METHOD FOR PROVIDING UI CAPABLE OF DETECTING A PLURALITY OF FORMS OF TOUCH ON MENUS OR BACKGROUND AND MULTIMEDIA DEVICE USING THE SAME

• US 20090195515A1
• Filed: 09/04/2008
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Eun-hye
• Application Number:
  US12/204,214
• Publication Number:
  US 20090195515A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A method of providing a user interface (UI) and a multimedia device on a touch screen, the method including: detecting a first form of touch or a second form of touch on a menu or on a background of the touch screen; and performing a first operation if the first form of touch is detected and a second operation if the second form of touch is detected. Accordingly, the user can select a diverse range of options from menus with greater ease and convenience.

Claims

1. A method of providing a user interface (UI) on a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying a menu and a background on the touch screen;

detecting a first form of touch or a second form of touch on the menu or on the background; and

performing a first operation if the first form of touch is detected, and performing a second operation, different from the first operation, if the second form of touch is detected.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the first form of touch and the second form of touch comprises a single touch.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first form of touch is a short touch and the second form of touch is a long touch.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the first operation displays a second menu of an immediately following hierarchical step to the menu; and

the second operation displays a third menu after at least two hierarchical steps to the menu.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the first operation displays a second menu of an immediately following hierarchical step to the menu; and

the second operation displays a final menu of a final hierarchical step to the menu.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the performing of the first operation or the second operation comprises:

if the first form of touch is detected on the background, displaying a menu for a currently supported operation; and

if the second form of touch is detected on the background, displaying a menu for selecting a background image.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the menu is a music menu and the performing of the first operation or the second operation comprises:

if the first form of touch is detected on the music menu, displaying a menu for selecting a music category; and

if the second form of touch is detected on the music menu, playing back a most recently played-back music file.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the menu is a video menu and the performing of the first operation or the second operation comprises:

if the first form of touch is detected on the video menu, displaying a list of video files; and

if the second form of touch is detected on the video menu, playing back a most recently played-back video file.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the menu is an image menu and the performing of the first operation or the second operation comprises:

if the first form of touch is detected on the image menu, displaying a list of image files; and

if the second form of touch is detected on the image menu, displaying a most recently viewed image file.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the menu is a text menu and the performing of the first operation or the second operation comprises:

if the first form of touch is detected on the text menu, displaying a list of text files; and

if the second form of touch is detected on the text menu, displaying a most recently viewed text file.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a back button on the touch screen,

wherein the performing of the first operation or the second operation comprises;

if the first form of touch is detected on the back button, displaying a hierarchically one step higher menu; and

if the second form of touch is detected on the back button, displaying a hierarchically highest menu.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the performing of the first operation or the second operation comprises:

performing the first operation if the first form of touch is detected on the menu;

performing the second operation if the second form of touch is detected on the menu;

performing a third operation, different from the first operation and the second operation, if the first form of touch is detected on the background; and

performing a fourth operation, different from the first operation, the second operation, and the third operation, if the second form of touch is detected on the background.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second operation displays a second menu, different from the menu, that is not an immediately following hierarchical step to the menu.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second operation displays a menu for selecting a background image.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the performing of the first operation or the second operation comprises executing an animation effect in which the background is reduced before the menu for selecting the background image is displayed if the second form of touch is detected.

16. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first operation loads a most-recently loaded file.

37. A computer readable recording medium encoded with the method of claim 1 and implemented by a computer.

17. A multimedia device providing a user interface, the multimedia device comprising:

a touch screen to receive a form of touch input by a user; and

a control unit to perform a first operation if a first form of touch is detected on the touch screen, or to perform a second operation, different from the first operation, if a second form of touch is detected on the touch screen.

18. The device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the control unit performs the first operation if the first form of touch is detected on a menu or a background of the touch screen, or performs the second operation if the second form of touch is detected on the menu or the background of the touch screen.

19. The device as claimed in claim 17, wherein each of the first form of touch and the second form of touch comprises a single touch.

20. The device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the first form of touch is a short touch and the second form of touch is a long touch.

21. The device as claimed in claim 18, wherein:

the first operation displays a second menu of an immediately following hierarchical step to the menu; and

the second operation displays a third menu after at least two hierarchical steps to the menu.

