DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE

• US 20110066627A1
• Filed: 03/26/2010
• Published: 03/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Yoo, Yun-ji, SEUNG, Jung-ah
• Granted Patent: US 8,626,762 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method of providing a user interface (UI) and a display apparatus having the same. In a method for providing a UI, a display apparatus receives an manipulation for two or more axis directions, and searches for one of a plurality of images by applying two or more different classification standards according to the directions of the received input manipulation. Therefore, the user may easily search for a desired image using one or more classification standards.

Claims

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

receiving an input manipulation for two or more axis directions; and

searching for one of a plurality of images by applying two or more different classification standards according to the directions of the received input manipulation.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the two or more axis directions comprise a first axis direction, a second axis direction, and a third axis direction,

the two or more classification standards comprise a first classification standard, a second classification standard, and a third classification standard, and

the searching for one of the plurality of images comprises:

searching for an image according to the first classification standard when the received input manipulation is in the first axis direction;

searching for an image according to the second classification standard when the received input manipulation is in the second axis direction; and

searching for an image according to the third classification standard when the received input manipulation is in the third axis direction.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein on a display, the first axis direction is a horizontal direction, the second axis direction is a vertical direction, and the third axis direction is a diagonal direction.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the first classification standard, the second classification standard, and the third classification standard each correspond to one of time, person, place, color, event, and type of scene.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the received input manipulation is a short stroke or a long stroke, and

the searching for the image according to the first classification standard comprises:

searching for a previous image or a subsequent image according to the first classification standard when the short stroke of the received input manipulation is in the first axis direction; and

searching for an image in a different category according to the first classification standard when the long stroke of the received input manipulation is in the first axis direction.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the received input manipulation is a short stroke or a long stroke, and

the searching for the image according to the second classification standard comprises:

searching for a previous image or a subsequent image according to the second classification standard when the short stroke of the received input manipulation is in the second axis direction; and

searching for an image in a different category according to the second classification standard when the long stroke of the received input manipulation is in the second axis direction.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein when a currently searched image changes, the plurality of images are rearranged according to the first, second and third classification standard according to the changed image.

8. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

displaying thumbnails of images classified according to the first classification standard in an x-axis direction in a 3-dimentional space of a display;

displaying thumbnails of images classified according to the second classification standard in an y-axis direction in the 3-dimentional space of the display; and

displaying thumbnails of images classified according to the third classification standard in a z-axis direction in the 3-dimentional space of the display.

9. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

displaying only a currently searched image on a display from among the plurality of images to be searched.

10. A display apparatus, comprising:

a storage unit to store a plurality of images;

a manipulation unit to receive an input manipulation in two or more axis directions; and

a control unit to searching for one of the plurality of images by applying two or more different classification standards according to the received input manipulation.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the two or more axis directions comprises a first axis direction, a second axis direction, and a third axis direction,

the two or more classification standards comprises a first classification standard, a second classification standard, and a third classification standard, and

the control unit searches for an image according to the first classification standard when the received input manipulation is in the first axis direction, the control unit searches for an image according to the second classification standard when the received input manipulation is in the second axis direction, and the control unit searches for an image according to the third classification standard when the received manipulation input is in the third axis direction.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 11, wherein on a display, the first axis direction is a horizontal direction, the second axis direction is a vertical direction, and the third axis direction is a diagonal direction.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the first classification standard, the second classification standard, and the third classification standard each correspond to one of time, person, place, color, event, and type of scene.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the received input manipulation is a short stroke or a long stroke, and

the control unit searches for a previous image or a subsequent image according to the first classification standard when the short stroke of the received input manipulation is in the first axis direction, and the control unit searches for an image in a different category according to the first classification standard when the long stroke of the received input manipulation is in the first axis direction.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the received input manipulation is a short stroke or a long stroke, and

the control unit searches for a previous image or a subsequent image according to the second classification standard when the short stroke of the received input manipulation is in the second axis direction, and the control unit searches for an image in a different category according to the second classification standard when the long stroke of the received input manipulation is in the second axis direction.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 11, wherein when a currently searched image changes, the control unit rearranges the plurality of images according to the first, second and third classification standard according to the changed image.

17. The display apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the control unit displays thumbnails of images classified according to the first classification standard in an x-axis direction in a 3-dimentional space of a display, the control unit displays thumbnails of images classified according to the second classification standard in an y-axis direction in the 3-dimentional space of the display, and the control unit displays thumbnails of images classified according to the third classification standard in a z-axis direction in the 3-dimentional space of the display.

18. The display apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the control unit displays only a currently searched image on a display from among the plurality of images to be searched.

19. A method of providing a user interface (UI), the method comprising:

displaying thumbnails of images classified according to a first classification standard in a first axis direction in a 3-dimentional space of a display;

displaying thumbnails of images classified according to a second classification standard in a second axis direction in the 3-dimentional space of the display; and

displaying thumbnails of images classified according to a third classification standard in a third axis direction in the 3-dimentional space of the display.

20. A method of providing a user interface (UI), the method comprising:

searching for content according to a first classification standard when an input manipulation in a first axis direction is received;

searching for content according to a second classification standard when an input manipulation in a second axis direction is received; and

searching for content according to a third classification standard when an input manipulation in a third axis direction is received.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the content is music, the first classification standard is a genre, the second classification standard is a singer, and the third classification standard is an album.

22. A method of searching for stored content with a graphical user interface of a display apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving an input manipulation from the graphical user interface of the display apparatus in a plurality of axis directions to select a classification of the content to be searched; and

searching for stored content in a storage unit of a display apparatus according to the received input manipulation.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

receiving a selection a type of the stored content with the graphical user interface of the display apparatus.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein each axis of the plurality of axis directions is a different classification of the content.