METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERFACE

• US 20100283750A1
• Filed: 04/08/2010
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KANG, Tae Young, PARK, Min Kyu, PARK, Yong Gook, KIM, Hyun Jin
• Application Number:
  US12/756,270
• Publication Number:
  US 20100283750A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for providing an interface which is performed in a touch interface including: sensing a first touch input at a first position; sensing a second touch input at a second position which is a different position from the first position when the first touch input is continuously sensed; and displaying a selection area after sensing the first touch input and the second touch input.

Claims

1. A method for providing an interface which is performed in a touch interface, the method comprising:

sensing a first touch input at a first position;

sensing a second touch input at a second position which is a different position from the first position while the first touch input is continuously sensed; and

displaying a selection area after sensing the first touch input and the second touch input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying a selection area further comprises:

displaying the selection area in a third position that is positioned on a straight line perpendicular to a segment which connects the first position with the second position in a middle point of the segment and is separately positioned from the middle point of the segment within a preset distance thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying a selection area further comprises:

displaying a selection area comprising a third position where a distance between the third position and the first position is a preset first distance, a distance between the third position and the second position is a preset second distance, and a ratio of the first distance to the second distance is set to be within a preset ratio range.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a first area at the first position when the first touch input is sensed at the first position; and

displaying a second area at the second position when the second touch input is sensed at the second position.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

fading out a display of at least one of the first area, the second area and the selection area, when the touch input is not sensed in any one of the first area and the second area.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

clearly displaying at least one of the first area, the second area and the selection area when the touch input is sensed in one of the first area and the second area within a preset time in a state where the touch input is sensed in neither the first area nor the second area.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

moving and displaying the first area and the second area to which a drag input is inputted to include a last point of the drag input in case the drag input is sensed in one of the first area and the second area is sensed.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

moving the selection area to maintain a given angle which is formed by a first segment and a second segment in case the drag input in one of the first area and the second area is sensed, when the first segment connects a point where a last touch input is received on the first area with a point where a last touch input is received on the second area, and the second segment connects a middle point of the first segment with a third position at which the selection area is positioned.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

changing the selection area so that a size of the selection area has one of a positive and a negative correlation with a length of a segment which connects a point where a last touch input is received on the first area with a point where a last touch input is received on the second area, when the drag input is sensed in one of the first area and the second area.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

moving the selection area in a direction perpendicular to the first segment by a distance having a positive correlation with the movement distance, perpendicular to the first segment, of the middle point of the first segment connecting a point where a touch is lastly inputted in the first area with a point where a touch is lastly inputted in the second area, and displaying the moved selection area, when the drag input is sensed in one of the first area or the second area.

11. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

moving and displaying the selection area in association with an item, in case an input process for moving the selection area is sensed, after one of the touch input in the second area is started while one of all and some of the selection area is in contact with all or some of the item and the touch input in the first area is continued, and the touch input in the first area is started while one of all and some of the selection area is in contact with one of all and some of the item and the touch input in the second area is continued.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

rotating the item so that the item is displayed in a direction opposite to a movement direction of the selection area, when the input process for moving the selection area is sensed.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

moving the selection area in association with an item, when an input process for moving the selection area is sensed, after one of the item is dragged and dropped so that at least some of the selection area is in contact with at least some of the item, and the selection area is dragged and dropped so that at least some of the selection area is in contact with at least some of the item.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

moving an item to a position within a preset distance from a segment connecting a point where a touch is lastly inputted at the first position with a point where a touch is lastly inputted at the second position, when one of the item is dragged and dropped so that at least some of the selection area is in contact with at least some of the item, and the selection area is dragged and dropped so that at least some of the selection area is in contact with at least some of the item.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

moving an item and displaying the moved item when a flip input is sensed at a position of the item; and

moving the item to a position within a preset distance from a first segment, in case, during the movement of the item, the item is in contact with a second segment connecting a fourth position with a third position, the fourth position being included in the first segment connecting a point where a touch is lastly inputted at the first position with a point where a touch is lastly inputted in the second position, and the third position being included in the selection area.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

moving an item and displaying the moved item when a flip input is sensed at a position of the item;

displaying the item while the item is in contact with a second segment, in case, during the movement of the item, the item is in contact with the second segment connecting a fourth position with a third position, the fourth position being included in a first segment connecting a point where a touch is lastly inputted at the first position with a point where a touch is lastly inputted at the second position, and the third position being included in the selection area; and

moving and displaying the selection area in association with the item.

17. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

moving and displaying an item to a fifth position when a flick input is sensed at any one of the first position and the second position, after the item is moved from the fifth position to a sixth position, depending on the flick input in the touch interface.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying an option window when a click input is sensed at one of the first position and the second position, after one of the click input at the second position is started while at least some of the selection area is in contact with at least some of the item and the touch input at the first position is continued, and the click input at the first position is started while at least some of the selection area is in contact with at least some of the item and the click input in the second position is continued.

19. A method for providing an interface which is performed in a touch interface, the method comprising:

sensing at least three touch inputs comprising a first touch input, a second touch input and a third touch input, wherein the first touch input is sensed at a first touch sensing position, the second touch input is sensed at a second touch sensing position, the third touch input is sensed at a third touch sensing position, and the first touch sensing position, the second touch sensing position and the third touch sensing position are arranged at different positions; and

displaying a first selection area surrounded by a boundary line comprising a first, second, and third boundary position which correspond to the first, second and third touch sensing position at which the respective first, second and third touch input is sensed.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

displaying a first, second, and third touch sensing area comprising the first, second, and third touch sensing positions, respectively;

moving and displaying the first touch sensing area so that the first touch sensing area comprises a last point of a drag input when the drag input in the first touch sensing area is sensed; and

moving the first boundary position by a movement distance that is the same as the moving direction of the first touch sensing area and has a positive correlation with the movement distance of the first touch sensing area, and displaying the first selection area surrounded by a boundary line comprising the moved first boundary position.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

moving and displaying at least one item, so that one of the at least one item which contacted the first selection area prior to a decrease in size thereof, is in contact with the first selection area, and the at least one item is arranged within a preset distance from the first selection area whose size is decreased, when the first selection area is decreased in size.

22. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

displaying the first, second, and third touch sensing area comprising the first, second, and third touch sensing position, respectively;

moving and displaying the first touch sensing area so that the first touch sensing area comprises the last point of a drag input, in case the drag input in the first touch sensing area where a variation of the distances between the first, second, and third touch sensing areas are within a second limitation distance and a variation of the distances from a rotation axis to the first, second, and third touch sensing area are within a third limitation distance, is sensed;

rotating and displaying the first, second, and third boundary position, respectively, by the same angle as a rotation angle of the first, second and third touch sensing area from the rotation axis in the same direction as the rotation direction of the first, second, and third touch sensing area; and

displaying the first selection area surrounded by a boundary line comprising one of the moved and rotated first boundary position.

23. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

moving and displaying the first boundary position so that first boundary position comprises the last point of a drag input in case the drag input at the first boundary position is sensed;

displaying the first selection area surrounded by a boundary line comprising the moved first boundary position; and

moving and displaying the first touch sensing position which corresponds to the first boundary position by a movement distance that is the same as the moving direction of the first boundary position and has a positive correlation with the movement distance of the first boundary position.

24. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

moving and displaying the first selection area to correspond to a drag input in case the drag input in the second selection area, which is surrounded by a boundary line comprising the first, second, and third touch sensing position, is sensed.

25. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

displaying an option window when a double click input is sensed in any one of the first, second, and third touch sensing positions.