Display device for executing plurality of applications and method of controlling the same

• US 9,996,252 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2017
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Sung-Jae
• Primary Examiner(s): Ell, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US15/610,989
• Publication Number:
  US 20170269813A1
• Time in Patent Office: 376 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

In one aspect, method is provided for controlling a display device, comprising: displaying, on a touchscreen display, a first window executing a first application and a second window executing a second application; receiving, at the touchscreen display, a first command input to the first window and a second command input to the second window; determining whether the first command and the second command are received simultaneously; dispatching, by a processor, the first command; and dispatching, by the processor, the second command.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying, on a touch screen display of the electronic device, a first window executing a first application and a second window executing a second application, wherein the first application displays a picture;

detecting, at the touch screen display, a first touch gesture on a first point of the touch screen display and a second touch gesture on a second point of the touch screen display;

outputting a first event corresponding to the first touch gesture and the second touch gesture when the first point and the second point are inside of the first window, wherein the first event comprises adjusting a size of the picture according to the first touch gesture and the second touch gesture while maintaining a size of the first window; and

outputting a second event corresponding to the first touch gesture and a third event corresponding to the second touch gesture when the first point is inside of the first window and the second point is inside the second window, wherein the second event comprises moving the picture according to the first touch gesture,

wherein the second window is displayed prior to the first touch gesture on the first point of the touch screen display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the first window and the second window comprises:

determining positions of the first window and the second window;

storing the determined positions of the first window and the second window in a memory; and

displaying the first window and the second window based on the determined positions.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

matching the stored position of the first window with the first point and the second point; and

determining whether the first point or the second point is inside or outside of the first window based on the matching result.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the first touch gesture and the second touch gesture are received simultaneously when a difference between a time when the first touch gesture is received and a time when the second touch gesture is received is smaller than a threshold.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first event or the second event is outputted when the first touch gesture and the second touch gesture are received simultaneously.

6. An electronic device comprising:

a touch screen display; and

a controller configured to;

control to display a first window executing a first application and a second window executing a second application, wherein the first application displays a picture in the first window,

detect, on the touch screen display, a first touch gesture on a first point of the touch screen display and a second touch gesture on a second point of the touch screen display,

control to output a first event corresponding to the first touch gesture and the second touch gesture when the first point and the second point are inside the first window, wherein the first event comprises adjusting a size of the picture according to the first touch gesture and the second touch gesture while maintaining a size of the first window, and

control to output a second event corresponding to the first touch gesture and a third event corresponding to the second touch gesture when the first point is inside of the first window and the second point is inside the second window, wherein the second event comprises moving the picture according to the first touch gesture,

wherein the second window is displayed prior to the first touch gesture on the first point of the touch screen display.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to determine positions of the first window and the second window, store the determined positions of the first window and the second window, and control to display the first window and the second window based on the determined positions of the first window and the second window.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to match the stored position of the first window with the first point and the second point and determine whether the first point or the second point is inside or outside of the first window based on the matching result.

9. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to determine that the first touch gesture and the second touch gesture are input simultaneously, when a difference between a time when the first touch gesture is input and a time when the second touch gesture is input is smaller than a threshold.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to control to output the first event or the second event when the first touch gesture and the second touch gesture are received simultaneously.

11. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen display; and

a controller configured to;

detect a command for displaying multiple applications including a first application and a second application,

in response to detecting the command, control to display a first window executing the first application and a second window executing the second application on substantially entire portion of the touch screen display, wherein the first window and the second window are non-overlapping and the first window and the second window share a borderline,

detect, at the touch screen display, a first touch gesture on a first point of the touch screen display and a second touch gesture on a second point of the touch screen display,

control to output a first event corresponding to the first touch gesture and the second touch gesture when the first point and the second point are inside of the first window while maintaining a location and a size of the first and second window, and

control to output a second event corresponding to the first touch gesture and a third event corresponding to the second touch gesture when the first point is inside of the first window and the second point is inside the second window,

wherein the second window is displayed prior to the first touch gesture on the first point of the touch screen display.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine positions of the first window and the second window;

control to store the determined positions of the first window and the second window in a memory; and

control to display, on the touch screen display, the first window and the second window based on the determined positions.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein controller is further configured to match the stored position of the first window with the first point and the second point and determine whether the first point or the second point is inside or outside of the first window based on the matching result.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to determine that the first touch gesture and the second touch gesture are input simultaneously, when a difference between a time when the first touch gesture is input and a time when the second touch gesture is input is smaller than a threshold.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to control to output the first event or the second event when the first touch gesture and the second touch gesture are received simultaneously.