Method and apparatus for operating function in touch device

• US 10,754,532 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2019
• Issued: 08/25/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jeong, Jinhong
• Primary Examiner(s): Sheng, Tom V
• Application Number:
  US16/516,805
• Publication Number:
  US 20190339851A1
• Time in Patent Office: 403 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method for operating a function in a touch device capable of simultaneously changing an option and executing the function based on an input touch event during execution of a function using a function button provided in a certain mode which is executed in a touch device supporting touch based input and an apparatus thereof is provided. The method includes executing a second function associated with option setting according to a touch event input to a function button; and executing a first function allocated to the function button according to an option value set by the second function when the input touch event is released.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a memory; and

at least one processor operatively coupled with the memory and the display, the at least one processor is configured to;

display a call mode screen comprising at least one button provided in a call mode on the display,

detect a first touch input on a first button of the at least one button,

display a first option menu comprising at least one option key relating to a call function assigned to the first button,

select an option key of the at least one option key according to movement and release of the first touch input, and

perform the call function assigned to the first button with a function of the selected option key.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one button comprises at least one of a voice call button, a video call button, or a message button.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first button is a voice call button and the call function assigned to the first button is a transmission of a voice call.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the first option menu comprises at least one option key for a keypad, a speaker phone, a mute, or a video call.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein at least one processor is further configured to:

when a key for the speaker phone is selected according to the movement and release of the first touch input, perform the transmission of the voice call with a speaker phone mode.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein at least one processor is further configured to:

when the first touch input on the first button is released before a preset threshold time, perform the call function with a default option.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein at least one processor is further configured to:

when the first touch input on the first button is maintained over a preset threshold time, display the first option menu.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first button is a message button and the call function assigned to the first button is transmission of a message.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the first option menu comprises at least one option key for changing at least one of a font type, a size or a color of the message.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

display, in response to detecting a second touch input while the first option menu is displayed, a second option menu different from the first option menu, and

change an option value relating to the second option menu according to a movement in a direction of the second touch input.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the second touch input is one of a touch movement in the direction or a touch input detected an area other than the first button.

12. A method comprising:

displaying a call mode screen comprising at least one button provided in a call mode on a display of an electronic device;

detecting a first touch input on a first button of the at least one button;

displaying a first option menu comprising at least one option key relating to a call function assigned to the first button;

selecting an option key of the at least one option key according to movement and release of the first touch input; and

performing the call function assigned to the first button with a function of the selected option key.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one button comprises at least one of a voice call button, a video call button, or a message button.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the first button is a voice call button and the call function assigned to the first button is a transmission of a voice call.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the first option menu comprises at least one option key for a keypad, a speaker phone, a mute, or a video call.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the performing of the call function comprises:

when a key for the speaker phone is selected according to the movement and release of the first touch input, performing the transmission of the voice call with a speaker phone mode.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the performing of the call function comprises:

when the first touch input on the first button is released before a preset threshold time, performing the call function with a default option.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the displaying of the first option menu comprises:

when the first touch input on the first button is maintained over a preset threshold time, displaying the first option menu.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the first button is a message button and the call function assigned to the first button is a transmission of a message.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first option menu comprises at least one option key for changing at least one of a font type, a size or a color of the message.