ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR CHANGING DATA DISPLAYED ON THE TOUCH SCREEN

• US 20100156833A1
• Filed: 12/21/2009
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Eun Soo, Kim, Byung Joo, Kwag, Mi Na, Um, Tae Won, Park, Kyung Dae, Kim, Eun Sun, Yook, Hyung Min
• Application Number:
  US12/643,538
• Publication Number:
  US 20100156833A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/08 Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 5/04 by setting each of the displayed values, e.g. date, hour, independently
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/025 provided with date indication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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 a time data display mode, a time data is displayed in at least one display block partially assigned to a touch screen of an electronic device. After the touch gesture or the drag gesture is detected in one of the display block, the current time data in the display block can be replaced with a new time data according to the touch gesture or the drag gesture. The new time data may be a following time data or a previous time data which can be determined according to a location of the touch gesture, or a direction and a distance of the drag gesture. In addition, the extent of a change in the time data may be determined according to duration of the touch gesture or a speed of the drag gesture.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

displaying a time data in a display block, the display block being arranged on a touch screen;

detecting a touch gesture or a drag gesture on the display block; and

replacing the time data with a second time data according to the touch gesture or the drag gesture.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the time data is replaced with the second time data comprising a following time data, the following time data being displayed in response to detection of the touch gesture in a first touch zone in the display block, and wherein the time data is replaced with a the second time data comprising a previous time data, the previous time data being displayed in response to detection of the touch gesture in a second touch zone in the display block.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the time data is replaced with the second time data comprising a following time data, the following time data being displayed in response to detection of the drag gesture from a first touch zone to a second touch zone in the display block, and wherein the time data is replaced with the second time data comprising a previous time data, the previous time data being displayed in response to detection of the drag gesture from the second touch zone to the first touch zone in the display block.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the time data is continuously replaced if the touch gesture is maintained for more than a time threshold.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second time data is determined according to a speed of the drag gesture.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the display block comprises a first touch zone and a second touch zone, the first touch zone and the second touch zone being disposed at an upper portion and a lower portion of the display block, or at a left portion and a right portion of the display block.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the time data and the second time data comprise at least one of:

a date comprising a day, a month, and a year;

a time comprising an hour, a minute, and a second;

or

an interval of time comprising ante meridiem (A.M.), and post meridiem (P.M); and

a day of a week.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the time data is displayed in a time data display mode comprising a schedule mode to manage a schedule, an alarm mode to establish an alarm time, and a time display mode to display and to set a time.

9. A device, comprising:

a display unit comprising a display block to display a time data;

a touch sensor to detect a touch gesture or a drag gesture, the touch sensor being arranged in the display block; and

a control unit configured to control the display unit to display the time data, and configured to replace the time data in the display block with a second time data in response to detection of the touch gesture or the drag gesture.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the control unit is configured to replace the time data with a following time data in response to detection of the touch gesture in a first touch zone in the display block, and wherein the control unit is configured to replace the time data with a previous time data in response to detection of the touch gesture in a second touch zone in the display block.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the control unit is configured to replace the time data with a following time data in response to detection of the drag gesture from a first touch zone to a second touch zone in the display block, and wherein the control unit is configured to replace the time data with a previous time data in response to detection of the drag gesture from the second touch zone to the first touch zone in the display block.

12. The device of claim 9, wherein the control unit is configured to continuously replace the time data if the touch gesture is maintained for more than a time threshold.

13. The device of claim 9, wherein the control unit determines the second time data according to a speed of the drag gesture.

14. The device of claim 9, wherein the display block has a first touch zone and a second touch zone, the first touch zone and the second touch zone are disposed at an upper portion and a lower portion of the display block, or at a left portion and a right portion of the display block.

15. The device of claim 9, wherein the time data and the second time data comprise at least one of:

a date comprising a day, a month and a year;

a time comprising an hour, a minute and a second;

or

an interval of time comprising ante meridiem (A.M.) and post meridiem (P.M.); and

a day of a week.

16. The device of claim 9, wherein the time data is displayed in a time data display mode comprising a schedule mode to manage a schedule, an alarm mode to establish an alarm time, and a time display mode to display and to set a time.

17. A method, comprising:

receiving time data currently being indicated from a display block in time data display mode, the display block being arranged to a screen;

determining a value of a touch gesture or a drag gesture applied to the display block, wherein the value corresponds to a speed, a distance, a direction and a duration of the respective gesture and a coordinated gesture based on the touch gesture and the drag gesture; and

replacing the time data with new time data according to the value determined by the touch gesture, the drag gesture, and the coordinated gesture.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the amount of changing time data based on the replacing the time data with new time data is determined according to a speed of the drag gesture or a duration of the touch gesture.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the replacing the time data with new time data is determined according to the touch gesture maintained during a time threshold.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the time data and the new time data comprise at least one of:

a date comprising a day, a month, and a year;

a time comprising an hour, a minute, and a second;

or

an interval of time comprising ante meridiem (A.M.), and post meridiem (P.M); and

a day of a week.