22. The device as claimed in claim 18, wherein:

the first operation displays a second menu of an immediately following hierarchical step to the menu; and

the second operation displays a final menu of a final hierarchical step to the menu.

23. The device as claimed in claim 18, wherein:

if the control unit detects the first form of touch on the background, a menu for a currently supported operation is displayed; and

if the control unit detects the second form of touch on the background, a menu for selecting a background image is displayed.

24. The device as claimed in claim 18, wherein:

the menu is a music menu;

if the control unit detects the first form of touch on the music menu, a menu for selecting a music category is displayed; and

if the control unit detects the second form of touch on the music menu, a most recently played-back music file is played back.

25. The device as claimed in claim 18, wherein:

the menu is a video menu;

if the control unit detects the first form of touch on the video menu, a list of video files is displayed; and

if the control unit detects the second form of touch on the video menu, a most recently played-back video file is played back.

26. The device as claimed in claim 18, wherein:

the menu is an image menu;

if the control unit detects the first form of touch on the image menu, a list of image files is displayed; and

if the control unit detects the second form of touch on the image menu, a most recently viewed image file is displayed.

27. The device as claimed in claim 18, wherein:

the menu is a text menu;

if the control unit detects the first form of touch on the text menu, a list of text files is displayed; and

if the control unit detects the second form of touch on the text menu, a most recently viewed text file is displayed.

28. The device as claimed in claim 17, wherein:

the control unit performs the first operation if the first form of touch is detected on a back button of the touch screen, or performs the second operation if the second form of touch is detected on the back button of the touch screen;

if the control unit detects the first form of touch on the back button, a hierarchically one step higher menu is displayed; and

if the control unit detects the second form of touch on the back button, a hierarchically highest menu played-back video file is displayed.

29. The device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the control unit:

performs the first operation if the first form of touch is detected on the menu;

performs the second operation if the second form of touch is detected on the menu;

performs a third operation, different from the first operation and the second operation, if the first form of touch is detected on the background; and

performs a fourth operation, different from the first operation, the second operation, and the third operation, if the second form of touch is detected on the background.

30. A method of providing a user interface (UI) on a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying a menu and a background on the touch screen;

detecting whether a predetermined form of touch, from among a plurality of different forms of touch, is on the menu or on the background; and

performing a predetermined operation if the predetermined form of touch is detected,

wherein the predetermined operation enters into an execution operation or displays a final menu of a final hierarchical step to the menu.

31. The method as claimed in claim 30, wherein the predetermined form of touch is a long touch.

32. The method as claimed in claim 30, wherein the execution operation plays back a most-recently played back multimedia file.

38. A computer readable recording medium encoded with the method of claim 30 and implemented by a computer.

33. A method of providing a user interface (UI) on a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying a menu and a background on the touch screen;

detecting one of a plurality of forms of touch on the menu or on the background; and

performing an operation corresponding to the detected form of touch.

39. A computer readable recording medium encoded with the method of claim 33 and implemented by a computer.

34. A method of providing a user interface (UI) on a touch screen, the method comprising:

detecting a first form of touch or a second form of touch on the touch screen; and

performing a first operation if the first form of touch is detected, and performing a second operation, different from the first operation, if the second form of touch is detected.

35. The method as claimed in claim 34, further comprising:

determining whether the first form of touch or the second form is on a predetermined region of the touch screen,

wherein the performing of the first operation or the second operation comprises;

performing the first operation or the second operation if the first form of touch or the second form of touch is determined to be on the predetermined region of the touch screen, and

not performing the first operation or the second operation if the first form of touch or the second form of touch is determined to not be on the predetermined region of the touch screen.

36. The method as claimed in claim 34, further comprising:

determining whether the first form of touch or the second form is on a first region of the touch screen or a second region of the touch screen,

wherein the performing of the first operation or the second operation comprises;

performing the first operation if the first form of touch is detected on the first region,

performing the second operation if the second form of touch is detected on the first region,

performing a third operation, different from the first operation and the second operation, if the first form of touch is detected on the second region, and

performing a fourth operation, different from the first operation, the second operation, and a third operation, if the second form of touch is detected on the second region.

40. A computer readable recording medium encoded with the method of claim 34 and implemented by a computer.