for a duration greater than a threshold amount of time and detecting a dragging gesture being applied to the position indicator after the initial touch, performing a shifting of a playback position of the content in a first mode; and

in response to the initial touch being applied for a duration less than the threshold amount of time and detecting the dragging gesture being applied to the position indicator after the initial touch, performing a shifting of a playback position of the content in a second mode; and

in response to the initial touch being applied for a duration greater than the threshold amount of time, displaying a second progress bar representing a second playback duration which is shorter than the first playback duration and having a resolution that is finer than a resolution of the first progress bar associated with a first playback duration,

wherein the playback position can be adjusted more precisely in the first mode than in the second mode, and

wherein when the second progess bar is displayed, a position of the position indicator does not change.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second progress bar comprises an enlarged portion of the first progress bar corresponding to a predetermined interval range centered about the position indicator and that is displayed instead of the first progress bar.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the second progress bar comprises controlling a portion of the first progress bar to be enlarged in between the initial touch and the release from the dragging gesture.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the second progress bar comprises highlighting a position on the first progress bar to which the finer resolution is applied.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second progress bar is displayed on a position that the first progress bar associated with the first playback duration has been displayed on, such that the first progress bar associated with the first playback duration is not displayed on the position.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a location of the position indicator is not affected when displaying the second progress bar.

16. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to display the second progress bar by controlling a portion of the first progress bar to be enlarged in between the initial touch and the release from the dragging gesture.

28. The method of claim 1, wherein the second progress bar is based on location of the position indicator when the initial touch is applied for the duration greater than the threshold amount of time.

29. The method of claim 1, wherein the second progress bar is displayed instead of the first progress bar after the initial touch is applied for a duration greater than the threshold amount of time, and in response to performing a gesture to end the displaying of the second progress bar, re-displaying the first progress bar instead of the second progress bar.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the gesture to end the displaying of the second progress bar and re-display the first progress bar instead of the second progress bar is performed with respect to the position indicator.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the initial touch, the dragging gesture applied to the position indicator after the initial touch, and the gesture to end the displaying of the second progress bar and re-display the first progress bar are all applied to the same position indicator.

32. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial touch and the dragging gesture applied to the position indicator after the initial touch are both applied to the same position indicator.

33. The method of claim 1, wherein, in response to the position indicator moving for a first distance in the displayed first progress bar, the playback duration is changed based on the first playback duration, and in response to the position indicator moving for the first distance in the displayed second progress bar, the playback duration is changed based on the second playback duration, which is shorter than the first playback duration.

7. A method of providing, on a touch screen, a graphical user interface (GUI) including a first progress bar having a position indicator to indicate a playback position of a content, the method comprising:

detecting an initial touch applied at the position indicator;

in response to the initial touch being applied for a duration greater than a threshold amount of time and detecting a dragging gesture being applied to the position indicator after the initial touch, performing a shifting of a playback position of the content in a first mode; and

in response to the initial touch being applied for a duration less than the threshold amount of time and detecting the dragging gesture being applied to the position indicator after the initial touch, performing a shifting of a playback position of the content in a second mode; and

in response to the initial touch being applied for a for a duration greater than the threshold amount of time, displaying a second progress bar representing a second playback duration which is shorter than the first playback duration and having a resolution that is finer than a resolution of the first progress bar associated with a first playback duration,

wherein the playback position can be adjusted via the position indicator more precisely in the first mode than in the second mode, and

wherein when the second progress bar is displayed, a position of the position indicator does not change.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second progress bar comprises an enlarged portion of the first progress bar corresponding to a predetermined interval range centered about the position indicator and that is displayed instead of the first progress bar.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the displaying the second progress bar comprises controlling a portion of the first progress bar to be enlarged in between the initial touch and the release from the dragging gesture.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the displaying the second progress bar comprises highlighting a position on the first progress bar to which the finer resolution is to be applied.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the second progress bar is based on location of the position indicator when the initial touch is applied for the duration greater than the threshold amount of time.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the second progress bar is displayed on a position that the first progress bar associated with the first playback duration has been displayed on, such that the first progress bar associated with the first playback duration is not displayed on the position.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein a location of the position indicator is not affected when displaying the second progress bar.

14. A multimedia apparatus, comprising:

a touch screen configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI) including a first progress bar having a position indicator to indicate a playback position of a content; and

a controller configured to determine whether an initial touch is applied at the position indicator, and in response to the initial touch being applied for a duration greater than the threshold amount of time and detecting a dragging gesture being applied to the position indicator after the initial touch, controls to shift a playback position of the content in a first mode, and in response to the initial touch being applied for a duration less than the threshold amount of time and detecting the dragging gesture being applied to the position indicator after the initial touch, controls to shift a playback position of the content in a second mode,

wherein, in response to the initial touch being applied for a duration greater than the threshold amount of time the controller controls the touch screen to display a second progress bar representing a second playback duration which is shorter than the first playback duration and having a resolution that is finer than a resolution of the first progress bar associated with a first playback duration, and

wherein the playback position can be adjusted more precisely in the first mode than in the second mode, and

wherein when the second progress bar is displayed, a position of the position indicator does not change.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the second progress bar comprises an enlarged portion of the first progress bar corresponding to a predetermined interval range centered about the position indicator and that is displayed instead of the first progress bar.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to display the second progress bar when a highlighted position on the first progress bar is received by the touch screen to which the finer resolution is to be applied by the controller.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to display the second progress bar based on location of the position indicator when the initial touch is applied for the duration greater than the threshold amount of time.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to display the second progress bar on a position that the first progress bar associated with the first playback duration has been displayed on, such that the first progress bar associated with the first playback duration is not displayed on the position.

20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein a location of the position indicator is not affected when displaying the second progress bar.

21. A multimedia apparatus, comprising:

a touch screen configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI) including a first progress bar having a position indicator to indicate a playback position of a content; and

a controller configured to determine whether an initial touch is applied at the position indicator, and in response to the initial touch being applied for a duration greater than the threshold amount of time and detecting a dragging gesture being applied to the position indicator after the initial touch, controls to shift a playback position of the content in a first mode, and in response to the initial touch being applied for a duration less than the threshold amount of time and detecting the dragging gesture being applied to the position indicator after the initial touch, controls to shift a playback position of the content in a second mode,

wherein, in response to the initial touch being applied for a duration greater than the threshold amount of time, the controller controls the touch screen to display a second progress bar representing a second playback duration which is shorter than the first playback duration and having a resolution that is finer than a resolution of the first progress bar associated with a first playback duration, and

wherein the playback position can be adjusted via the position indicator more precisely in the first mode than in the second mode, and

wherein when the second progress bar is displayed, a position of the position indicator does not change.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the second progress bar comprises an enlarged portion of the first progress bar corresponding to a predetermined interval range centered about the position indicator and that is displayed instead of the first progress bar.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to display the second progress bar by controlling a portion of the first progress bar to be enlarged in between the initial touch and the release from the dragging gesture.

24. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to display the second progress bar when a highlighted position on the first progress bar is received by the touch screen to which the finer resolution is to be applied by the controller.

25. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to display the second progress bar based on a location of the position indicator when the initial touch is applied for the duration greater than the threshold amount of time.

26. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to display the second progress bar on a position that the first progress bar associated with the first playback duration has been displayed on, such that the first progress bar associated with the first playback duration is not displayed on the position.

27. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein a location of the position indicator is not affected when displaying the second progress bar.