Digital device for copying digital contents by screen overlap and controlling method thereof

• US 9,692,866 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2014
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Sihwa, Kim, Jihwan
• Primary Examiner(s): CHUANG, JUNG-MU T
• Application Number:
  US14/528,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20160062564A1
• Time in Patent Office: 971 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72478 for hearing-impaired users

Abstract

The present specification discloses a digital device and controlling method thereof, by which digital contents can be copied by screen overlap. The digital contents display a first screen and a second screen on a first layer and a second layer, respectively. And, the digital content included in the second screen located in a region corresponding to an input window region included in the first screen to an input window of the first screen. As a process so-called ‘COPY and PASTE’, a digital content is copied to a screen-overlapped location on a display.

Claims

1. A digital device comprising:

a sensor unit configured to detect a user input, and output a signal in accordance with the detected input;

a display unit; and

a hardware-embedded control unit configured to;

control the display unit to display a first screen of a first application on a first layer in response to a first user input sensed by the sensor unit, wherein the first user input is an action of gripping the digital device with all fingers with a predetermined tightness,

after displaying the first screen on the first layer, control the display unit to display a second screen of a second application, in response to a second user input,

display the second screen on a second layer over the first layer and with the second screen having a transparency such that the first screen is visible through the second screen, in response to a third user input for selecting the second screen,

after displaying the second screen on the second layer, shift the second screen over the first screen so a digital content included in the second screen is matched to a location corresponding to an input window region included in the first screen, and

input the digital content included in the second screen to the input window region of the first screen, in response to a fourth user input sensed by the sensor unit, wherein the fourth user input is an action of detaching some fingers on the digital device.

2. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to raise the transparency of the second screen and control the display unit to display the second layer on the first layer in response to the third user input.

3. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to adjust the transparency of the second screen by receiving a transparency adjust signal from the sensor unit.

4. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to lower the transparency of the second screen in response to the fourth user input.

5. The digital device of claim 1, wherein after displaying the first screen on the first layer, the control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display an interface including all screens of currently running applications.

6. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to adjust a size of the input window included in the first screen by receiving a size adjust signal from the sensor unit.

7. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

when the digital content comprises a plurality of text, control the display unit to display a text region select interface for selecting the text entirely or in part, and

in response to the fourth user input, input the text selected entirely or in part through the text region select interface to the input window of the first screen.

8. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

when the digital content comprises an image, control the display unit to display an image region select interface for selecting the image entirely or in part, and

in response to the fourth user input, input the image selected entirely or in part through the image region select interface to the input window of the first screen.

9. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

when the digital content comprises an image containing a text image, convert the text image to text data through optical character recognition (OCR), and

in response to the fourth user input, input the converted text data to the input window of the first screen.

10. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

when the digital content comprises an image containing a text image, control the display unit to display a text input interface, and

in response to the fourth user input, input text inputted through the text input interface to the input window of the first screen.

11. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

if the digital content comprises an image, save a part corresponding to the region of the input window included in the first screen as image data, and

in response to the fourth user input, input the saved image data to the input window of the first screen.

12. A method of controlling a digital device, the method comprising:

displaying a first screen of a first application on a first layer in response to a first user input sensed by a sensor unit, wherein the first user input is an action of gripping the digital device with all fingers with a predetermined tightness;

after displaying the first screen on the first layer, displaying a second screen of a second application, in response to a second user input;

displaying the second screen on a second layer over the first layer and with the second screen having a transparency such that the first screen is visible through the second screen, in response to a third user input for selecting the second screen;

after displaying the second screen on the second layer, shifting the second screen over the first screen so a digital content included in the second screen is matched to a location corresponding to an input window region included in the first screen; and

inputting the digital content included in the second screen to the input window region of the first screen, in response to a fourth user input sensed by the sensor unit, wherein the fourth user input is an action of detaching some fingers on the digital device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein displaying the second screen further comprises adjusting a size of the input window included in the first screen by receiving a size adjust signal from the sensor unit.