User terminal device and method for controlling user terminal device thereof

• US 10,628,034 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2015
• Issued: 04/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoon, Yeo-jun, Kang, Dong-goo, Kim, Ji-hyun, Kwak, Ji-yeon, Kim, Hyun-jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Augustine, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US14/926,507
• Publication Number:
  US 20160124637A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,636 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• 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

A user terminal device and a controlling method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a touch screen configured to display a keyboard user interface (UI), a detector disposed at a bezel area of the user terminal device and configured to detect a user interaction, and a controller configured to, in response to detecting the user interaction at the bezel area of the user terminal device, change properties of the keyboard UI according to the user interaction detected at the bezel area.

Claims

1. A user terminal device comprising:

a touch screen configured to display a keyboard user interface (UI);

a detector disposed at a bezel area of the user terminal device and configured to detect a type of a user interaction from among a plurality of types of user interactions; and

at least one processor configured to;

in response to detecting the type of the user interaction from among the plurality of types of user interactions at the bezel area of the user terminal device, change an input configuration of the keyboard UI according to the type of the user interaction detected at the bezel area,

wherein the at least one processor determines the change of the input configuration based on the type of the user interaction at the bezel area and based on the input configuration which corresponds to the type of the user interaction from among the plurality of types of user interactions, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the touch screen, based on a drag interaction in a first direction being sensed on the bezel area while a first keyboard UI displays a plurality of keys in a first language, to display a second keyboard UI including a plurality of keys in a second language according to the drag interaction in the first direction.

2. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in response to detecting a touch interaction of touching one point of the bezel area that is located at a first side of the bezel area of the user terminal device, control the touch screen to enlarge and display an area corresponding to the one point on the keyboard UI.

3. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in response to detecting a drag interaction of touching and dragging one point of the bezel area located at a second side of the bezel area of the user terminal device, control the touch screen to adjust transparency of the keyboard UI according to a direction of the drag interaction.

4. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in response to detecting a drag interaction of touching two points of the bezel area that are located at two sides of the bezel area of the user terminal device and dragging the touched two points of the bezel area in the same direction, change an input mode of the keyboard UI according to a direction of the drag interaction.

5. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in response to detecting a drag interaction of touching two points of the bezel area that are located at a left side and a right side of the bezel area of the user terminal device while a text is displayed on the touch screen and dragging the touched two points of the bezel area in the same direction, select a text corresponding to an area where the drag interaction is detected.

6. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in response to detecting a pinch interaction of touching two points of the bezel area that are located at two adjacent sides of the bezel area of the user terminal device after the text corresponding to the area where the drag interaction is detected and performing a pinch-out or a pinch-in, copy or paste the selected text according to the pinch interaction.

7. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in response to detecting a drag interaction of touching one point of the bezel area that is located at a first side of the bezel area of the user terminal device, and touching and dragging one point of the bezel area that is located at a second side of the bezel area of the user terminal device, control the touch screen to change an exposure area of the keyboard UI according to a direction of the drag interaction.

8. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in response to detecting a pinch interaction of touching two points of a bezel area that are located at a first side of the bezel area of the user terminal device and performing a pinch-out or a pinch-in, control the touch screen to enlarge or reduce the keyboard UI according to the pinch interaction.

9. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in response to detecting the type of the user interaction in the bezel area, change at least one of a language displayed on the keyboard UI, a text input method and a text display method according to the type of the user interaction.

10. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in response to detecting a touch interaction of touching a predetermined area of the bezel area while the keyboard UI is displayed, perform a function corresponding to the predetermined area.

11. A method for controlling a user terminal device, the method comprising:

displaying, by the user terminal device, a keyboard user interface (UI) on a touch screen; and

in response to detecting a type of a user interaction from among a plurality of types of user interactions at a bezel area of the user terminal device, changing, by the user terminal device, an input configuration of the keyboard UI according to the type of the user interaction detected at the bezel area,

wherein the change of the input configuration is determined based on the type of the user interaction at the bezel area and based on the input configuration which corresponds to the type of the user interaction from among the plurality of types of user interactions, and

wherein, based on a drag interaction in a first direction being sensed on the bezel area while a first keyboard UI displays a plurality of keys in a first language, displaying a second keyboard UI including a plurality of keys in a second language according to the drag interaction in the first direction.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the changing of the input configuration of the keyboard UI comprises, in response to detecting a touch interaction of touching one point of the bezel area that is located at a first side of the bezel area of the user terminal device, enlarging and displaying, by the user terminal device, an area corresponding to the one point on the keyboard UI.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the changing of the input configuration of the keyboard UI comprises, in response to detecting a drag interaction of touching and dragging one point of the bezel area located at a second side of the bezel area of the user terminal device, adjusting, by the user terminal device, transparency of the keyboard UI according to a direction of the drag interaction.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the changing of the input configuration of the keyboard UI comprises, in response to detecting a drag interaction of touching two points of the bezel area that are located at two sides of the bezel area of the user terminal device and dragging the touched two points of the bezel area in the same direction, changing, by the user terminal device, an input mode of the keyboard UI according to a direction of the drag interaction.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

in response to detecting a drag interaction of touching two points of the bezel area that are located at a left side and a right side of the bezel area of the user terminal device while a text is displayed on the touch screen and dragging the touched two points of the bezel area in the same direction, selecting, by the user terminal device, a text corresponding to an area where the drag interaction is detected.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

in response to detecting a pinch interaction of touching two points of the bezel area that are located at two adjacent sides of the bezel area of the user terminal device after the text corresponding to the area where the drag interaction is detected and performing a pinch-out or a pinch-in, copying or pasting, by the user terminal device, the selected text according to the pinch interaction.

17. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the changing of the input configuration of the keyboard UI comprises, in response to detecting a drag interaction of touching one point of the bezel area that is located at a first side of the bezel area of the user terminal device, and touching and dragging one point of the bezel area that is located at a second side of the bezel area of the user terminal device, changing, by the user terminal device, an exposure area of the keyboard UI according to a direction of the drag interaction.

18. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the changing of the input configuration of the keyboard UI comprises, in response to detecting a pinch interaction of touching two points of a bezel area that are located at a first side of the bezel area of the user terminal device and performing a pinch-out or a pinch-in, enlarging or reducing, by the user terminal device, the keyboard UI according to the pinch interaction.

19. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the changing of the input configuration of the keyboard UI comprises, in response to detecting the type of the user interaction in the bezel area, changing, by the user terminal device, at least one of a language displayed on the keyboard UI, a text input method and a text display method according to the type of the user interaction.

20. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

in response to detecting a touch interaction of touching a predetermined area of the bezel area while the keyboard UI is displayed, performing, by the user terminal device, a function corresponding to the predetermined area.