Image processing apparatus and controlling method of the same

• US 9,612,729 B2
• Filed: 12/09/2013
• Issued: 04/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoo, Ho-june, Soh, Byung-seok, Choi, Eun-seok, Choi, Sang-on
• Primary Examiner(s): PHANTANA ANGKOOL, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US14/100,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20140101585A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,212 Days
• Field of Search: 715790
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/45 Picture in picture , e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen

Abstract

An image processing apparatus and a controlling method of the same are provided. The method includes displaying a first screen corresponding to a first application; displaying a second screen corresponding to a second application above the first screen such that the second screen overlaps at least a portion of the first screen; and displaying at least a portion of the second screen that overlaps the portion of the first screen, while controlling the first application.

Claims

1. A method of controlling an image processing apparatus including a single display unit, the method comprising:

displaying a first screen corresponding to a first application and a second screen corresponding to a second application, such that the first screen and the second screen do not overlap on the single display unit;

controlling at least one of the first application and the second application; and

if the controlled at least one of the first and the second applications is changed, displaying the first screen and the second screen to identify the controlled at least one of the first and the second applications,

wherein at least one pointing cursor for controlling at least one of the first application and the second application is displayed on at least one of the first screen and the second screen,

wherein the at least one pointing cursor comprises a first pointing cursor and a second pointing cursor, and

wherein the first pointing cursor and the second pointing cursor control the first application and the second application, respectively.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one pointing cursor controls at least one of the first application and the second application corresponding to one of the first screen and the second screen that are displayed underlying the at least one pointing cursor.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one pointing cursor is movable to at least one location of above the first screen, below the first screen, above the second screen, and below the second screen.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the at least one pointing cursor is changed in at least one of transparency, shape, brightness and color if the at least one cursor is moved from a first location to a second location that is different from the first location.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one pointing cursor respectively corresponds to at least one pointing device.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first pointing cursor is movable within a region of the first screen corresponding to the first application, and the second pointing cursor is movable within a region of the second screen corresponding to the second application.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the first pointing cursor and the second pointing cursor are changed in at least one of transparency, shape, brightness and color when moved beyond the region of the first screen and the region of the second screen, respectively.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first pointing cursor and the second pointing cursor correspond to a first pointing device and a second pointing device, respectively.

9. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a single display unit;

an image processor which processes and displays an image; and

a controller which controls the image processor to display a second screen corresponding to a second application above and overlapping at least a portion of a first screen corresponding to a first application on the single display unit, and to display at least a portion of the second screen that overlaps the first screen, when controlling the first application,

wherein the controller controls the image processor to display at least one pointing cursor for controlling at least one of the first application and the second application, on at least one of the first screen and the second screen,

wherein the at least one pointing cursor comprises a first pointing cursor and a second pointing cursor, and the first pointing cursor and the second pointing cursor control the first application and the second application, respectively, and

wherein if one of the first screen and the second screen is not displayed, the first pointing cursor or the second pointing cursor corresponding to the non-displayed one of the first screen and the second screen controls an application corresponding to a displayed one of the first screen and the second screen that underlies and is most adjacent to the first pointing cursor or the second pointing cursor corresponding to the non-displayed one of the first screen and the second screen.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first pointing cursor and the second pointing cursor are changed in at least one of transparency, shape, brightness and color while the first pointing cursor or the second pointing cursor control the application corresponding to the displayed one of the first screen and the second screen that underlies and is most adjacent to the first pointing cursor or the second pointing cursor corresponding to the non-displayed one of the first screen and the second screen.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first pointing cursor is movable within a region of the first screen corresponding to the first application, and the second pointing cursor is movable within a region of the second screen corresponding to the second application.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the first pointing cursor and the second pointing cursor are changed in at least one of transparency, shape, brightness and color when moved beyond the region of the first screen and the region of the second screen, respectively.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first pointing cursor and the second pointing cursor correspond to a first pointing device and a second pointing device, respectively.

22. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the application corresponding to one of the first screen and the second screen that underlies and is most adjacent to the first pointing cursor or the second pointing cursor corresponding to the non-displayed one of the first screen and the second screen is one of the first application and the second application.

14. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a single display unit;

an image processor which processes and displays an image; and

a controller which controls the image processor to display a first screen corresponding to a first application and a second screen corresponding to a second application, such that the first screen and the second screen do not overlap on the single display unit, controls at least one of the first application and the second application, and controls the image processor, if the controlled at least one of the first application and the second application is changed, to display the first screen and the second screen to identify the controlled at least one of the first application and the second application,

wherein the controller controls the image processor to display at least one pointing cursor for controlling at least one of the first application and the second application on at least one of the first screen and the second screen,

wherein the at least one pointing cursor comprises a first pointing cursor and a second pointing cursor, and

wherein the first pointing cursor and the second pointing cursor control the first application and the second application, respectively.

15. The image processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the at least one pointing cursor controls at least one of the first application and the second application corresponding to one of the first screen and the second screen that are displayed underlying the at least one pointing cursor.

16. The image processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the at least one pointing cursor is movable to at least one location of above the first screen, below the first screen, above the second screen, and below the second screen.

17. The image processing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the at least one pointing cursor is changed in at least one of transparency, shape, brightness and color if the at least one cursor is moved from a first location to a second location that is different from the first location.

18. The image processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the at least one pointing cursor respectively corresponds to at least one pointing device.

19. The image processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the first pointing cursor is movable within a region of the first screen corresponding to the first application, and the second pointing cursor is movable within a region of the second screen corresponding to the second application.

20. The image processing apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the first pointing cursor and the second pointing cursor are changed in at least one of transparency, shape, brightness and color when moved beyond the region of the first screen and the region of the second screen, respectively.

21. The image processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the first pointing cursor and the second pointing cursor correspond to a first pointing device and a second pointing device, respectively.

23. A method of controlling an image processing apparatus including a single display unit, the method comprising:

displaying a first screen corresponding to a first application;

displaying a second screen corresponding to a second application above the first screen such that the second screen overlaps at least a portion of the first screen on the single display unit; and

displaying at least a portion of the second screen that overlaps the portion of the first screen, while controlling the first application,

wherein at least one pointing cursor for controlling at least one of the first application and the second application is displayed on at least one of the first screen and the second screen,

wherein the at least one pointing cursor comprises a first pointing cursor and a second pointing cursor, and the first pointing cursor and the second pointing cursor control the first application and the second application, respectively,

wherein if one of the first screen and the second screen is not displayed, the first pointing cursor or the second pointing cursor corresponding to the non-displayed one of the first screen and the second screen controls an application corresponding to a displayed one of the first screen and the second screen that underlies and is most adjacent to the first pointing cursor or the second pointing cursor corresponding to the non-displayed one of the first screen and the second screen, and

wherein the application corresponding to one of the first screen and the second screen that underlies and is most adjacent to the first pointing cursor or the second pointing cursor corresponding to the non-displayed one of the first screen and the second screen is one of the first application and the second application.