METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATION BETWEEN OBJECTS IN AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20100174987A1
• Filed: 01/06/2010
• Published: 07/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SHIN, Seung Woo, HAN, Myoung Hwan
• Application Number:
  US12/652,874
• Publication Number:
  US 20100174987A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/702
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• 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

A method and an apparatus of object navigation using a touch screen divided into an output area and a control area utilizes organic interaction between the output area and the control area. A first area is an output area for displaying an object, and a second area for displaying a Graphic User Interface (GUI) is a control area for controlling navigation of the object. When an event for navigation occurs in one of the first area and the second area, change information according to the navigation is provided in both the first area and the second area, so that a touch screen can be manipulated without any blockage of an image.

Claims

1. An object navigation control system comprising:

a first area for displaying an object; and

a second area for displaying a Graphic User Interface (GUI) for controlling navigation of the object.

2. The object navigation control system of claim 1, wherein, when an event for navigation occurs in one of the first area and the second area, change information according to the navigation is provided in both the first area and the second area.

3. The object navigation control system of claim 2, wherein the first area provides the change information through an object display being shifted.

4. The object navigation control system of claim 3, wherein the second area provides the change information through a location change of a change item displayed on the GUI.

5. The object navigation control system of claim 4, wherein the second area displays each index symbol corresponding to an object display being shifted according to the event through the GUI, and displays location change of each index symbol of the GUI through the change item.

6. The object navigation control system of claim 1, wherein, when a particular object displayed in the first area is located in the second area, the particular object is executed.

7. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a touch screen including an output area for displaying an object and a control area for displaying a Graphic User Interface (GUI) for controlling navigation of the object; and

a control unit for processing navigation of the object through organic interaction between the output area and the control area.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 7, wherein, when an event for navigation occurs in one of the output area or the control area, the control unit provides change information according to the navigation in both the output area and the control area.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 8, wherein the control unit provides the change information through a direct shift between objects displayed on the output area.

10. The electronic apparatus of claim 9, wherein the control unit provides the change information through a location change of a change item displayed on the GUI.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 10, wherein the control area displays each index symbol corresponding to an object shifted according to the event through the GUI, and displays the location change of each index symbol of the GUI through the change item.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 10, wherein, when a particular object being displayed in the output area is located in the control area, the particular object is executed under the control of the control unit.

13. A method of controlling object navigation, the method comprising:

detecting an event in one of an output area and a control area; and

in response to the event, controlling by a controller a navigation of an object provided in the output area and movement of a change item provided on the control area.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the output area comprises an area for displaying an object, and the control area comprises an area for displaying a Graphic User Interface (GUI) for controlling navigation of the displayed object.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein controlling navigation of an object provided in the output area and a movement of a change item provided on the control area includes controlling, in response to the event occurring in the output area, navigation of the object displayed in the output area and location change of the change item displayed on the GUI.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein controlling navigation of an object provided in the output area and movement of a change item provided on the control area comprises controlling, in response to the event occurring in the control area, navigation of the object displayed in the output area and a location change of the change item displayed on the GUI.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the control area displays each index symbol corresponding to an object shifted according to the event through the GUI, and displays location change of each index symbol of the GUI through the change item.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising, when a particular object displayed in the output area is located in the control area, executing the particular object by the controller.

19. A display device comprising:

a display unit for displaying an output area and a control area; and

a user input unit for inputting of an event for control of the output area or the control area; and

a control unit for displaying an object in the output area in response to the event and for displaying a graphic user interface for controlling the object in the control area.

20. The display device of claim 19, wherein the output area is located above the control area or adjacent the control area.

21. A method of controlling a display device, the method comprising:

determining whether there is an input of an event for controlling a graphic user interface displayed in a control area; and

changing an object displayed in an output area in response to the event.

22. A method of controlling a display device, the method comprising:

determining whether there is an input of an event for controlling an object displayed in an output area; and

changing a graphic user interface displayed in a control area in response to the event.