Electronic device having touch screen and function controlling method of the same

• US 9,411,502 B2
• Filed: 10/11/2013
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yang, Hui Chul, Hong, Nho Kyung, Jeon, Jin Young, Kang, Tae Young, Jong, In Won
• Primary Examiner(s): Edwards, Carolyn R
• Application Number:
  US14/052,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20140040822A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,033 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-184
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera

Abstract

A method for providing a graphical user interface on a display of a device includes: displaying a photograph image on the display of the device; receiving a touch input made on the display; superimposedly displaying a plurality of control guides at a location corresponding to the touch input over the displayed photograph image in response to the touch input; receiving a drag input corresponding to one of the plurality of control guides displayed on the display; adjusting a display characteristic of the photograph image corresponding to the one of the plurality of control guides, in response to the drag input; and displaying the photograph image having the adjusted display characteristic on the display, wherein the display characteristic is a magnification of the photograph image.

Claims

1. An image photographing method using a graphical user interface on a screen of a device, the method comprising:

displaying a preview image on the screen of the device, wherein a preview image is an image that is currently being provided on the screen of the device for photographing an image;

providing a plurality of control guides over a preview image currently being provided on the screen, each control guide for adjusting a visual characteristic for a preview image;

detecting a touch or a drag corresponding to one of the plurality of control guides while providing the plurality of control guides;

in response to detecting the touch or the drag, adjusting a visual characteristic associated with the one of the plurality of control guides;

displaying a preview image having the adjusted visual characteristic on the screen; and

photographing an image having the adjusted visual characteristic, while displaying a preview image having the adjusted visual characteristic on the screen,

wherein the one of the plurality of control guides is for adjusting a brightness of an image to photograph.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one of the plurality of control guides disappears in response to detecting the touch or the drag.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of control guides disappears in response to detecting the touch or the drag.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of control guides are a plurality of directional arrows superimposed over the displayed preview image.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of control guides are respectively associated with a plurality of different controls that adjust visual characteristics of the preview image.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of control guides are respectively associated with text information describing the adjusting each visual characteristic.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of directional arrows are respectively arranged to indicate different directions.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the detecting comprises detecting the drag on the screen, and

wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the visual characteristic of the preview image based on a distance of the drag.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the detecting comprises detecting the drag on the screen, and

wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the visual characteristic of the preview image based on a direction of the drag.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the detecting comprises detecting the drag on the screen, and

wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the visual characteristic of the preview image based on a velocity of the drag.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of control guides are associated with a plurality of tasks, respectively, and

the adjusting comprises adjusting the visual characteristic in accordance with one of the plurality of tasks associated with the one of the plurality of control guides.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein different control guides among the plurality of control guides are displayed based on different locations of the touch or the drag.

13. An electronic device comprising:

a display configured to display a preview image on a screen of the electronic device, wherein a preview image is an image that is currently being provided on the screen of the electronic device for photographing an image;

a touch screen configured to receive a touch or a drag; and

a control unit configured to control the display to display a preview image currently being provided on the screen, control the display to provide a plurality of control guides over the preview image currently being provided, each control guide for adjusting a visual characteristic for a preview image, control the touch screen to detect a touch or a drag corresponding to one of the plurality of control guides while providing the plurality of control guides, adjust a visual characteristic associated with the one of the plurality of control guides in response to detecting the touch or the drag, control the display to display a preview image having the adjusted visual characteristic on the screen, and control the electronic device to photograph an image having the adjusted visual characteristic, while displaying a preview image having the adjusted visual characteristic on the screen,

wherein the one of the plurality of control guides is for adjusting a brightness of an image to photograph.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the touch screen detects the drag, and

wherein the control unit is further configured to adjust the visual characteristic of the preview image based on a distance of the drag.

15. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the touch screen detects the drag, and

wherein the control unit is further configured to adjust the visual characteristic of the preview image based on a direction of the drag.

16. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the touch screen detects the drag, and

wherein the control unit is further configured to adjust the visual characteristic of the preview image based on a velocity of the drag.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having recorded thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a method for using a graphical user interface on a screen of a device, the method comprising:

displaying a preview image on the screen of the device, wherein a preview image is an image that is currently being provided on the screen of the device for photographing an image;

providing a plurality of control guides over a preview image currently being displayed, each control guide for adjusting a visual characteristic for a preview image;

detecting a touch or a drag corresponding to one of the plurality of control guides while providing the plurality of control guides;

in response to detecting the touch or the drag, adjusting a visual characteristic associated with the one of the plurality of control guides;

displaying a preview image having the adjusted visual characteristic on the screen; and

photographing an image having the adjusted visual characteristic, while displaying a preview image having the adjusted visual characteristic on the screen,

wherein the one of the plurality of control guides is for adjusting a brightness of an image to photograph.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the detecting comprises detecting the drag, and

wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the visual characteristic of the preview image based on a distance of the drag.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the detecting comprises detecting the drag, and

wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the visual characteristic of the preview image based on a direction of the drag.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the detecting comprises detecting the drag, and

wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the visual characteristic of the preview image based on a velocity of the drag.