Method for editing object with motion input and electronic device thereof

• US 10,055,395 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2014
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jung-Woo, Jang, Keum-Ju, Hwang, Hyung-Suk, Choi, Sook-Kyung
• Primary Examiner(s): Tapp, Amelia
• Application Number:
  US14/333,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20150026569A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,497 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/177 of tables; using ruled lines

Abstract

An electronic device is configured to perform a method for editing an object. The method includes determining one or more edit references with respect to one or more objects displayed on a display unit, detecting a motion input, and editing the one or more objects based on at least one of the one or more edit references and a characteristic of the motion input.

Claims

1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a text including one or more paragraphs;

after displaying the text, detecting a user touch input drawing a vertical indicator overlapping the text displayed on a display;

displaying, in a region in which the user touch input is inputted, the vertical indicator overlapping the text displayed on the display;

determining one or more paragraphs overlapped with at least one part of the vertical indicator among the one or more paragraphs included in the text;

detecting a motion input across the vertical indicator; and

in response to detecting the motion input across the vertical indicator, indenting, by an indentation distance, the determined one or more paragraphs based on a position of the vertical indicator and an intensity of the motion input across the vertical indicator,

wherein the indentation distance is a horizontal distance between a virtual vertical line representing left margin of the determined one or more paragraphs and the vertical indicator.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the vertical indicator comprises displaying a vertical line shaped in a straight line according to input information detected through an input unit.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the vertical indicator comprises displaying a vertical line shaped in a straight line perpendicular to a direction of the text according to input information detected through an input unit.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the one or more paragraphs comprises determining the one or more paragraphs at which a cursor is positioned.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a type of the motion input includes a motion of the electronic device.

6. An electronic device, comprising;

a display configured to;

display a text including one or more paragraphs;

after displaying the text, detect a user touch input drawing a vertical indicator overlapping the text displayed on the display;

display, in a region in which the user touch input is inputted, the vertical indicator overlapping the text displayed on the display; and

a processor configured to;

determine one or more paragraphs overlapped with at least part of the vertical indicator among the one or more paragraphs included in the text;

a motion sensor configured to detect a motion input across the vertical indicator; and

wherein the processor further configured to, in response to detecting the motion input across the vertical indicator, indent, by an indentation distance, the determined one or more paragraphs based on a position of the vertical indicator and an intensity of the motion input across the vertical indicator,

wherein the indentation distance is a horizontal distance between a virtual vertical line representing left margin of the determined one or more paragraphs and the vertical indicator.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the motion sensor includes at least one of one or more cameras, a gesture sensor, a gyro sensor, a magnetic sensor, an accelerometer, a grip sensor, a proximity sensor, a bio sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, or an ultrasonic sensor.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising an input unit configured to detect an input of a user, wherein the processor is configured to display a vertical line shaped in a straight line according to input information detected through the input unit.

9. The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising an input unit configured to detect an input of a user, wherein the processor is configured to display a vertical line shaped in a straight line perpendicular to a direction of the text according to input information detected through the input unit.

10. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the processor is configured to determine the one or more paragraphs at which a cursor is positioned.

11. The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising a memory including one or more programs to be executable by the processor.